{"product_id":"the-first-settler-of-lewes-michael-rawl-9781467158626","title":"The First Settler of Lewes: A History of the Fourth Street Preserve","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLearn about efforts underway to save the historic and environmentally important Fourth Street Preserve from local author and preservation leader Michael Rawl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eIn 1670 the first officially deeded land in Delaware was granted by the Duke of York to Lewes' earliest settler, Helmanias Wiltbanck. Thirty of the original 104 acres of Wiltbanck's beloved \u003cem\u003epra serve \u003c\/em\u003eremain pristine and undeveloped today, right in the heart of Lewes. Three families owned this land for 312 of the past 355 years. Their tales involve attacks by Native Americans and the British, death and survival during the \"fever years\" and a prominent but forgotten judge who wrote the original Delaware constitution and funded its Revolutionary War troops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Rawl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1467158623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467158626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.05w x 0.31d","brand":"Michael Rawl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250645094655,"sku":"9781467158626","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d0058e9-f96c-47c8-94f5-34f00d0466d3.jpg?v=1729600968","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-first-settler-of-lewes-michael-rawl-9781467158626","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}