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Prothonotary. He served in these posts for the remainder of his life. Sykes served on the state's Privy Council in 1780, and in the state's second
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of the High Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware in 1792 and served until his death later that year.
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elections were held on the first day of October of the year noted. Terms for members of the
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Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Delaware; December 7, 1787.
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in 1756. In 1776 he was a delegate to the Delaware State
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began on the twentieth day of October. Members of the
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