3. Conrad, Robert T., ed. Neilds, John P. Washingtons Army in Delaware in the Summer of 1777. Unveiling and Preservation of the Monument Erected on the Dover Green. (Wilmington: Delaware State Society of the Cincinnati, 1912). New York: Alfred Knopf, 1958. Some Letters of and Concerning Major William Peery. Commanded by Col.s Habersham's /Rae Reed, H. Clay. Before the Revolution: Yankee Doodle Comes to Delaware. Newman, Harry Wright. Orders on the State Treasurer to Pay Militia Officers, Arrangements . (Valley Forge, 1943). A Revolutionary War-era flag from the First State and the man who captured it are having a reunion of sorts. 5. Caesar Rodneys Ride: Wilmington, Chester, Marcus Hook and Penns Landing, (reel 2) helical scan videotape, ca. New York: New Viewpoints, 1973. 11. #149: Revolutionary Warmilitary records, bounty warrants, HMS Roebuck, Delaware soldiers burial sites, Coochs Bridge, 10. Washington communicated with Dickinson concerning retribution for the murder of a Captain Huddy by Loyalists. The 1st Canadian Regiment, an Extra Continental regiment, was raised by James Livingston to support Colonial efforts in the American Revolutionary War during the invasion of Quebec. August 25 - British troops landed at Elkton Maryland, and marched into Delaware. Pay rolls and regiment returns list the name, rank, and time of service of soldiers and officers. . Lafayette to Washington (photostat), 1781, 29. Letters concerning Allen McLane (photostat), 1781, 30. Philadelphia: G. W. Jacobs and Company, 1900. Photostat. 1674-1851. A number of letters dating from 1774 deal with events in America and England. (15), An important state responsibility during and after the war was establishing pensions for veterans. Blank forms and circulars are also included. Topics of discussion include the forming of the second Continental Congress, events in America and England, a letter from woman sculptor Patience Wright, preparations for war, and Dickinsons commission as colonel for a Philadelphia militia unit, all in 1775. Muster roll, Delaware Regiment, Second Battalion, 1780, 30. A Guide to Revolutionary War Records in the Delaware Public Archives, RG 1800.099 Delaware Archives (A series of 13 manuscript boxes, 1 volume of original records and 3 published volumes), RG 1800.066 Revolutionary War Records (3 boxes), RG 1800.109 Revolutionary War Oaths of Allegiance, 1777-1784 (1 Box), OTHER SERIES CONTAINING REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS, RG 9200T02.000 Tilton Papers, ca. These files, also on microfilm, contain records created or acted upon by the General Assembly of Delaware. 2. Colonel Haslet was killed in the fighting. Brooklyn: Historical Printing Club, 1891. MMXXIII Delaware.gov, Revolutionary War Records, Committee of Inspection and Observation, 1775-1777, Revolutionary War Records, Continental Congress, 1776-1778, Revolutionary War Records, Loyalist Records, 1775-1783, RG 9200M10.000 Allen McLane Papers, 1777-1821, RG 9200R01.000 George Read Papers, 1764-1782. (1934). Box 2 contains correspondence from 1775-1782. 1781. Rockport, Me. Although primarily Revolutionary War pensions, this series includes a few War of 1812 pensions. Washington and Tarleton. Colored engraving. Those who refused were ineligible to hold office, vote or serve on juries. Robinson refused to appear before the committee, which warned revolutionaries not to deal with him but seems to have taken no other action. George Washington to Mordecai Gist, from Wilmington (transcript), 1777, 21. Position of the Division under Lt. Gen. Knyphausen at Cecil Church, Sep. 1777. 1777 (6). At Long Island, the 1st Delaware Regiment (pictured here) fought alongside the Marylanders on the American right flank. 1781 (2). Correspondence includes reports from the Treasury Department to loan agents concerning payment or inquiries about discrepancies, letters from the Navy Department after 1812, instructions on the issuing of money to heirs of pensioners, charts for determining payment, statements certifying the guardians of heirs, instructions on the payment of half-pay pensioners, and instructions on determining eligibility. Atlas to Marshalls Life of Washington. Dickinsons correspondence from 1779 includes letters from colleagues, commentary on current events, and letters from Caesar Rodney regarding war-related matters. Baltimore: Southern Book Company, 1955. Caesar Rodneys Ride: John Dickinson, Dover, Smyrna, Odessa and New Castle, (reel 1) helical scan videotape, ca. Thomas Kitchin, Sr. Seat of the War in the Environs of Philadelphia . Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record Administration, 1995. Transcripts of correspondence between the first President of Delaware State and his wife. Dickens, Charles W., ed. Once upon a Time in Delaware. These books include rosters, muster rolls, histories, diaries, and other documents listing Pennsylvanian troops. ca. Declaration of Independence, mounted reproduction on wood. Commission, John Carr, ensign, Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, 1777, 14. Friedrich Adolph Julius van Wangenheim. Hundreds of New Castle County (transcripts from American Archives), 1775, 2. Buchanan, Roberdeau. 12. . Charging at four in the morning, the Americans won without firing a shot. The microfilm version of the Senate Journals, RG 1120.0, contains the Minutes of the Council of the Delaware State from 1776 to 1792, published in 1886. Delawares veterans were ordered home toward the end of 1782. Militia Accounts, Accounts of the Lieutenants . [Part of the modern counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, and Lancaster in Pennsylvania, New Castle in Delaware, and Cecil in Maryland. On 8 September, the British marched through Newark enroute to Philadelphia. Delaware avoided the violence that occurred in other colonies, while joining in resistance against the acts. Bulletin III (April 1928): 15-22. RG 1325.036 Photographs, General CollectionPortraits. 1. . . Eberlein, Harold Donaldson, and Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard. from The New England Quarterly IV, no. Ketchum, Richard M., ed. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1994. Landmarks of the Revolution. Alexander Wylly (Georgia) to Samuel White, Speaker of the House, Massachusetts (photocopy), 1765, 2. Petitions include officers requesting payment, former President McKinlys request for reimbursement, and persons convicted of treason seeking leniency. A Rising People: The Founding of the United States, 1765-1789. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. Hancock, Harold B. The personal accounts date mostly from the 1800s. During and after the war many major loyalist leaders left the state to join British forces or go to England or Canada. 6. Certificate of military service, 1787, 39. Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition grand prize certificate, 1926. Position of the Army at Brandewyne. 1777 (10). Records include miscellaneous accounts and receipts, muster rolls, pay rolls, and regiment returns, General Assembly resolutions, proclamations, and drafts, correspondence, Auditor of Accounts reports, documents regarding the treatment of suspected loyalists, and petitions for pardon from those suspected of aiding the British. [Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay (Clinton map #259)]. . Sir Henry Clintons Map of Valley Forge and Vicinity. 23. . Military fines collected in Bucks County, 1780, 16. Ross, Howard DeHaven. Despite measures to control currency depreciation, the national extent of the problem did not allow for easy solutions. Wilmington: Public Archives Commission of Delaware, 1911. Photostat. Neuenschwander, John A. Philadelphia: L. J. Richards & Company, 1888. RG 1111.006 Council of Safety Minutes 1775-1776. Photostat. Pension Receipts 1821-1822 (2 folders), RG 1315.006 Revolutionary War Veterans Accounts with the United States Government, 1776-1787. Dickinson, John, with introduction by R.T. H. Halsey. About U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 This database is a collection of records kept by the National Archives listing men who fought for the colonies in the American Revolutionary War. Ann Arbor: William Clements Library, 1928. At the battle of Cowpens, 17 January 1781, Kirkwoods men and their comrades played a crucial role in the American victory. I & II. The Sovereign States, 1775-1783. Delaware Troops in the Revolution. Transparency Primary sources take the form of original documents, transcripts, and photostats. John Dickinson: A Great Worthy of the Revolution. (1943). Rioting between Whigs and Tories postponed October 1777 elections in Sussex County. (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1933). Cooch, Edward W. The Battle of Coochs Bridge. Boxes 1-3 of the Dickinson Papers contain John Dickinsons correspondence relating to the American Revolution. Brandywine Conservancy commemorates its preservation of key Brandywine Battlefield site on anniversary of the Revolutionary War battle. After the Boston Tea Party and the closing of the port of Boston, the Committee raised subscriptions for the relief of Boston. 3. 1777 (11). Revolutionary War Records, Accounts, 1776-1807 (23 folders). The committee persuaded Holliday to sign a statement disavowing his letter. [Area of Chester County in Pennsylvania, including Valley Forge and a Continental powder mill], n.d. 12. Revolutionary War: Delaware Was First (Box 1 & 2). Delawares loyalty to Great Britain was tested when Parliament passed the Stamp Act in 1765 and the Townshend Acts in 1768. James Wilson, Founding Father: 1742-1798. . The Middle Colonies and the Coming of the American Revolution. Muster Roll of the Late Delaware Regiment now the First Company in the Second Battalion of Col. William's Regiment of Infantry serving in the Southern Army of the United States for the Month of November 1780 . In the booklet dated from 1784 to 1792, the correspondence originates in Dover and concerns, among other things, the settling of the accounts of the General Assembly for the Revolutionary War. 29. Some 300 of the 400 men from Maryland died, along with 31 of the men from Delaware. #321a: The Declaration of Independence, translated into ten languages, 15. 1775. 1858. In August and September of 1776 a convention specifically arranged for that purpose drafted a constitution. Muster rolls may contain such information as a soldiers name, rank, age, birthplace, residence, occupation, enlistment date and location, muster-in date and location, mustering officer, term of enlistment, pay dates and amounts, and transfer and promotion data. 1820). Kent County, (transcripts, photostats, originals), 1776, 4. 1. There are appointments and commissions of officers and soldiers of the army, marching orders, and supply requests. Hancock, Harold B. Completing their service at Dobbs Ferry on 7 October, Neills men were sent home from Philadelphia on 22 October. Texas Revolutionary War. Accounts not paid by Philip Barratt and Isaac Carty, n.d. 4. List of contributions for relief of Boston (photostats), 1774, 4. Contains a range of material from Dickinsons life, including correspondence, accounts and receipts, business of the Continental Congress and the Delaware State, drafts of the Articles of Confederation, and other materials relating to the American Revolution. List of contributions for relief of Boston (originals), 1774, 3. Thomas McKean: The Shaping of an American Republicanism. #48: Delaware constitutional convention, 27 August-21 September 1776, 5. Minutes and other papers (American Archives transcripts, photostats), 1775-1776, 2. Revolutionary Patriots of Delaware, 1775-1783. 26. Conrad, Henry. 198th Signal Battalion(First Delaware) Authorized 9 September 1775 in the Continental Army as the Delaware Regiment (also known as Haslet's Regiment) Organized 13 January 1776 to consist of the following companies under the command of Colonel John Haslet: Captain Joseph Stidham's Company - New Castle County. 10. (Albany: New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission and Champlain Valley Committee for the Observance of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution, n.d.). Other accounts include the depreciation of pay to the Delaware Regiment. Delaware Topics 1. The man is William Dansey, a British Army officer, who captured that flag 242 years ago in September 1777 during fighting in the area shortly . Philadelphia: Swedish Colonial Foundation, 1953. Officer rosters, muster rolls, regiment returns, pay rolls, provision and forage accounts, enlistment returns, certificates of service, depositions before justices of the peace, assignments of pay, receipts for pay, etc., from various soldiers. Ground Chosen and Entrenched by Washington to Fight Howes Army. (Price & Price, 1777). (Valley Forge Historical Society, 1949). 13. (ca. Access the United States, Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 records. 2. Caesar Rodneys Arrival at Independence Hall, 1776. Through the Years with Aunt Clara. Folder 1 contains general orders, division and brigade orders, proceedings of court martials and courts of inquiry, company returns, muster rolls, musical notations, and a journal of marches from March through December 1777. 0:22 In his memoirs, Enoch Anderson, a freshly minted lieutenant in the First Delaware Regiment, described his rude introduction to Gen. John Dagworthy, a no-nonsense veteran of decades of. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1972. Taunton: Historic Reproductions, 1975. In 1774, Rodney, McKean, and Read were selected by the Assembly to represent Delaware at the Continental Congress. Mexican War. Main, Jackson Turner. Westminster, Md. McLanes company annexed to Delaware Regiment ( document photograph), 1779, 23. 5. #88: Continental EmissionUnited States account of taxes paid by Delaware, 7. These include letters concerning Committees of Correspondence, news of the war, the establishment of a hospital in Virginia, the conduct of army physicians, an account of the Delaware Regiments attack on loyalists at Mamaroneck, New York, the use of smallpox vaccine, Tiltons appointment as a hospital physician and surgeon, reports on sick and wounded, and Tiltons resignation from the Delaware Regiment in 1776. Folder 1 contains company reports, and journal entries from 1775, 1779, and after the Revolution. Neagles, James C. United States Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present. General RodneyJohn Dagworthy correspondence, 1777, 20. The Americans were forced to retreat. The Nehemiah Tilton papers folder contains photostats of two letters from 1782 dealing with current events and Delaware politics. Dover: Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, 1976. Color print. #590: Robbery of the French treasury, 1783, 26. The Kelly records include a declaration of service, affidavits, and a declaration of proof for Kellys widow Elizabeth. Dating from the 1770s through the early 1800s, these records contain deeds, state letters, governors messages, votes of the Assembly, commissions to officials, communications between the Continental Congress and the state, and more. A Plan of Part of the Province of Pennsylvania . 27. It was the worst defeat suffered by the American Army during the Revolutionary War. Many of the documents are noted as being true copies. 1965). Letter from John McKinly (transcript), 1776, 9. Johnson, Amandus. Jackson, John W. The Pennsylvania Navy: 1775-1781: The Defense of the Delaware. 21. Philadelphia: J. Crissy, 1839. Entries show date of entry, account heading, payee or payer, reason for disbursement, or receipts, amount of receipt or disbursement, and daily balances. Joseph Reed wrote Dickinson, concerned over an error in Dickinsons Vindication. Top Consequences of the Battle . . 1976. Munroe, John A. The letter folders, containing both photostats and originals, are a mixture of personal and official correspondence. Francis Freeman, 1820 (African American Revolutionary veteran), 46. . []. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1954. Additional names can be found in the General ReferenceBiography database. 3. Photostats include acts of Congress pertaining to days of fasting, and business of the Council including the exporting of flour to other states and to Bermuda, complaints against Deputy Quartermaster General Francis Wade, the appointment of a deputy quartermaster, the state schooner Delaware, and efforts to regain state papers captured by the British. Assembly members in Kent and Sussex Counties (scholars notes), 1776, 2. These files contain the minutes of the Council of Safety from the years 1775-1776. The term "Delaware Line" referred to the quota of one infantry regiment which was assigned to Delaware at various times by the Continental Congress. As the morning progressed, the enemy began to encircle the Americans. Inquiry re: George Williams veteran status, 1830, Revolutionary War Records, Council of Safety, 1775-1776 (4 folders), 1. It was organized in the spring at Baltimore, Maryland (three companies) and Annapolis, Maryland (six companies) under the command of Colonel William Smallwood consisting of eight companies and one light infantry company from the northern . http://www.1stDelawareRegime 1st Delaware Regiment | Newark DE Duane, William, Jr. Several newspaper articles dealing with Delawares role in the American Revolution may be found in the American Revolution and Bicentennial folders. Dover: Henlopen Publishing Company, 1970. Color and black & white prints. The American Historical Scene. . 4. Skinner, Mrs. G. S. Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Ohio, from Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Lived in the State of Ohio, vols. 6. Caesar Rodney letters (photostat), 1776, 15. RG 1922.001 DARBCPhotograph Collection, 1975-1979. Wilmington: Delaware Daughters of the American Revolution, 1940. Bellas, Henry Hobart, ed. A Compleat Plan of Part of the Province of Pennsylvania East and West Jersey 1778. Landing at the Head of Elk in Maryland, British forces marched through Delaware. Serving under Light Horse Harry Lee, McLane and his men participated in the bayonet charge at Paulus Hook on 19 August 1779. Certificates of military service, 1784, 36. 1782. Payment to Captain McClements company soldiers, 1792-1793, 23. . In June 1778 the regiment participated in the Battle of Monmouth Court House, as well as at Stony Point and Paulus Hook in the summer of 1779. Valley Forge Historical Society. of every person placed on the pension list . Other topics of correspondence include the depreciation of paper money, Delaware legislation under consideration, and Continental Congress public abuses committee business. Dr. James Tilton was a physician and patriot who served with Haslets regiment and then as a surgeon to the Continental Army. The Loyalists in Revolutionary America 1760-1781. Like most regiments of the Continental Army, the unit went through several incarnations and name changes. Box 6 contains photostats of Tilton correspondence from throughout the Revolutionary period. Delaware. State Agencies One source of revenue was the seizure and sale of estates belonging to Loyalists. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900. The following is a list of maps located in the map collection, and maps found in the vertical file collection. 1, Baltimore: Williams and Williams Company, 1915; Vol. 8. Photostat. The Auditors sundry accounts include the Council of Safety, congressional delegates, George Read, the United States, and various officers. Hancock, Harold B. 7. Haslets men fought bravely at Brooklyn Heights that day, although the American forces were defeated. (12), A regiment of Delaware militia was called into service alongside the Continental Army in the summer of 1780. 1776, regarding rumored changes in the Constitution, a list of members of the Council, Correction and Addenda to the published Minutes, resolutions for opening subscriptions for Continental Loan Office certificates, and acts regarding payment, clothing and supplies for Delawares troops.
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