Howard Pyle, a chronicle by Charles D. Abbott, with an introduction by N. C. Wyeth and many illustrations from Howard Pyle's works.

HOWARD PYL
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CHAPTER I
WILMINGTON, QUAKERS, AND YOUTHFUL
AMBITIONS
J2J'LMING TON in the sixth and seventh decades of
7thie last century was an enterprising city, vigorous
in its manufacturing interests, strong in its leadership of an
advancing state, and happy in its location in the midst of a
rich and prosperous farming district. It was an old settlement, far older than its northern neighbor, Philadelphia;
the town of Christiania from which Wilmington developed
had been settled by the Swedes in 1638. But the Swedish
colony had undergone many changes. It had from time to
time been overrun by the Dutch from New York, who, remembering the unfortunate expedition of De Vries, claimed
prior possession. The English, also, after their acquisition
of New York, had put in an active appearance now and then.
After this period of change Wilmington had had its
renascence shortly after the good ship Welcome sailed up
the Delaware in 1682, bringing with it a band of people
imbued not only with the religious calmness and philosophy
of George Fox, but also with the civic spirit and idealism of
William Penn. The Quakers soon spread over most of
southern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware, and the old
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