2. Battles; Campaigns; Leaders; Facts; Documents. Photostat. 16mm motion picture. Dickens, Charles W., ed. An index to the Kirkwood journal and order book may be found in RG 9270.000, Reference Reel R-57. . . New York: Alfred Knopf, 1958. 3. from the report of Secretary of War . Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1976. . In the early months of 1777 two Delaware companies joined Washingtons army. Many soldiers and officers were drawn from Delawares militias. The vast majority of items are published in the first three volumes of the Delaware Archives: Military. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Henry Neill, the regiment served in northern New Jersey and along the Hudson River, serving as a garrison at Dobbs Ferry on the Hudson. The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was a Continental Army regiment from Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War (1781-1783). . Hamilton, Edward P. The Champlain Valley in the American Revolution. The 1st Delaware Regiment in the Revolutionary War. 1778. . Black & white print. Delaware. Although the conditions in Wilmington were better than at Valley Forge, Anderson "had the skin taken of his hands by the Frost." . 1976. With the coming of war and changes in government, loyalists in Delaware moved beyond letter-writing and verbal comment. A Compleat Plan of Part of the Province of Pennsylvania East and West Jersey 1778. Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, Colonial and Church, from Original Sources, Vol. Loyalists remaining in the area staged raids on the Delaware coast, even as the British attacked area shipping. 4. The regiment disbanded on January 1, 1783 at Charleston, South Carolina. Revolutionary War Rolls Coverage Table Learn more about the United States, Revolutionary War Rolls collection. . Proceedings and correspondence, New Castle County Committee of Correspondence (transcripts, photostats, originals), 1774-1775, Revolutionary War Records, Committee of Inspection and Observation, 1775-1777 (4 folders), 1. The Assembly did not recognize Continental or state currency as legal tender after 1781. Dickinson, John, with introduction by R.T. H. Halsey. Photostat. Coochs Bridge is said by some to mark the first display of the Stars and Stripes in battle. MacNeill, Henry T., and Aime Junkers MacNeill. Miers, Earl Schenck. . (Wilmington: James and Webb, 1875). (15), An important state responsibility during and after the war was establishing pensions for veterans. 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. Liberty and Independence: The Delaware State during the Revolution. 28. Washingtons Army in Delaware in the Summer of 1777 (address by John P. Neilds). the Queen's Rangers, were encamped six miles away, near the village of Mamaroneck. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1976. He was instrumental in improving care for the sick and wounded by redesigning the military hospitals used by the Americans. E-mail / Text Alerts Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1974. 10. Script for Independence! Declaration of Independence, mounted reproduction on wood. Theophilus Park to Rodney (photostat), 1776, 11. Despite measures to control currency depreciation, the national extent of the problem did not allow for easy solutions. On 19 October Cornwallis surrendered. Siebert, Wilbur H. Loyalist Troops of New England. Repr. RG 1111.006 Council of Safety Minutes 1775-1776. (Original painting in Delaware Public Archives.). 13. . 1. After Camden, the Delaware regiment was reorganized on two different occasions; first being divided into two companies, then being divided into three companies of light infantry with troops from Maryland. 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. RG 1111.021 Proceedings of the Freemen . Public Archives Commission of Delaware. The Kings Friends: The Composition and Motives of the American Loyalist Claimants. Correspondents include General Charles Lee, John Hancock, Benjamin Rush, and General George Washington. Few regiments in the Continental Army have been given such attention as that of the 14th Continental Regiment, a short-lived band of brothers that history remembered for their grizzled, hard-nosed ruggedness and willingness to assist in some of the war's earliest, most dire moments. Photostat. New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1938. Road from Coochs Bridge to Elk Court House . Washington, D.C.: American Revolution Bicentennial Office, 1975. General Assembly Captain Robert Kirkwood reimbursement, 1788, 21. Wilmington: Delaware Society of the Sons of the Revolution, 1941. Through the Years with Aunt Clara. 1777 (11). In 1782, Robert Morris issued circular letters on matters such as finances and the Bank of North America, Eleazer McComb wrote regarding the payment of troops, and much correspondence relating to the militia can be found. Anderson, Enoch, 1753 or 4-1824. . 8. Report of Capt. Battle of Coochs Bridge. Delaware Conservationist XXI (Winter 1977-78): 11-16. Wilkes-Barre: Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, 1897. Martin, Lawrence. Photostats. 3. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. The Council of Safety supervised county Committees of Inspection and Observation and militias, and was responsible for raising the first Delaware regiment commanded by John Haslet. 16. This includes instructions for payment, statements certifying that an individual was the heir of a pensioner, and letters from physicians certifying disability. Philadelphia: L. J. Richards & Company, 1888. Letter from President of the convention, New Castle County (photocopy), 1776, 10. Valley Forge Landmarks. 16. . Orderly Book of the Maryland Loyalists Regiment . Haslets men defended Chattertons Hill, retreating only as the American forces did. . Coleman, John M. Thomas McKean: Forgotten Leader of the American Revolution. Guthorn, Peter J. British Maps of the American Revolution. Photostat. Publication. Valley Forge Landmarks. Photostat. 2, Lancaster, Pa.: Lancaster Press, 1928. The flag is a Delaware militia flag that's in the Delaware Historical Society's collection. RG 9200D09.000 John Dickinson Papers, 1765-1783 (10 boxes, 1 oversized box). (10), The war had come to Delaware. Delaware Tercentenary Commission map of Delaware, with illustrations, 1938. Philadelphia: J. #88: Continental EmissionUnited States account of taxes paid by Delaware, 7. Revolutionary Patriots of Delaware, 1775-1783. 2. The 1st Delaware Infantry Regiment, later known as the 1st Delaware Veteran Infantry Regiment was a United States volunteer infantry regiment raised for Union Army service in the American Civil War. The First Two Years of War (1776-1778): On January 17, 1776, six months before the Declaration of Independence, Robert Kirkwood (at age twenty) was commissioned a First Lieutenant in Col. John Haslet's Regiment of Light Infantry (fore-runner of the Delaware Continental Regiment). Contains copies of letters written on public business. Meeting minutes include original manuscripts and printed documents, photostats, and typed transcripts. Letter from John McKinly for gunpowder (photostat), 1775, 4. Flower, Milton E. John Dickinson, Conservative Revolutionary. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1974. Atlas to Marshalls Life of Washington. Elting, John Robert. Requests for back pay/depreciation certificates, 1783, 35. Military fines collected in Bucks County, 1780, 16. RG 1315.009 Auditors Letterbooks, Eleazer McComb, 1784-1792. Link To This Page Contact Us 1791. State Agencies The rolls may also list deserters and killed, ill, or discharged soldiers. Sabine, Lorenzo. Unveiling and Preservation of the Monument Erected on the Dover Green. (Wilmington: Delaware State Society of the Cincinnati, 1912). Record types contained in this collection include: Muster rolls Payrolls Strength returns Misc., personnel, pay, and supply records of American Army units . Carpenter and Walker of Port Penn, 1778, Revolutionary War Records, Committee of Correspondence, 1774-1775 (7 folders), 1. Wilmington: Public Archives Commission of Delaware, 1911. 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. W. Dansey letter from Germantown camp (photostat), 1777, 23. The following is a list of maps located in the map collection, and maps found in the vertical file collection. United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 FamilySearch RecordsImagesFamily TreeGenealogiesCatalogBooksWiki Cite This Collection "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783." Database with images. Another volume, also not published, Pension Rolls and Correspondence, contains information on pension applicants. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1976. . Duplicate of pamphlet found in the McKinly folder in General ReferenceBiography, and in the Research Room library. (Valley Forge, 1943). History of Delaware, 1609-1888, 3 vols. Jones, Elias. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981. 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. 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. A number of Delawareans, no matter how much they disliked taxation, remained loyal to Great Britain. 17. State treasurers accounts with Edward Pole, 1807, Revolutionary War Records, AccountsForfeited Estates, 1771-1790 (13 folders), 7. 18. Based near Perth Amboy, New Jersey, forces from the camp, including the Delaware contingent, saw some action in the New York campaign. San Rafael, Ca. Lafayette Day Committee. Carte de la Baye et Riviere de Delaware . Delaware pensioners, . The commissary accounts detail provisions for prisoners of war apparently taken at Yorktown, listing general comments, regiments, number of rations, and amount of alcohol supplied. (Whitford, Pa.: Stephen Moylan Press, 1958). Passages from the Remembrancer of Christopher Marshall. More Lee correspondence from 1780 is on file, as is correspondence with Caesar and Thomas Rodney. 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. Despite Delawares small size, small population, and divided citizenry, the state played an important role in the struggle for independence. A Revolutionary War-era flag from the First State and the man who captured it are having a reunion of sorts. [1] Organisation and Remusterings 90-Day Volunteers [ edit] Boatner, Mark Mayo. Washington communicated with Dickinson concerning retribution for the murder of a Captain Huddy by Loyalists. Matters of business include Delawares separation from the British Crown and a call for a constitutional convention, an order for the arrest of Thomas Robinson, the making of a new state seal, provisions for the defense of the state, calls for days of fasting or thanksgiving, raising and payment of troops, punishments for treason, appointment of delegates to the Continental Congress, legislation against impressment, the Declaration of Independence, a report on the disaffection of Sussex County residents, money for the clothing of troops, currency issues, rations for the families of soldiers, the state schooner Delaware, the procurement of arms, Frances place in peace negotiations, adjustment of depreciation scales, relief for the widows and children of Delaware troops, and a tombstone for Colonel John Haslets gravesite. One folder of photostats includes instructions to generals, transcripts of letters to state officials, correspondence with his brother Thomas on subjects of the day, letters to the General Assembly regarding acts of Congress, and a letter of 4 July 1776 regarding Rodneys vote on the Declaration of Independence. Depositions, re: military service, 1785, 37. 2. a Wilmingtown. 1777. Petitions for pay are found here, as are letters concerning Pennsylvania troops and the ongoing peace process. Main, Jackson Turner. 1st Delaware Regiment (1776-1783) 1st Georgia Regiment (1775-1783) 2nd Georgia . The Lower Counties, as Delaware was then known, were technically part of Pennsylvania, though after 1704 the two colonies had separate legislatures. Letters from George Read, informing of Dickinsons selection to the Delaware General Assembly, and Charles Thomson regarding national finances, also date from 1780. 4. Ross, Howard De Haven. They often show the unit the veteran served in, when they served and may list battles in which a veteran fought. Photostat. Cambridge, Mass. . Baltimore: Read-Taylor Press, 1925. Miscellaneous items related to the Delaware Regiment and Delaware militia units. . Boxes 1-3 of the Dickinson Papers contain John Dickinsons correspondence relating to the American Revolution. The committees were kept busy throughout the Lower Counties. Thomas Lightfoot and Thomas Cockayne, 1777, 5. Hundreds of New Castle County (transcripts from American Archives), 1775, 2. In July 1775, the Sussex County Committee of Inspection suspected Thomas Robinson of expressing Tory sympathies. Landmarks of the Revolution. [Part of the modern counties of New Castle in Delaware and Cecil in Maryland], n.d. Photostat. Folder 4 contains depreciation pay certificates from 1782-1784, and a list of Indian nations involved in the Revolution. Pay roll of invalid corps, commanded by James McLane, 1784-1785, 19. Dover: Henlopen Publishing Company, 1970. Cecil County, Maryland Signers of the Declaration of Independence. There are appointments and commissions of officers and soldiers of the army, marching orders, and supply requests. In 1774, Rodney, McKean, and Read were selected by the Assembly to represent Delaware at the Continental Congress. Letter from David Hall, Council of Safety (photocopy), 1776, 8. The government it formed consisted of a bicameral legislature, consisting of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, with a president and four-man Privy Council, both selected by the legislature, serving as the executive. . (14), During the war, the Delaware Assembly struggled to govern the state. On 8 September, the British marched through Newark enroute to Philadelphia. Haslet and his men managed to capture thirty-six men and a collection of weapons and blankets. Dedication of State House/Independence Festival 76, event poster, 1976. Roebuck letter from Alexander Stuart at Lewes, 1776, 17. [A Map Showing the Wilmington and Philadelphia Area]. . Ferguson, Bessie Brockson. . Payment to Captain McClements company soldiers, 1792-1793, 23. 27. Camp Near Carsons Tavern; The 2nd of Sept. 1777. 1777 (6). Manuscript Sources in the Library of Congress for Research on the American Revolution. 12. The Battle of Camden (August 16, 1780), also known as the Battle of Camden Court House, was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War.On August 16, 1780, British forces under Lieutenant General Charles, Lord Cornwallis routed the numerically superior U.S. forces led by Major General Horatio Gates about four miles north of Camden, South Carolina . . 2752 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2752 To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Rhode Island Regiment, in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War. During the American Revolution, the Delaware Regiment established a record for military discipline, efficiency, and dependability on the battlefield. . A variety of articles dealing with the American Revolution may be found in publications such as Delaware History as well. Like most regiments of the Continental Army, the unit went through several incarnations and name changes. A Chart of the Delaware Bay and River. (Philadelphia, London, 1776). Oaths of Allegiance show the oath taken, name of person sworn before, date of oath, and signature of person taking the oath. and Daniel Jester, 1832, 69. Their term of service ended 3 November 1780.(13). . Archibald Anderson was an officer in the First Maryland Regiment when that unit made the famous stand of the Maryland 400 at the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776. . 6. Includes portraits of notable Delawareans from the Revolutionary period. New Castle County barracks on Christiana Creek, 1779, 25. The trial of suspects in the burning of the British revenue schooner Gaspee is the topic of correspondence from January and April 1773, and an October 1773 letter from Charles Thompson deals with the separation of powers in government. As the morning progressed, the enemy began to encircle the Americans. 1 (1967): 9-11. 1. #590: Robbery of the French treasury, 1783, 26. They follow the proceedings of the Council prior to the colonies separation from the British Empire. Delaware Society of the Cincinnati charter (photostat), 1783. Adjusted and allowed claims, 1792-1796, 12. A Topical History of Delaware. (1943). 16. N.p., 1927. Liberty and Independence: The Delaware State During the American Revolution. Delaware Today, September 1975. #96: Nicholas Way, loan to state, 1776, 8. State Employees 5. 1 (1931): 108-147. 4. List of contributions for relief of Boston (originals), 1774, 3. Robinson refused to appear before the committee, which warned revolutionaries not to deal with him but seems to have taken no other action. 1814. This database contains an index to Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, 4 volumes. From the autumn of 1777 through June 1778, the British purchased supplies in New Castle and Port Penn. 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. . Some Letters of and Concerning Major William Peery. 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). Dickinsons correspondence from 1779 includes letters from colleagues, commentary on current events, and letters from Caesar Rodney regarding war-related matters. 16mm motion picture. Taunton: Historic Reproductions, 1975. 1. B. Lippincott and Co., 1870. Mobile Apps Friedrich Adolph Julius van Wangenheim. Charging at four in the morning, the Americans won without firing a shot. The Assembly consisted of twenty-one members, seven from each county, elected annually. (9), More men was not long in coming. RG 1325.226 Delaware Public ArchivesMotion Picture Collection. Ross, Howard DeHaven. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1942. August 25 - British troops landed at Elkton Maryland, and marched into Delaware. 2. Stevens, Thomas Wood. 7. 1st Georgia Regiment. 10. Marshall, John. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1942. Box 6 contains photostats of Tilton correspondence from throughout the Revolutionary period. An act of Congress established the First Delaware Regiment on December 9, 1775, and the ranks quickly grew to over 725 men. 8 talking about this. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Rhode Island.The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781, at West Point, New York. Material relating to the Revolutionary War includes communication with the Assembly, a letter from Kent County ca. Diary of Independence Hall. George Washington to Mordecai Gist, from Wilmington (transcript), 1777, 21. A casualty return from the battle at Eutaw Springs, September 1781 may be found, as well as a transcript of correspondence between General Henry Clinton and General Benjamin Lincoln before Lincolns surrender of Charleston in 1780. . Business First Steps, Phone Directory Orderly book of Caleb Prew Bennett at the Battle of Yorktown, 1781. Offprint from Delaware History IV, no. Eberlein, Harold Donaldson, and Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard. Rodney, George Brydges. 7. Position of the Army at Brandewyne. 1777 (10). 30. As a number of loyalists left Delaware at this time, much of their property was seized. Samuel Patterson to President of Delaware State, 1783, 31. 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. In Buff and Blue: Being Certain Portions From the Diary of Richard Hilton. (Multiple sections of a map of the mid-Atlantic states)]. 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. The letterbook shows date, name of addressee, matters under consideration, and signature of Eleazer McComb. New Haven: H. E. Selesky, 1987. 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. . R-48: Papers from the New York Public Library, 1774-1804. (ca. A few letters from Tilton written during the Revolution are interspersed with other documents in Box 3 (all are photostats). Landing at the Head of Elk in Maryland, British forces marched through Delaware. 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. Photostat. In 1777 the British shifted their attention to Philadelphia. These records are meeting minutes of the Assembly, the lower house of the General Assembly, from the years 1776-1783. Military Uniforms in America: The Era of the American Revolution, 1755-1795. 1858. Delaware Becomes a State. of Militia Against the Delaware State, Memorials and Petitions in the General Assembly, Notes made by Elaezer McComb, Auditor of Accounts, while settling claims with the Commission on the part of the United States, List of . Smith, Charles Page. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1975. Color print. Conrad, Robert T., ed. . 1. 8. Ohio, 1945). Among Captain Robert Kirkwoods papers are photostats of his journal from 1777-1784. Personal Recollections of Captain Enoch Anderson . Accounts not paid by Philip Barratt and Isaac Carty, n.d. 4. The First Seminole War. Duane, William, Jr. These records may be found on microfilm. 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. 1937. Johnson, Amandus. Dyer, Alan F. The Colonial and Early National Periods in American History (1492-1789): A Bibliography of Dissertations. Newark : University of Delaware Press, 1986. 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. Volume 1. (ca. 14. A test act requiring a loyalty oath to the state government was instituted in 1777. 1777-1780 Georgia Line. [Coochs Bridge and Brandywine, from Plan General des Operation de lArmee Britanique . Only after 1822 do we find correspondence from individuals other than government officials or loan officers. Yorktown Sesquicentennial Pageants: 1931. RG 1315.007 Auditor of Accounts Journal, 1784-1800. History of Delaware, Past and Present. The folder also include chronologies of the Revolution written after the war. Delaware avoided the violence that occurred in other colonies, while joining in resistance against the acts. Original, photostat. Matters were not helped by inflation. 1775-1783 (7 boxes), Proceedings of the Freemen . These records are photostats and photocopies of documents from the Historical Society of Delaware, the Historical Society of Philadelphia, the New York Public Library, and elsewhere. : Raymond B. Clark, 1976. Schlesinger, Arthur M. Prelude to Independence: The Newspaper War on Britain, 1764-1776. Pabst, Anna C. Smith, comp. of the Government 1774. Receipts were not always dated or signed. A Pageant of 1776. 1950. Transcripts of correspondence between the first President of Delaware State and his wife. Committees of Correspondence throughout the colonies strengthened opposition to British policies embodied in measures like the Intolerable Acts, passed in the aftermath of the Tea Party.(2).
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