Talk:History of Delaware

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The history seems to end 140 years ago.... Rjensen 20:46, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

=Appropriate Introduction?= "The History of Delaware is the story of a small American state, in the middle of the heart of the nation, and yet until recently often isolated and even invisible to outsiders." Is this really how an article should read? --Mysterius (talk) 04:30, 21 December 2007 (UTC)


 * It needs a few footnotes to prop it up, but is technically NPOV Tedickey (talk) 11:15, 21 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I think the objection is to the rather purple prose. I'm inclined to agree. But my main objection to this article is that it isn't finished.  Things have happened since 1860.  99.150.119.209 (talk) 07:40, 3 July 2009 (UTC)


 * And over four years later, someone finally did something about the middle-school-paper intro. I'll leave finishing-the-history to future middle-schoolers. :) -Jason A. Quest (talk) 00:13, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Timeline of Delaware
Any interest in creating a Timeline of Delaware article? A few other U.S. states have timelines (see Category:Timelines of states of the United States). Here are some sources: -- M2545 (talk) 07:11, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

symbolic ratification of 13th amendment 38 not 40 years after the Emancipation Proclamation
As of 2017-09-06, this article contained the claim that, "Delaware symbolically ratified the amendment on February 12, 1901–40 years after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation." Actually, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in January 1863, which makes this symbolic ratification 38 years and one month after the Emancipation Proclamation. I've changed the text. One could also say, "almost 40 years" rather than "38 years". However, "38 years" is more concise and is to be preferred for that reason, I think. I just changed it to 38 years. DavidMCEddy (talk)