WOODBURN
Governors Residence — 151 Kings Highway, Dover, Delaware
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Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/woodburn-dover-delaware/

Governors residence associated with published local folklore.

Woodburn is a governor's residence in Dover, Delaware. Governors residence associated with published local folklore. Its signature presence is Charles Hillyard III — the figure the file’s accounts keep returning to. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend and 1 named or described presence — all telling, no verified spine yet, and the file says so plainly. Access details are unverified — research before visiting.

Woodburn is the governed — the '1798' that's the house's year, the 'Hillyard' that's the builder's name. The 'preacher saw' is the guested — the 'Lorenzo Dow' that's the visitor's name, the 'powdered wig' that's the description's match. The 'wine left' is the tested — the 'empty glass' that's the morning's sign, the 'Jeanne Tribbitt' that's the governor's wife who tried.
The 'Penn grant' is the rooted — the '1683' that's the tract's date, the '3,000 acres' that's the family's land. The 'Patty Cannon' is the raided — the 'Entailed Hat' that's the novel's name, the 'kidnappers' that's the gang's trade. Woodburn is the state's — the '1965' that's the purchase's year, the 'eight governors' that's the residents' count.
The file keeps Woodburn: the governed house, the preacher's guest, the tested wine, and the raided lawn.
Woodburn is the archive's Delaware file — the governor's mansion with a resident ghost.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Woodburn is the archive's Delaware file — the state house whose builder never left.
A mansion keeps its ghost — the file's suggestion being that Woodburn's hold is the official: the 'Hillyard' that's the apparition's name, the 'wine' that's the test's bait, and the 'governors' that's the house's living residents.

FILED CLAIMS — 1 on record, reported not verified
· [Documented legend] apparition: The official residence recounts an 1815 sighting attributed to Charles Hillyard III. Woodburn in Dover, Delaware carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. Sources including 'The Woodburn Ghost' keep the claim in circulation. The figure remains the site's most-repeated sighting.
  source: The Woodburn Ghost (https://woodburn.delaware.gov/ghosts-legends/woodburn-ghost/)

SOURCES — 1 cited
· The Woodburn Ghost — Office of the Governor of Delaware
  https://woodburn.delaware.gov/ghosts-legends/woodburn-ghost/

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