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Title
Exchange
Corner
-
Southwest
corner
Front
and
Market
streets
.
Subject
Exchange
Corner
,
Front
Street
,
Market
Street
,
City
Market
,
Finkelstein
Description
From the
eighteenth
century
, this
corner
was
known
as
Exchange
Corner
,
possibly
because
the
original
city
market
was
located
in the
middle
of
Market
Street
,
between
Water
and
Front
streets
. In this
photo
, the
building
on the
corner
(at
center)
is
the
Finkelstein
Building
. On the
opposite
southeast
corner
was the
Solomon
Building
,
home
to
S
.
&
B
.
Solomon
,
wholesale
dry
goods
dealers
. The
stone
marker
commemorates
the
Stamp
Defiance
, and
is
worded
as
follows
: "Here at the
intersection
of
Market
and
Front
streets
stood
the
Courthouse
of
New
Hanover
County
in
which
the
Stamp
Master
appointed
by the
British
Crown
was
forced
to
resign
his
office
,
November
16
,
1765
. On
November
28
,
1765
at the
Town
of
Brunswick
,
14
miles
below
Wilmington
, the
armed
militia
of
Brunswick
and
New
Hanover
Counties
under
the
command
of
Colonels
Hugh
Waddell
and
John
Ashe
,
prevented
the
landing
of the
stamp
paper
by the
British
Sloop-of-war
,
Diligence.
"
New
Hanover
Historical
Commission
-
A.
J
.
Howell
,
James
Sprunt
,
E
.
S
.
Martin
,
W
. A.
McGirt
.
Source
Louis T. Moore Collection 541
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