ALLEN McLANE PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM
Unknown Hero of the Revolution • Delaware’s Daredevil • Washington’s Favorite Cavalryman
Join us to learn more about Allen McLane: "
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patriot, partisan leader, soldier, spy during eight years of Revolutionary War, post-war government servant, "
Delaware’s first marshal, member of the Privy Council, member of the House of Assembly, magistrate, "
then serving 32 years as Collector of the Port of Wilmington."
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Registration is FREE - Event is open to the public
Saturday, October 25, 2014
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same-day registration: " "
8:30 am "
morning session: " "
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9:00 am – 12 noon"
lunch break""
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12 noon - 1:00 pm - meal available ($10 each)"
afternoon session" "
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1:00pm - 3:30pm"
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Pre-Registration is suggested: call Tom Welch: 302-632-1803 • email: [email protected]"
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Wesley College • 120 N.State St. • Dover DE 19904 • Peninsula Room 206 • du Pont College Center
Participants receive free booklet, “Allen McLane - Patriot, Soldier, Spy, Port Collector,” written by a team of scholars, researchers and
historians, each telling a unique part of the McLane story. Some contributors will be presenting their perspective at the symposium."
Primary sponsors include the Caesar Rodney Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Wesley College History Department, the Delaware Historical Society, the Delaware State Society of
the Cincinnati, the American Revolution Roundtable of Northern Delaware. Co-sponsors include the Friends of the Delaware Public Archives, the Claymont Historical Society, the Daughters of the
American Revolution, the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, the Friends of Belmont Hall, the Duck Creek Historical Society, the Friends of Old Dover.