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By Don Morfe, September 28, 2015
David Wilmot Marker
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1 ► Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Bethany — David Wilmot —  |
| The author of the Wilmot Proviso of 1846 barring slavery from territory acquired in the Mexican War, was born in this house Jan. 20, 1814. He died at Towanda, March 16, 1868, after a notable career in the State and Nation. — — Map (db m89371) HM | |||
| 2 ► Pennsylvania, Bradford County, Towanda — David Wilmot — |
| The great Free-Soiler, who began the fight on slavery extension with the Wilmot Proviso in 1846, lived in this house. Republican Party founder; its first candidate for Governor. He died here in 1868. — — Map (db m90310) HM | |||