352 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY. [1814. 



Besides the two companies of militia mentioned, Delaware 

 County furnished two companies of volunteers. One of these, 

 called The Delaware County Fencibles, numbering 87 men, includ- 

 ing officers, was commanded by Capt. James Serrill; First Lieut., 

 Geo. Gr. Leiper; Second Lieut., James Serrill, Jr., and Ensign, 

 Geo. Serrill. This company was fully equipped on the 21st 

 of September, and marched on the 23d. On the 26th the tents 

 of the company were pitched at Camp Marcus Hook, where it 

 remained one month. At the expiration of this time the com- 

 pany marched to Camp Dupont, and thence on the IGth of No- 

 vember to Camp Cadwalader ; both of these latter camps being 

 in the State of Delaware. On the 29th of November they 

 marched by the way of New Castle towards Philadelphia, where 

 the company arrived on the 2d of December, and was dismissed 

 on the 6th of that month. 



The other company was called The Miffiiti Guards, and was 

 commanded by Dr. Samuel Anderson as Captain ; First Lieut., 

 Frederic ShuU ; Second Lieut., David A. Marshall, and Ensign, 

 Wm. Biggart. This company, which did not muster so many 

 men as the Fencibles, was in service about the same length of 

 time. It was stationed part of the time at Camp Dupont, and 

 another part near Kennet. Both of these companies were well 

 officered, and were composed of men able and willing to do their 

 duty. Like the militia, they were called into service to defend 

 the approaches to Philadelphia against the threatened invasion 

 of the enemy ; but fortunately the presence of the troops station- 

 ed on the Delaware was sufficient for the purpose, and no actual 

 hostilities ensued. 



The Bank of Delaware County was incorporated in the year 

 1814. The act authorizing its incorporation was passed in oppo- 

 sition to the veto of Simon Snyder, then Governor of the Com- 

 monwealth. A large number of banks was created by this act, 

 but many of them soon failed, and but few of them have 

 been more generally successful than the Bank of Delaware 

 County. This bank, however, met with one serious re- 

 verse, in having more than one-half of its capital abstracted. 

 It was never discovered who committed the robbery, nor was 

 the exact time or times when it was committed ever ascer- 

 tained. 



During the war, and for a short time afterwards, the people of 

 this section of our country were in a prosperous condition. The 

 families of the farmers of our County manufactured their own 

 clothing to a considerable extent. There were, and had been for 

 a long time, fulling mills throughout the County, that aided in 

 these domestic operations, and machine cards had been intro- 

 duced. The difficulties thrown in the way of trade, even before 



