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1951:John Harvie
1915:John Hanson
1873:Joseph Reed
1801:James Duane
1758:Connecticut
1647:Signatories
1268:State House
1234:State House
1200:State House
1166:State House
1132:State House
1108:George Read
990:Legislature
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915:Legislature
910:Assemblyman
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810:Assemblyman
787:Legislature
759:Legislature
731:Legislature
706:Legislature
588:U.S. Senate
362:Cheney Clow
292:Long Island
116:Preceded by
51:introducing
2708:Categories
2653:Bookhammer
2578:Mendinhall
2559:Lieutenant
2281:J. Collins
2206:T. Collins
1825:New Jersey
1582:1783–1786
1398:References
1044:Committees
985:Councilman
960:Councilman
711:New Castle
701:Councilman
678:Convention
584:U.S. House
369:including
248:New Castle
226:Profession
174:1738-09-25
59:April 2010
34:references
2693:Hall-Long
2618:MacCollum
2561:governors
2436:Pennewill
2376:Saulsbury
2271:Molleston
2261:D. Rodney
2191:Dickinson
2164:Governors
2149:Governors
1972:John Penn
1571:John Cook
1278:John Cook
940:Executive
453:John Cook
335:John Cook
266:, and as
258:, in the
216:Spouse(s)
150:In office
121:John Cook
106:In office
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2648:Tribbitt
2598:Anderson
2583:Ferguson
2506:Tribbitt
2501:Peterson
2466:McMullen
2456:Robinson
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2406:Reynolds
2396:Stockley
2336:Stockton
2246:Mitchell
2201:Van Dyke
2157:Delaware
1929:Virginia
1908:Maryland
1882:Delaware
1794:New York
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1294:1786–87
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1225:1781–82
1191:1780–81
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1039:Governor
1034:Majority
1024:Assembly
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726:Delegate
673:Delegate
651:Location
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531:1785–86
501:1784–85
469:1783–84
437:1782–83
407:Assembly
359:Loyalist
307:Nicholas
296:read law
280:Berwick,
2638:Buckson
2633:Rollins
2588:Eliason
2536:Markell
2511:du Pont
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2421:Tunnell
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2326:Comegys
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2171:McKinly
2093:Display
2057:Related
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1541:website
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624:Almanac
603:Berwick
569:Berwick
464:vacant
431:Speaker
419:Speaker
366:treason
343:Patriot
47:improve
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2176:McKean
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970:Dover
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920:Dover
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870:Dover
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683:Dover
666:notes
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2356:Ross
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