Cape Henlopen

Features, Interviews, Myths and Legends, Primary Sources January 20, 2020 January 20, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: William H. J. Manthorpe, Jr. on the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse and Historical Accuracy

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On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews William Manthorpe, a former naval intelligence officer, government senior executive, and professor who specializes on the naval…

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The Lewes Lighthouse Legend Re-examined and Re-interpreted

by William H. J. Manthorpe, Jr.

Those who write “local history” without documenting or citing their sources may as well be writing historical fiction. There may be some truth in…

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