Commodore Thomas Macdonough (NC-16) - Middletown, DE
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N 39° 29.469 W 075° 39.017
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Commodore Thomas Macdonough DE Historical Marker located on US Rt. 13
Waymark Code: WM6WRJ
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 07/29/2009
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Commodore Thomas Macdonough
Early home of Commodore Thomas MacDonough.
Hero of Battle of Lake Champlain 1814.
Born 1783. Died 1825. Commodore 1813.
Assisted Commodore Decatur in capturing
and burning the "Philadelphia" off the coast
of Tripoli, 1804. Original name of village
"The Trap," changed to "Macdonough" 1814.
His parents lie in old burying ground nearby.
Public Archives Commission, 1966 N.C. 16
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