1981 - State legislature passes the "liberalizing" Financial Center Development Act, influencing the relocation of many banks to the Wilmington area.[8][20]
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John Thomas Scharf (1888). History of Delaware: 1609-1888. Philadelphia: L. J. Richards & Co. LCCN 01013423.
Charter of the City of Wilmington. Star Printing Company. 1911.
Edward Noble Vallandigham (1922). "Wilmington". Delaware and the Eastern Shore: Some Aspects of a Peninsula Pleasant and Well Beloved. J. B. Lippincott Company.
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Carol Hoffecker (1974). Wilmington, Delaware: Portrait of an Industrial City, 1830-1910. University Press of Virginia – via State of Delaware, Delaware Public Archives. (fulltext)
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Ellen Rendle (2010). New Castle County. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-8557-4.
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