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Show Dover, Delaware Planned by William Peaa 1, 1683, it wa3 not until 1717 thai Dover, Del., was laid out Pea-designed Pea-designed it to be the most 1& portant town of the county of Kent In 1722 the state house, later the state capital and today the oldest edifice of its type in public uSs i, the United States was built. In t& sequent years Dover's "Green' came to be surrounded by ham Borne homes. Through the lute-, vening decades these home have slowly developed into museumi ol high standing, with their furniture their fittings and their art. |