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These books include rosters, muster rolls, histories, diaries, and other documents listing Pennsylvanian troops. . Neilds, John P. Washingtons Army in Delaware in the Summer of 1777. Baltimore: Read-Taylor Press, 1925. Payment to Captain McClements company soldiers, 1792-1793, 23. Commissary and personal accounts are intermingled. 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. []. the name . 16. Maryland Revolutionary Records. Morris, Irving. The first Delaware regiment was no more. A Pageant of 1776. 1950. Another letter from that year deals with political factions in Pennsylvania. Martin, Lawrence. 11. Only a few documents relating to the Revolution are found here: a letter from December 1765 regarding the Stamp Act crisis, and letters from December 1767, and January and April 1768 regarding Dickinsons Farmers Letters. Letters from Arthur Lee in February 1770 and January 1771 discuss the political situation in England. 1814. Ryden, George Herbert, ed. The Blues saw little action the remainder of 1779 and they wintered at Morristown, New Jersey. . Jones, Elias. Delaware Topics Siebert, Wilbur H. Loyalist Troops of New England. Repr. Manuscript Sources in the Library of Congress for Research on the American Revolution. . Washington communicated with Dickinson concerning retribution for the murder of a Captain Huddy by Loyalists. The American Heritage Book of the American Revolution. 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 . At the same time in Sussex County, loyalists were reported as gathering in large groups in an attempt to seize control of county government, with at least five British warships sitting in Delaware Bay. 1976. . RG 9200R01.000 George Read Papers, 1764-1782 (3 folders). Caesar Rodney, George Read, and Thomas McKean: The Delaware Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Typescript, 1970. Vindication of Col. David Hall (photostat), 1790, 41. . 19. Sussex County, A true state of the general disaffection (photocopies), 1776, Revolutionary War Records, General Assembly, 1776 (2 folders), 1. 2. London: Crowell-Collier Press, 1970. 25. During one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the Revolutionary War, the actions of these brave soldiers would earn them the venerated name of the Maryland 400. General RodneyJohn Dagworthy correspondence, 1777, 20. Dr. James Tilton was a physician and patriot who served with Haslets regiment and then as a surgeon to the Continental Army. (London, ca. 1919. In 1777 the British shifted their attention to Philadelphia. Liberty and Independence: The Delaware State During the American Revolution. Delaware Today, September 1975. . The acquisition included ten acres, several outbuildings, and the Cooch family's ancestral home, a three-story structure built circa 1760. Facsimile reproduction. . 3. . They include letters asking for funds to defend the state, letters from Caesar Rodney asking individuals to break away from the British Crown, and correspondence between Rodney and the Assembly. 2. Hundreds of New Castle County (transcripts from American Archives), 1775, 2. Delaware State Society of the Cincinnati. Order: Troops to False Cape (American Archive transcript), 1776, 9. . Land claim bonus for Levin McGee by John McGee, 1779, 27. (ca. Rockport, Me. [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. . Disposition of British fleet by Sarah OBryan (transcripts), 1777, Revolutionary War Records, Committee of Safety (Pennsylvania), 1776 (1 folder), Revolutionary War Records, Continental Congress, 1776-1778 (2 folders), Revolutionary War Records, Correspondence, 1765-1830 (33 folders), 1. Ferguson, Bessie Brockson. 1. 1, Baltimore: Williams and Williams Company, 1915; Vol. The 1st and 2nd Regiments went on to form the Legion of the United States in 1792 which later became the foundation of the United States Army in 1796. . 1818, &c. Washington, D. C.: Gales & Seaton, 1820; repr. E-mail / Text Alerts . (1), The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766, and the Townshend Acts in 1770, except for the tax on tea. Wilmington: Public Archives Commission of Delaware, 1911. (Charing Cross: William Faden, 1784). Delaware Regiment log, North Carolina, 1780, 28. Color and black & white prints. #48: Delaware constitutional convention, 27 August-21 September 1776, 5. The rolls include an index to names of pensioners, including death dates when known, and an index to correspondence between pensioners and government officials. Henry Fisher and William Peery to John Hancock, 1777, 19. Related Topics:American Revolution, Delaware History, Early Delaware History, Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War Guide, Sons of the American Revolution, Delaware's Governor Monmouth Beach, N.J.: Philip Freneau Press, 1972. Coochs Bridge, Del. Amounts spent for clothing or provisions for companies or the regiment as a whole are among the items found in accounts. Some Letters of and Concerning Major William Peery. After the loss of Forts Washington and Lee in November, the American army withdrew from New York into New Jersey, with British troops in pursuit. 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. . Among Captain Robert Kirkwoods papers are photostats of his journal from 1777-1784. Jackson, John W. The Pennsylvania Navy: 1775-1781: The Defense of the Delaware. The coat length was slightly shorter than a normal regimental coat in 1776. The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was a Continental Army regiment from Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War (1781-1783). 31. . August 25 - British troops landed at Elkton Maryland, and marched into Delaware. At Long Island, the 1st Delaware Regiment (pictured here) fought alongside the Marylanders on the American right flank. Some 300 of the 400 men from Maryland died, along with 31 of the men from Delaware. RG 1111.021 Proceedings of the Freemen . This guide, indicating and describing the scope of the Revolutionary War holdings at the Delaware Public Archives, will assist the researcher in finding both original and secondary source material. These records may include date and amount of disbursement, name of recipient and pension period, and signature of recipient. Philadelphia: L. J. Richards & Company, 1888. Pension receipts are a record of military pensions paid to veterans. Entries show ledger number, account title, reason for disbursement (military, order of General Assembly, salaries, and services rendered to the state) or receipt (tax, fee, or fine collected), date of entry, totals, and reference to entry in a ledger. Calhoon, Robert McCluer. Cornelius Paynter(?) Baltimore: Southern Book Company, 1955. 1. . Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, 1940. Hardy, Minerva Spencer. Coochs Bridge is said by some to mark the first display of the Stars and Stripes in battle. New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1929. Also contains a draft of A Declaration of Rights and Fundamental Rules, and the Delaware State Constitution. of the Government, Votes and Proceedings of the House of Assembly, Votes and Proceedings of the Council of the Delaware State, Proceedings of the Convention of the Delaware State, Delaware Public Archives Motion Picture Collection, Delaware American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, Department of Public Instruction Motion Picture Collection, First settled in 1638, controlled in succession by the Swedes, Dutch, and finally the English, Delaware was a thriving colony in the years before the American Revolution. . Topics of correspondence from 1776 includes the appointment of generals, the purchase of arms, Dickinsons reservations regarding the Declaration of Independence, and Dickinsons service with his troops in New Jersey. Letter from John McKinly (transcript), 1776, 9. : Raymond B. Clark, 1976. Depreciation Certificates of Delaware Regiment, 1783-1799, 18. Soundings . Adams, Randolph G. British Headquarters Maps and Sketches Used by Sir Henry Clinton . George Washington to Mordecai Gist, from Wilmington (transcript), 1777, 21. FamilySearch. Revolutionary War Records, Accounts, 1776-1807 (23 folders). 5. Sir Henry Clintons Map of Valley Forge and Vicinity. Haslet and his men managed to capture thirty-six men and a collection of weapons and blankets. 2. 1. (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1933). . Lefferts, Charles Mackubin. 1779. from the report of Secretary of War . List of contributions for relief of Boston (originals), 1774, 3. Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Personal narratives. Wilmington : Historical Society of Delaware, 1896. Loyalists in Delaware (transcript), 1790, 33. Road from Coochs Bridge to Elk Court House . 8. Photostat. Entries show date of entry, account heading, payee or payer, reason for disbursement, or receipts, amount of receipt or disbursement, and daily balances. N.p., 1927. . on Taking up Arms in 1775. Bulletin III (April 1928): 15-22. . of the Government 1774. Many of these letters relating to the Revolution may also be found in George Herbert Rydens The Letters of Caesar Rodney, 1756-1784 (see bibliography section). As a number of loyalists left Delaware at this time, much of their property was seized. Correspondence re: Dover Light Infantry (photostat), 1776, 5. Rodney, George Brydges. Brunhouse, Robert L. The Counter-Revolution in Pennsylvania, 1776-1790. Photostat. Settling of depreciation of pay to Delaware Regiment, 1786, 20. Conrad, Robert T., ed. 16mm motion picture. Many of these articles were part of a series featured in the Wilmington Morning News, Looking Back 200 Years, which ran in 1975 and 1976. The soldiers from tiny Delaware, fighting alongside the 1st Maryland Regiment, may well have prevented the capture of the majority of Washington's army, an event that might have ended the colonial rebellion then and there. 11. 8. Loyalists were active along the Delaware, and the need for a schooner for protection against Loyalist forays is raised in Dickinsons correspondence. Colonel John Haslet to General Rodney (transcript), 1776, 7. Some of the affidavits show the veterans age, physical condition, occupation, family member names and ages, inventory of property, and other personal information. A Plan of Part of the Province of Pennsylvania . Oaths of Allegiance show the oath taken, name of person sworn before, date of oath, and signature of person taking the oath. Delaware Society of the Cincinnati charter (photostat), 1783. Peden, Henry C., Jr. . William Saunders, inventory and genealogy, 1820, 51. In a 1777 letter to George Read, Dickinson wrote that he was unable to serve as a delegate for Delaware in the Congress. At the battle of Cowpens, 17 January 1781, Kirkwoods men and their comrades played a crucial role in the American victory. Virtuitis Praemium: The Men Who Founded the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, 2 vols. Ground Chosen and Entrenched by Washington to Fight Howes Army. (Price & Price, 1777). On Pale Rider! Haslets men fought bravely at Brooklyn Heights that day, although the American forces were defeated. From the autumn of 1777 through June 1778, the British purchased supplies in New Castle and Port Penn. 2 (1950). 11. . Record of receipts and disbursements made by the State. 1st Delaware Regiment (1776-1783) 1st Georgia Regiment (1775-1783) 2nd Georgia . 9. (1943). . 6. Their blue jackets with red facings and white waistcoat and breeches would later become the uniform for all the Continental troops. Kilbourne, John Dwight. General Assembly RG 1105.001 Proceedings of the Privy Council, 1778-1792. Bellas, Henry Hobart, ed. Delaware Infantry Regiment, 1st. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1975. Battle of Coochs Bridge. Delaware Conservationist XXI (Winter 1977-78): 11-16. Washington, D.C.: Office of Publications, National Park Service, 1975. The 1st Maryland Regiment (Smallwood's Regiment) originated with the authorization of a Maryland Battalion of the Maryland State Troops on 14 January 1776. 1778. Catharine Meritt, re: William Dowdle, 1837, RG 1800.111 Military Pension Receipt Books, 1817-1829 (1 Box). Folder 2 contains pay rolls and muster rolls from 1777-1780, and January 1781, another musical notation, a furlough from 1779, and regiment returns from August and November 1781. List of Continental officers who died in service/invalid pension applicants, 1777-1793, 3. John Booker, Virginia troops (Buckner Regiment), 1776, 10. . Neagles, James C. United States Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present. 1st Pennsylvania Regiment (Revolutionary War) Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Military Records Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War 1st Pennsylvania Regiment Brief History Also known as the Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion and Thompson's Rifle Battalion. Position of the Division under Lt. Gen. Knyphausen at Cecil Church, Sep. 1777. 1777 (6). Contains two folders pertaining to McLanes Revolutionary War activities. A few letters from Tilton written during the Revolution are interspersed with other documents in Box 3 (all are photostats). 2. Photostat. . Letter from John McKinly for gunpowder (photostat), 1775, 4. 2. The committee persuaded Holliday to sign a statement disavowing his letter. 1st Delaware Regiment. R-53: Letters of Dr. John McKinly, 1773-1778. Letters regarding a shipment of supplies for British and Hessian prisoners date from that year, as does a circular from George Washington regarding raising troops, and a resolution of Congress regarding privateers. The Delaware First Regiment fought in every major battle of the Revolutionary War. 1820. Selesky, Harold E. A Demographic Survey of the Continental Army that Wintered at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777-1778. . Hancock, Harold B. The regiment would see action during the New York Campaign, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Guilford Court House. Swedish Contributions to American Freedom, 1776-1783, vol. 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 . This was true in Delaware as well. Photostat. A test act requiring a loyalty oath to the state government was instituted in 1777. B. Lippincott and Co., 1870. 22. New Castle County barracks on Christiana Creek, 1779, 25. 9. Withholding Tax . Photostat. Other topics of correspondence included the return home of Pennsylvania troops, business of the Pennsylvania government, and the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the war. Whiteley, William G. The Revolutionary Soldiers of Delaware. Governors Register, State of Delaware Volume I: Appointments and Other Transactions . Proceedings and correspondence, Kent County Committee of Correspondence (transcripts from Historical Society of Delaware), 1774-1775, 7. Painting by Horace Carpenter, 1917-1919. Route of the British in 1776 . Box 9 of the Dickinson papers contains Dickinsons draft of the Articles of Confederation, 1776 (photostats). Battles. 10. Black & white print. Pabst, Anna C. Smith, comp. Brooklyn: Historical Printing Club, 1891. Edward Kearney, letter to the governor of Delaware, n.d. 2. Photostat. (Whitford, Pa.: Stephen Moylan Press, 1958). Benjamin Gibbs re: army expenses, 1784, 32. On 19 October Cornwallis surrendered. General William Alexander, self-proclaimed as Lord Stirling, took command of the Marylanders and the First Delaware Regiment. Life and Correspondence of George Read. Washington, D.C.: Harry Wright Newman, 1938. The Delaware Colony. Pyle, Katharine. Delaware Troops Leaving the Green. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1974. The Americans regrouped and in a series of battles turned the tide against the British. Yorktown Sesquicentennial Pageants: 1931. (11), 1778 saw the American army ending its winter encampment at Valley Forge with a new sense of discipline and purpose; the British evacuated Philadelphia, shifting their focus to the south. Folder 3 contains a journal of marches from Morristown, New Jersey through the Kirkwood companys southern campaign, 1780-1782. Elected Officials Adjusted and allowed claims, 1792-1796, 12. Report of the Valley Forge Park Commission. Officer rosters, regiment returns, pay rolls, muster rolls, casualty reports, list of officers and men to be struck from muster rolls, reports to the President of Delaware State, lists of prisoners of war, list of discharges, inspection reports, passes. State treasurers accounts with Edward Pole, 1807, Revolutionary War Records, AccountsForfeited Estates, 1771-1790 (13 folders), 7. Lafayette Day Committee. Edward Roche to James Booth, from Valley Forge (photocopy), 1778, 25. 1. American Philosophical Society. Captain Allen McLanes company of dragoons recruited in Delaware, and gained a id for themselves, whether on horseback or as infantry. #321a: The Declaration of Independence, translated into ten languages, 15. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1977. George Read to President of Congress, (transcripts, photocopies), 1778, 2. Letters of Marque and Reprisal, 1778-1780, 5. An Allen McLane folder, with articles on efforts taken in the 1960s to restore his burial place, is among the four American Revolution folders. Whitford, Pa.: Stephen Moylan Press, 1958. Entries for each account include disbursements for prisoners of war, the commissarys department, transportation, the hospital department, quartermasters department, contingent expenses, forage department, and for arms, ammunition, and ordnance stores. The Story of Caesar Rodney and His Immortal Ride. Taking into account rank and length of service, auditors estimated how much each soldier should receive, issuing depreciation certificates because the currency had been devalued so severely.(16). The enlistment, provisioning, clothing, and payment of troops proved a constant concern. 1781 correspondence includes the proceedings of the Hartford Convention, a letter regarding Delawares failure to send delegates to Congress, inquiries regarding Delawares troop quota, troop returns, letters from George Washington regarding a military hospital in Wilmington, and a petition congratulating Dickinson on his appointment as President of Delaware. Philadelphia: J. Crissy, 1832. In May 1775, Kent Countys committee took action when the Pennsylvania Ledger published a letter from county resident Robert Holliday questioning Kent Countys revolutionary fervor. Captain Robert Kirkwood reimbursement, 1788, 21. Hancock, Harold B. Report of Capt. Men enlisting for the duration of the war were guaranteed a pension. Delaware Troops in the Revolution. A letter from Allen McLane concerning the attachment of his company to the Delaware Regiment, and correspondence from Arthur Lee at the height of the Lee/Deane controversy in 1779 may also be found. Invalid pension claims (list of sources), 1778-1856, 9. [1] Organisation and Remusterings 90-Day Volunteers [ edit] . Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War. Dickinson was a member of Congress, a militia colonel, and President of Delaware and of Pennsylvania during the Revolution. In Buff and Blue: Being Certain Portions From the Diary of Richard Hilton. Also available on Reference Reel R-77. 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. 1965). Washington, D.C.: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1942. Matters were not helped by inflation. 1 (1931): 108-147. N.p., 1903. Samuel Shute journal extracts (transcript), 1781, 34. (15), An important state responsibility during and after the war was establishing pensions for veterans. Petitions for pay are found here, as are letters concerning Pennsylvania troops and the ongoing peace process. A photostat of the proceedings details a call for delegates to an expected colonial congress, and the forming of the New Castle County Committee of Correspondence. Delaware Archives, 3 vols. The American Historical Scene. Also available on Reference Reel R-77. 7. . . Original, photostat. John Dickinson: A Great Worthy of the Revolution. In the spring of 1780, the Delaware Continentals were sent to the southern theater. Index to Maps of the American Revolution in Books and Periodicals. Link To This Page Contact Us The Delaware regiment took part in the battle of the Brandywine on 11 September as well as the battle of Germantown on 4 October 1777. I & II. Princeton: Princeton University Press for the American Philosophical Society, 1951. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1954. These records are a mixture of primary and secondary materials. : Riverside Press, 1903. RG 1325.036 Photographs, General CollectionPortraits. Hamilton, Edward P. The Champlain Valley in the American Revolution. Wilkes-Barre: Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, 1897. . American Revolutionary War. The regiment disbanded on January 1, 1783 at Charleston, South Carolina. Battle of Brandywine in Which the Americans Were Defeated . The Americans were forced to retreat. Haslets men again guarded the rear of the army as the Americans crossed the Delaware into Pennsylvania. Encampment of the Army on Landing the 26th Aug. 1777. 1777 (4). Dover: Public Archives Commission of Delaware, 1926. The cards in this database list names, sometimes rank, and a volume and page reference to the source volume. James Wilson, Founding Father: 1742-1798. On 25 October 1776, the roughly 280 men still fit for duty in the regiment took part in the battle of White Plains. (8), Few in the Delaware regiment took part in Washingtons attack on Trenton, or in the battle of Princeton. 5. Philadelphia: J. Privacy Policy To the Delaware Pilots, copy. RG 1111.000 Legislative Papers, 1776-1783. Before and After the Battle of Brandywine: Extracts from the Journal of Sergeant Thomas Sullivan of H.M. Forty-Ninth Regiment of Foot. Typescript. . Carpenter and Walker of Port Penn, 1778, Revolutionary War Records, Committee of Correspondence, 1774-1775 (7 folders), 1. Roster and Ancestral Roll. During the American Revolution, the Delaware Regiment established a record for military discipline, efficiency, and dependability on the battlefield. Lewes meeting, examination of American grievances (transcripts from American Archives), 1774, 6. 1858. #223: Broad Creek meeting of 20 June 1775 to support new union among the colonies, 11. Cities & Towns Battle of Cowpens, Conflict between Cols. 1791. Matchette, Robert B. ca. John Hills. 3. Business First Steps, Phone Directory (N.p., n.d.). Alexander Wylly (Georgia) to Samuel White, Speaker of the House, Massachusetts (photocopy), 1765, 2. The Lower Counties, as Delaware was then known, were technically part of Pennsylvania, though after 1704 the two colonies had separate legislatures. The letterbook shows date, name of addressee, matters under consideration, and signature of Eleazer McComb. Passages from the Remembrancer of Christopher Marshall. During and after the war many major loyalist leaders left the state to join British forces or go to England or Canada. As the imperial crisis continued, the Whig opposition to Parliaments policies pushed forward in the colonies. Boatner, Mark Mayo. In August and September of 1776 a convention specifically arranged for that purpose drafted a constitution. Dickens, Charles W., ed. Delaware Becomes a State. James Tilton of Delaware, 1745-1822: A Patriotic Doctor in Our Two Wars with Britain, which apparently was never published. Depreciation certificates were issued to soldiers to be redeemed at a later date, as Continental currency by 1780 was worthless. 1. Primary sources take the form of original documents, transcripts, and photostats. Inquiry re: George Williams veteran status, 1830, Revolutionary War Records, Council of Safety, 1775-1776 (4 folders), 1. Flower, Milton E. John Dickinson, Conservative Revolutionary. 3. Reed, H. Clay. Colonel Haslet was killed in the fighting. 3. After an attack to ravage Staten Island they marched south to oppose the British invasion of Delaware. Butterfield, L. H. Letters of Benjamin Rush. . 4. Delaware State Code Strasburg, Va.: Shenandoah Publishing House, 1935. Clark, Raymond B., Jr. Maryland Revolutionary Records: How to Find and Interpret Them. . Thomas Lightfoot and Thomas Cockayne, 1777, 5. Books relating to the American Revolution may be found in the Research Room. On 3 September 1777 they were met at Coochs Bridge on the Christina Creek, just south of Newark, by about 700 American troops led by Brigadier General William Maxwell. 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. R-89: Daniel Terry Boughner, Jr., George Read and the Founding of the Delaware State (Ph.D. dissertation, Catholic University, 1968). Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting . . Photostats include accounts of loyalist activities, military appointments, and a proclamation of a day of thanksgiving. Caesar Rodneys Arrival at Independence Hall, 1776. Volume II: Military and Naval (1777-ca. Smith, Charles Page. Meeting of convention protesting the closing of the Port of Boston (listed as Meetings at New Castle, Dover, and Lewes, photostats), 1774, 5. Jones, Gilbert S. Valley Forge Park: Historical Record and Guide Book. 6. 1778. It was the worst defeat suffered by the American Army during the Revolutionary War. It is best to consult the lists following groups of documents. A rough chronological order is followed. Brandywine Conservancy commemorates its preservation of key Brandywine Battlefield site on anniversary of the Revolutionary War battle. On 1 December 1776, the end of their enlistment, Patterson and his men returned home. Valley Forge Landmarks. . Pension rolls from 1790 through 1846 are included (although not for every year inclusive). 10. Samuel Patterson to Caesar Rodney (transcript), 1776, 13. Proceedings of the Assembly of the Lower Counties on Delaware, 1770-1776, of the Constitutional Convention of 1776, and of the House of Assembly of the Delaware State, 1776-1781. Jacob Bennett re: ships captured by the British, 1777, 19. 1775-1783 (7 boxes), Proceedings of the Freemen . These records include muster rolls of Delaware troops throughout the American Revolution, letters from the Continental Congress to Delaware, and letters to and from Caesar Rodney, John McKinly, and Thomas McKean. Sandersons Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence. 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. 2. 4. Theophilus Park to Rodney (photostat), 1776, 11. [Campaigns of 1776 and 1777]. 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. (Multiple sections of a map of the mid-Atlantic states)].

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These books include rosters, muster rolls, histories, diaries, and other documents listing Pennsylvanian troops. . Neilds, John P. Washingtons Army in Delaware in the Summer of 1777. Baltimore: Read-Taylor Press, 1925. Payment to Captain McClements company soldiers, 1792-1793, 23. Commissary and personal accounts are intermingled. 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. []. the name . 16. Maryland Revolutionary Records. Morris, Irving. The first Delaware regiment was no more. A Pageant of 1776. 1950. Another letter from that year deals with political factions in Pennsylvania. Martin, Lawrence. 11. Only a few documents relating to the Revolution are found here: a letter from December 1765 regarding the Stamp Act crisis, and letters from December 1767, and January and April 1768 regarding Dickinsons Farmers Letters. Letters from Arthur Lee in February 1770 and January 1771 discuss the political situation in England. 1814. Ryden, George Herbert, ed. The Blues saw little action the remainder of 1779 and they wintered at Morristown, New Jersey. . Jones, Elias. Delaware Topics Siebert, Wilbur H. Loyalist Troops of New England. Repr. Manuscript Sources in the Library of Congress for Research on the American Revolution. . Washington communicated with Dickinson concerning retribution for the murder of a Captain Huddy by Loyalists. The American Heritage Book of the American Revolution. 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 . At the same time in Sussex County, loyalists were reported as gathering in large groups in an attempt to seize control of county government, with at least five British warships sitting in Delaware Bay. 1976. . RG 9200R01.000 George Read Papers, 1764-1782 (3 folders). Caesar Rodney, George Read, and Thomas McKean: The Delaware Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Typescript, 1970. Vindication of Col. David Hall (photostat), 1790, 41. . 19. Sussex County, A true state of the general disaffection (photocopies), 1776, Revolutionary War Records, General Assembly, 1776 (2 folders), 1. 2. London: Crowell-Collier Press, 1970. 25. During one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the Revolutionary War, the actions of these brave soldiers would earn them the venerated name of the Maryland 400. General RodneyJohn Dagworthy correspondence, 1777, 20. Dr. James Tilton was a physician and patriot who served with Haslets regiment and then as a surgeon to the Continental Army. (London, ca. 1919. In 1777 the British shifted their attention to Philadelphia. Liberty and Independence: The Delaware State During the American Revolution. Delaware Today, September 1975. . The acquisition included ten acres, several outbuildings, and the Cooch family's ancestral home, a three-story structure built circa 1760. Facsimile reproduction. . 3. . They include letters asking for funds to defend the state, letters from Caesar Rodney asking individuals to break away from the British Crown, and correspondence between Rodney and the Assembly. 2. Hundreds of New Castle County (transcripts from American Archives), 1775, 2. Delaware State Society of the Cincinnati. Order: Troops to False Cape (American Archive transcript), 1776, 9. . Land claim bonus for Levin McGee by John McGee, 1779, 27. (ca. Rockport, Me. [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. . Disposition of British fleet by Sarah OBryan (transcripts), 1777, Revolutionary War Records, Committee of Safety (Pennsylvania), 1776 (1 folder), Revolutionary War Records, Continental Congress, 1776-1778 (2 folders), Revolutionary War Records, Correspondence, 1765-1830 (33 folders), 1. Ferguson, Bessie Brockson. 1. 1, Baltimore: Williams and Williams Company, 1915; Vol. The 1st and 2nd Regiments went on to form the Legion of the United States in 1792 which later became the foundation of the United States Army in 1796. . 1818, &c. Washington, D. C.: Gales & Seaton, 1820; repr. E-mail / Text Alerts . (1), The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766, and the Townshend Acts in 1770, except for the tax on tea. Wilmington: Public Archives Commission of Delaware, 1911. (Charing Cross: William Faden, 1784). Delaware Regiment log, North Carolina, 1780, 28. Color and black & white prints. #48: Delaware constitutional convention, 27 August-21 September 1776, 5. The rolls include an index to names of pensioners, including death dates when known, and an index to correspondence between pensioners and government officials. Henry Fisher and William Peery to John Hancock, 1777, 19. Related Topics:American Revolution, Delaware History, Early Delaware History, Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War Guide, Sons of the American Revolution, Delaware's Governor Monmouth Beach, N.J.: Philip Freneau Press, 1972. Coochs Bridge, Del. Amounts spent for clothing or provisions for companies or the regiment as a whole are among the items found in accounts. Some Letters of and Concerning Major William Peery. After the loss of Forts Washington and Lee in November, the American army withdrew from New York into New Jersey, with British troops in pursuit. 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. . Among Captain Robert Kirkwoods papers are photostats of his journal from 1777-1784. Jackson, John W. The Pennsylvania Navy: 1775-1781: The Defense of the Delaware. The coat length was slightly shorter than a normal regimental coat in 1776. The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was a Continental Army regiment from Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War (1781-1783). 31. . August 25 - British troops landed at Elkton Maryland, and marched into Delaware. At Long Island, the 1st Delaware Regiment (pictured here) fought alongside the Marylanders on the American right flank. Some 300 of the 400 men from Maryland died, along with 31 of the men from Delaware. RG 1111.021 Proceedings of the Freemen . This guide, indicating and describing the scope of the Revolutionary War holdings at the Delaware Public Archives, will assist the researcher in finding both original and secondary source material. These records may include date and amount of disbursement, name of recipient and pension period, and signature of recipient. Philadelphia: L. J. Richards & Company, 1888. Pension receipts are a record of military pensions paid to veterans. Entries show ledger number, account title, reason for disbursement (military, order of General Assembly, salaries, and services rendered to the state) or receipt (tax, fee, or fine collected), date of entry, totals, and reference to entry in a ledger. Calhoon, Robert McCluer. Cornelius Paynter(?) Baltimore: Southern Book Company, 1955. 1. . Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, 1940. Hardy, Minerva Spencer. Coochs Bridge is said by some to mark the first display of the Stars and Stripes in battle. New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1929. Also contains a draft of A Declaration of Rights and Fundamental Rules, and the Delaware State Constitution. of the Government, Votes and Proceedings of the House of Assembly, Votes and Proceedings of the Council of the Delaware State, Proceedings of the Convention of the Delaware State, Delaware Public Archives Motion Picture Collection, Delaware American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, Department of Public Instruction Motion Picture Collection, First settled in 1638, controlled in succession by the Swedes, Dutch, and finally the English, Delaware was a thriving colony in the years before the American Revolution. . Topics of correspondence from 1776 includes the appointment of generals, the purchase of arms, Dickinsons reservations regarding the Declaration of Independence, and Dickinsons service with his troops in New Jersey. Letter from John McKinly (transcript), 1776, 9. : Raymond B. Clark, 1976. Depreciation Certificates of Delaware Regiment, 1783-1799, 18. Soundings . Adams, Randolph G. British Headquarters Maps and Sketches Used by Sir Henry Clinton . George Washington to Mordecai Gist, from Wilmington (transcript), 1777, 21. FamilySearch. Revolutionary War Records, Accounts, 1776-1807 (23 folders). 5. Sir Henry Clintons Map of Valley Forge and Vicinity. Haslet and his men managed to capture thirty-six men and a collection of weapons and blankets. 2. 1. (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1933). . Lefferts, Charles Mackubin. 1779. from the report of Secretary of War . List of contributions for relief of Boston (originals), 1774, 3. Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Personal narratives. Wilmington : Historical Society of Delaware, 1896. Loyalists in Delaware (transcript), 1790, 33. Road from Coochs Bridge to Elk Court House . 8. Photostat. Entries show date of entry, account heading, payee or payer, reason for disbursement, or receipts, amount of receipt or disbursement, and daily balances. N.p., 1927. . on Taking up Arms in 1775. Bulletin III (April 1928): 15-22. . of the Government 1774. Many of these letters relating to the Revolution may also be found in George Herbert Rydens The Letters of Caesar Rodney, 1756-1784 (see bibliography section). As a number of loyalists left Delaware at this time, much of their property was seized. Correspondence re: Dover Light Infantry (photostat), 1776, 5. Rodney, George Brydges. Brunhouse, Robert L. The Counter-Revolution in Pennsylvania, 1776-1790. Photostat. Settling of depreciation of pay to Delaware Regiment, 1786, 20. Conrad, Robert T., ed. 16mm motion picture. Many of these articles were part of a series featured in the Wilmington Morning News, Looking Back 200 Years, which ran in 1975 and 1976. The soldiers from tiny Delaware, fighting alongside the 1st Maryland Regiment, may well have prevented the capture of the majority of Washington's army, an event that might have ended the colonial rebellion then and there. 11. 8. Loyalists were active along the Delaware, and the need for a schooner for protection against Loyalist forays is raised in Dickinsons correspondence. Colonel John Haslet to General Rodney (transcript), 1776, 7. Some of the affidavits show the veterans age, physical condition, occupation, family member names and ages, inventory of property, and other personal information. A Plan of Part of the Province of Pennsylvania . Oaths of Allegiance show the oath taken, name of person sworn before, date of oath, and signature of person taking the oath. Delaware Society of the Cincinnati charter (photostat), 1783. Peden, Henry C., Jr. . William Saunders, inventory and genealogy, 1820, 51. In a 1777 letter to George Read, Dickinson wrote that he was unable to serve as a delegate for Delaware in the Congress. At the battle of Cowpens, 17 January 1781, Kirkwoods men and their comrades played a crucial role in the American victory. Virtuitis Praemium: The Men Who Founded the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, 2 vols. Ground Chosen and Entrenched by Washington to Fight Howes Army. (Price & Price, 1777). On Pale Rider! Haslets men fought bravely at Brooklyn Heights that day, although the American forces were defeated. From the autumn of 1777 through June 1778, the British purchased supplies in New Castle and Port Penn. 2 (1950). 11. . Record of receipts and disbursements made by the State. 1st Delaware Regiment (1776-1783) 1st Georgia Regiment (1775-1783) 2nd Georgia . 9. (1943). . 6. Their blue jackets with red facings and white waistcoat and breeches would later become the uniform for all the Continental troops. Kilbourne, John Dwight. General Assembly RG 1105.001 Proceedings of the Privy Council, 1778-1792. Bellas, Henry Hobart, ed. Delaware Infantry Regiment, 1st. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1975. Battle of Coochs Bridge. Delaware Conservationist XXI (Winter 1977-78): 11-16. Washington, D.C.: Office of Publications, National Park Service, 1975. The 1st Maryland Regiment (Smallwood's Regiment) originated with the authorization of a Maryland Battalion of the Maryland State Troops on 14 January 1776. 1778. Catharine Meritt, re: William Dowdle, 1837, RG 1800.111 Military Pension Receipt Books, 1817-1829 (1 Box). Folder 2 contains pay rolls and muster rolls from 1777-1780, and January 1781, another musical notation, a furlough from 1779, and regiment returns from August and November 1781. List of Continental officers who died in service/invalid pension applicants, 1777-1793, 3. John Booker, Virginia troops (Buckner Regiment), 1776, 10. . Neagles, James C. United States Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present. 1st Pennsylvania Regiment (Revolutionary War) Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Military Records Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War 1st Pennsylvania Regiment Brief History Also known as the Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion and Thompson's Rifle Battalion. Position of the Division under Lt. Gen. Knyphausen at Cecil Church, Sep. 1777. 1777 (6). Contains two folders pertaining to McLanes Revolutionary War activities. A few letters from Tilton written during the Revolution are interspersed with other documents in Box 3 (all are photostats). 2. Photostat. . Letter from John McKinly for gunpowder (photostat), 1775, 4. 2. The committee persuaded Holliday to sign a statement disavowing his letter. 1st Delaware Regiment. R-53: Letters of Dr. John McKinly, 1773-1778. Letters regarding a shipment of supplies for British and Hessian prisoners date from that year, as does a circular from George Washington regarding raising troops, and a resolution of Congress regarding privateers. The Delaware First Regiment fought in every major battle of the Revolutionary War. 1820. Selesky, Harold E. A Demographic Survey of the Continental Army that Wintered at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777-1778. . Hancock, Harold B. The regiment would see action during the New York Campaign, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Guilford Court House. Swedish Contributions to American Freedom, 1776-1783, vol. 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 . This was true in Delaware as well. Photostat. A test act requiring a loyalty oath to the state government was instituted in 1777. B. Lippincott and Co., 1870. 22. New Castle County barracks on Christiana Creek, 1779, 25. 9. Withholding Tax . Photostat. Other topics of correspondence included the return home of Pennsylvania troops, business of the Pennsylvania government, and the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the war. Whiteley, William G. The Revolutionary Soldiers of Delaware. Governors Register, State of Delaware Volume I: Appointments and Other Transactions . Proceedings and correspondence, Kent County Committee of Correspondence (transcripts from Historical Society of Delaware), 1774-1775, 7. Painting by Horace Carpenter, 1917-1919. Route of the British in 1776 . Box 9 of the Dickinson papers contains Dickinsons draft of the Articles of Confederation, 1776 (photostats). Battles. 10. Black & white print. Pabst, Anna C. Smith, comp. Brooklyn: Historical Printing Club, 1891. Edward Kearney, letter to the governor of Delaware, n.d. 2. Photostat. (Whitford, Pa.: Stephen Moylan Press, 1958). Benjamin Gibbs re: army expenses, 1784, 32. On 19 October Cornwallis surrendered. General William Alexander, self-proclaimed as Lord Stirling, took command of the Marylanders and the First Delaware Regiment. Life and Correspondence of George Read. Washington, D.C.: Harry Wright Newman, 1938. The Delaware Colony. Pyle, Katharine. Delaware Troops Leaving the Green. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1974. The Americans regrouped and in a series of battles turned the tide against the British. Yorktown Sesquicentennial Pageants: 1931. (11), 1778 saw the American army ending its winter encampment at Valley Forge with a new sense of discipline and purpose; the British evacuated Philadelphia, shifting their focus to the south. Folder 3 contains a journal of marches from Morristown, New Jersey through the Kirkwood companys southern campaign, 1780-1782. Elected Officials Adjusted and allowed claims, 1792-1796, 12. Report of the Valley Forge Park Commission. Officer rosters, regiment returns, pay rolls, muster rolls, casualty reports, list of officers and men to be struck from muster rolls, reports to the President of Delaware State, lists of prisoners of war, list of discharges, inspection reports, passes. State treasurers accounts with Edward Pole, 1807, Revolutionary War Records, AccountsForfeited Estates, 1771-1790 (13 folders), 7. Lafayette Day Committee. Edward Roche to James Booth, from Valley Forge (photocopy), 1778, 25. 1. American Philosophical Society. Captain Allen McLanes company of dragoons recruited in Delaware, and gained a id for themselves, whether on horseback or as infantry. #321a: The Declaration of Independence, translated into ten languages, 15. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1977. George Read to President of Congress, (transcripts, photocopies), 1778, 2. Letters of Marque and Reprisal, 1778-1780, 5. An Allen McLane folder, with articles on efforts taken in the 1960s to restore his burial place, is among the four American Revolution folders. Whitford, Pa.: Stephen Moylan Press, 1958. Entries for each account include disbursements for prisoners of war, the commissarys department, transportation, the hospital department, quartermasters department, contingent expenses, forage department, and for arms, ammunition, and ordnance stores. The Story of Caesar Rodney and His Immortal Ride. Taking into account rank and length of service, auditors estimated how much each soldier should receive, issuing depreciation certificates because the currency had been devalued so severely.(16). The enlistment, provisioning, clothing, and payment of troops proved a constant concern. 1781 correspondence includes the proceedings of the Hartford Convention, a letter regarding Delawares failure to send delegates to Congress, inquiries regarding Delawares troop quota, troop returns, letters from George Washington regarding a military hospital in Wilmington, and a petition congratulating Dickinson on his appointment as President of Delaware. Philadelphia: J. Crissy, 1832. In May 1775, Kent Countys committee took action when the Pennsylvania Ledger published a letter from county resident Robert Holliday questioning Kent Countys revolutionary fervor. Captain Robert Kirkwood reimbursement, 1788, 21. Hancock, Harold B. Report of Capt. Men enlisting for the duration of the war were guaranteed a pension. Delaware Troops in the Revolution. A letter from Allen McLane concerning the attachment of his company to the Delaware Regiment, and correspondence from Arthur Lee at the height of the Lee/Deane controversy in 1779 may also be found. Invalid pension claims (list of sources), 1778-1856, 9. [1] Organisation and Remusterings 90-Day Volunteers [ edit] . Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War. Dickinson was a member of Congress, a militia colonel, and President of Delaware and of Pennsylvania during the Revolution. In Buff and Blue: Being Certain Portions From the Diary of Richard Hilton. Also available on Reference Reel R-77. 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. 1965). Washington, D.C.: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1942. Matters were not helped by inflation. 1 (1931): 108-147. N.p., 1903. Samuel Shute journal extracts (transcript), 1781, 34. (15), An important state responsibility during and after the war was establishing pensions for veterans. Petitions for pay are found here, as are letters concerning Pennsylvania troops and the ongoing peace process. A photostat of the proceedings details a call for delegates to an expected colonial congress, and the forming of the New Castle County Committee of Correspondence. Delaware Archives, 3 vols. The American Historical Scene. Also available on Reference Reel R-77. 7. . . Original, photostat. John Dickinson: A Great Worthy of the Revolution. In the spring of 1780, the Delaware Continentals were sent to the southern theater. Index to Maps of the American Revolution in Books and Periodicals. Link To This Page Contact Us The Delaware regiment took part in the battle of the Brandywine on 11 September as well as the battle of Germantown on 4 October 1777. I & II. Princeton: Princeton University Press for the American Philosophical Society, 1951. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1954. These records are a mixture of primary and secondary materials. : Riverside Press, 1903. RG 1325.036 Photographs, General CollectionPortraits. Hamilton, Edward P. The Champlain Valley in the American Revolution. Wilkes-Barre: Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, 1897. . American Revolutionary War. The regiment disbanded on January 1, 1783 at Charleston, South Carolina. Battle of Brandywine in Which the Americans Were Defeated . The Americans were forced to retreat. Haslets men again guarded the rear of the army as the Americans crossed the Delaware into Pennsylvania. Encampment of the Army on Landing the 26th Aug. 1777. 1777 (4). Dover: Public Archives Commission of Delaware, 1926. The cards in this database list names, sometimes rank, and a volume and page reference to the source volume. James Wilson, Founding Father: 1742-1798. On 25 October 1776, the roughly 280 men still fit for duty in the regiment took part in the battle of White Plains. (8), Few in the Delaware regiment took part in Washingtons attack on Trenton, or in the battle of Princeton. 5. Philadelphia: J. Privacy Policy To the Delaware Pilots, copy. RG 1111.000 Legislative Papers, 1776-1783. Before and After the Battle of Brandywine: Extracts from the Journal of Sergeant Thomas Sullivan of H.M. Forty-Ninth Regiment of Foot. Typescript. . Carpenter and Walker of Port Penn, 1778, Revolutionary War Records, Committee of Correspondence, 1774-1775 (7 folders), 1. Roster and Ancestral Roll. During the American Revolution, the Delaware Regiment established a record for military discipline, efficiency, and dependability on the battlefield. Lewes meeting, examination of American grievances (transcripts from American Archives), 1774, 6. 1858. #223: Broad Creek meeting of 20 June 1775 to support new union among the colonies, 11. Cities & Towns Battle of Cowpens, Conflict between Cols. 1791. Matchette, Robert B. ca. John Hills. 3. Business First Steps, Phone Directory (N.p., n.d.). Alexander Wylly (Georgia) to Samuel White, Speaker of the House, Massachusetts (photocopy), 1765, 2. The Lower Counties, as Delaware was then known, were technically part of Pennsylvania, though after 1704 the two colonies had separate legislatures. The letterbook shows date, name of addressee, matters under consideration, and signature of Eleazer McComb. Passages from the Remembrancer of Christopher Marshall. During and after the war many major loyalist leaders left the state to join British forces or go to England or Canada. As the imperial crisis continued, the Whig opposition to Parliaments policies pushed forward in the colonies. Boatner, Mark Mayo. In August and September of 1776 a convention specifically arranged for that purpose drafted a constitution. Dickens, Charles W., ed. Delaware Becomes a State. James Tilton of Delaware, 1745-1822: A Patriotic Doctor in Our Two Wars with Britain, which apparently was never published. Depreciation certificates were issued to soldiers to be redeemed at a later date, as Continental currency by 1780 was worthless. 1. Primary sources take the form of original documents, transcripts, and photostats. Inquiry re: George Williams veteran status, 1830, Revolutionary War Records, Council of Safety, 1775-1776 (4 folders), 1. Flower, Milton E. John Dickinson, Conservative Revolutionary. 3. Reed, H. Clay. Colonel Haslet was killed in the fighting. 3. After an attack to ravage Staten Island they marched south to oppose the British invasion of Delaware. Butterfield, L. H. Letters of Benjamin Rush. . 4. Delaware State Code Strasburg, Va.: Shenandoah Publishing House, 1935. Clark, Raymond B., Jr. Maryland Revolutionary Records: How to Find and Interpret Them. . Thomas Lightfoot and Thomas Cockayne, 1777, 5. Books relating to the American Revolution may be found in the Research Room. On 3 September 1777 they were met at Coochs Bridge on the Christina Creek, just south of Newark, by about 700 American troops led by Brigadier General William Maxwell. 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. R-89: Daniel Terry Boughner, Jr., George Read and the Founding of the Delaware State (Ph.D. dissertation, Catholic University, 1968). Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting . . Photostats include accounts of loyalist activities, military appointments, and a proclamation of a day of thanksgiving. Caesar Rodneys Arrival at Independence Hall, 1776. Volume II: Military and Naval (1777-ca. Smith, Charles Page. Meeting of convention protesting the closing of the Port of Boston (listed as Meetings at New Castle, Dover, and Lewes, photostats), 1774, 5. Jones, Gilbert S. Valley Forge Park: Historical Record and Guide Book. 6. 1778. It was the worst defeat suffered by the American Army during the Revolutionary War. It is best to consult the lists following groups of documents. A rough chronological order is followed. Brandywine Conservancy commemorates its preservation of key Brandywine Battlefield site on anniversary of the Revolutionary War battle. On 1 December 1776, the end of their enlistment, Patterson and his men returned home. Valley Forge Landmarks. . Pension rolls from 1790 through 1846 are included (although not for every year inclusive). 10. Samuel Patterson to Caesar Rodney (transcript), 1776, 13. Proceedings of the Assembly of the Lower Counties on Delaware, 1770-1776, of the Constitutional Convention of 1776, and of the House of Assembly of the Delaware State, 1776-1781. Jacob Bennett re: ships captured by the British, 1777, 19. 1775-1783 (7 boxes), Proceedings of the Freemen . These records include muster rolls of Delaware troops throughout the American Revolution, letters from the Continental Congress to Delaware, and letters to and from Caesar Rodney, John McKinly, and Thomas McKean. Sandersons Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence. 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. 2. 4. Theophilus Park to Rodney (photostat), 1776, 11. [Campaigns of 1776 and 1777]. 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. (Multiple sections of a map of the mid-Atlantic states)]. What Happened To Poore Brothers Chips, Pontarelli Funeral Home, Rachel Khoo Flatbread With Yogurt, Sheryl Cruz Family, Articles OTHER

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