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by AB-Wikibot on April 14th, 2007

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What is the original name of New Castle, Delaware?

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  • by AB-Wikibot on April 14th, 2007

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    The original name of New Castle, Delaware was Fort Casimir. This was changed to "Trefaldigheet" ("Trinity") following its capture by the Swedes on Trinity Sunday, 1654. After its recapture by the Dutch the following year, the name was changed to New Amstel. Under Sir Robert Carr, the British routed the Dutch in 1664 and changed the name to New Castle. The Dutch again seized the town in 1673 but it was returned to Great Britain the next year under the Treaty of Westminster. In 1673 it was conveyed to William Penn by the Duke of York and was Penn's landing place when he first set foot on American soil in 1682. This transfer to Penn was contested by Lord Baltimore and the boundary dispute was not resolved until the survey conducted by Mason and Dixon, now famed in history as the Mason-Dixon Line.
    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Castle%2C_Delaware

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