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One of Delaware's Colonial Leaders
Jacob Broom was born in Wilmington, De. in 1752, the eldest son of a blacksmith who prospered in farming. The young Broom was educated at home and probably at the local Old Academy. Although he followed his father into farming and also studied surveying, he was to make his career primarily in mercantile pursuits, including shipping and the import trade, and in real estate. He married Rachel Pierce in 1773 and together they had eight chi ...
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