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The Potter House - Market Street, 100 block, between Second and Third streets.
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The Potter House - Market Street, 100 block, between Second and Third streets.
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Title
The
Potter
House
-
Market
Street
,
100
block
,
between
Second
and
Third
streets
.
Subject
Potter
,
Market
Street
,
Second
Street
,
Third
Street
Description
The
frame
house
, with
double
piazzas
(center)
was
located
on
north
side
of
Market
Street
between
Second
and
Third
streets
.
It
was here on
April
10
,
1844
, that the
famous
legislator
,
Henry
Clay
(1777-1852)
,
spoke
to
local
citizens
from the
second
floor
piazza
during
his
visit
to the
city
. A
member
of the
Whig
Party
, he was
touring
the
South
,
soliciting
support
for his
campaign
for
president
in
1844
.
Newspaper
accounts
of the
time
described
the
house
,
owned
by
Capt
.
Samuel
Potter
(ca
.
1811-1856)
, as
being
"
new
and
commodious.
" The
Wilmington
Chronicle
(April
10
,
1844)
reported
the
following
: "The
view
below
and
around
the
place
where
Mr
.
Clay
stood
was
striking
beyond
any
effort
of
ours
to
portray
. The
wide
street
, for a
considerable
distance
on
either
hand
, was
one
dense
mass
of
human
beings
,
whilst
the
balconies
,
windows
,
etc.
, were
crowded
with
ladies
,
all
eager
listeners
to the
words
of the
great
statesman
from the
West
.
Never
was
such
a
scene
, or
anything
approaching
to
it
,
witnessed
in
Wilmington.
"
Source
Louis T. Moore Collection 922
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