Document appointing John A. Nicholson to be superintendent of schools in and for Kent County, Delaware, 1851 March 3.

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Document appointing John A. Nicholson to be superintendent of schools in and for Kent County, Delaware, 1851 March 3.

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Delaware Governor William H. Ross and Delaware Secretary of State Alfred P. Robinson are the signers authorizing this 1851 document, which appointed John A. Nicholson to the position of superintendent of schools for Kent County, Delaware.

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University of Delaware Library, Hugh M Morris Library

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University of Delaware Library, Hugh M Morris Library

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Nicholson, John A. (John Anthony), 1827-1906

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Robinson, Alfred, 1806-1895

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Originally from Mass., Robinson went to Calif. in 1829 as the representative of the hide-trading and shipping firm Bryant, Sturgis & Co. From the description of Alfred Robinson logbook and diary : ms, 1829-1840. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122509056 Originally from Mass., Robinson first went to Calif. in 1829 as the representative for the hide-trading and shipping firm Bryant, Sturgis & Co. He married an heiress of Santa Barbara's de la Guerr...

Ross, William Henry Harrison, 1814-1887

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William H. Ross (1814–1877) served as the Democratic Governor of the state of Delaware from January 21, 1851, until January 16, 1855. Ross, originally a farmer from Seaford, Delaware, was also a member of the State Agricultural Society beginning in the mid-1850s. Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Delaware: 1609-1888 . Philadelphia: L.J. Richards, 1888. John A. (Anthony) Nicholson was appointed superintendent of school...