Philadelphia: G. W. Jacobs and Company, 1900. Miscellaneous items related to the Delaware Regiment and Delaware militia units. 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). . #223: Broad Creek meeting of 20 June 1775 to support new union among the colonies, 11. This data collection contains an estimated 80,000 application files from officers and enlisted men who served in the Revolutionary War in all branches of the American military: army, navy, and marines. As years passed family members and relatives also became eligible for a pension. 1858. . (Multiple sections of a map of the mid-Atlantic states)]. In the early months of 1777 two Delaware companies joined Washingtons army. Schlesinger, Arthur M. Prelude to Independence: The Newspaper War on Britain, 1764-1776. Matchette, Robert B. The 15th Massachusetts Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776, under Colonel Timothy Bigelow at Boston, Massachusetts, as part of Massachusetts contribution to the Resolve of 88 Regiments. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1933. #354: Daughters of the American Revolution lineage book, 16. 1778. John Montressor journal extracts (transcripts), 1777, 16. Beach, John W. The Cape Henlopen Lighthouse. on Taking up Arms in 1775. Approved on 20 September, the document created the Delaware State. 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. National Archives and Records Administration Category: Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783 2. London: Crowell-Collier Press, 1970. Serving under Light Horse Harry Lee, McLane and his men participated in the bayonet charge at Paulus Hook on 19 August 1779. 1915 painting by Stanley Arthurs. Transcripts of correspondence between the first President of Delaware State and his wife. 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. 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. The Assembly did not recognize Continental or state currency as legal tender after 1781. With Haslets death, Colonel David Hall was given command. Also contains a draft of A Declaration of Rights and Fundamental Rules, and the Delaware State Constitution. The Delaware Blues, as the regiment was sometimes known, some 750 soldiers, took part in the campaign for New York in the summer of 1776. With the coming of war and changes in government, loyalists in Delaware moved beyond letter-writing and verbal comment. The Assembly consisted of twenty-one members, seven from each county, elected annually. Lt. Knight of His Majestys Navy. Parliament bill relating to Delaware (transcript), 1775, 3. #149: Revolutionary Warmilitary records, bounty warrants, HMS Roebuck, Delaware soldiers burial sites, Coochs Bridge, 10. Requests for back pay/depreciation certificates, 1783, 35. On 31 December, the end of the enlistment term, only six men, officers included, remained. : University Press, 1889). (Valley Forge Historical Society, 1941). The Loyalists in Revolutionary America 1760-1781. (1), The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766, and the Townshend Acts in 1770, except for the tax on tea. 5. Revolutionary War Records Overview The Military Association, 1775-1777 At the beginning of 1775, Pennsylvania, founded under Quaker auspices, differed from other American colonies in being totally devoid of military organization. Vindication of Col. David Hall (photostat), 1790, 41. Sellers, John R., et al., comps. . 1, Baltimore: Williams and Williams Company, 1915; Vol. E-mail / Text Alerts 30. Taunton: Historic Reproductions, 1975. Neuenschwander, John A. 2. Calhoon, Robert McCluer. RG 9200M10.000 Allen McLane Papers, 1777-1821 (1 box). Samuel Shute journal extracts (transcript), 1781, 34. 2, 1950. [Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay (Clinton map #259)]. Unveiling and Preservation of the Monument Erected on the Dover Green. (Wilmington: Delaware State Society of the Cincinnati, 1912). 10. (Valley Forge Historical Society, 1949). Photostats. Includes portraits of notable Delawareans from the Revolutionary period. 19. Valley Forge Landmarks. RG 1325.036 Photographs, General CollectionPortraits. Like most regiments of the Continental Army, the unit went through several incarnations and name changes. At Long Island, the 1st Delaware Regiment (pictured here) fought alongside the Marylanders on the American right flank. and Daniel Jester, 1832, 69. Sussex County, A true state of the general disaffection (photocopies), 1776, Revolutionary War Records, General Assembly, 1776 (2 folders), 1. Regulations for American troops (2 military manuals), 1775-1782, 5. Letters to Caesar Rodney (transcripts), 1776, 6. 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 name . 1976. Hancock, Harold B. RG 1115.0 Votes and Proceedings of the House of Assembly 1776-1783. 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. Photostat. Bevans, Wilson Lloyd, and E. Melvin Williams, eds. 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. Records include original manuscripts and printed documents, photostats, and typed transcripts. In this arrangement, similar to that of other new states, the legislative branch was more powerful; as well as choosing the executive, it also nominated justices of the peace.(4). [1] 27. Completing their service at Dobbs Ferry on 7 October, Neills men were sent home from Philadelphia on 22 October. The Story of Caesar Rodney and His Immortal Ride. They arrived in Delaware on 17 January 1783. On Pale Rider! Virtuitis Praemium: The Men Who Founded the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, 2 vols. 3. I & II. List of invalid pensioners (photostat), 1790-1791, 10. Philadelphia: J. Revolutionary War Bibliography. (N.p., n.d.). Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs. Haslets Regiment (Delaware Blues), illustrations, 1776-1783, 12. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1974. . Transparency Cappon, Lester J. Atlas of American History: The Revolutionary Era, 1760-1790. R-26.1R-26.4: John Dickinson material in the R. R. Logan Collection at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Photostat. R-36: John C. Powell, John Dickinson, Penman of the Revolution (Ph.D. thesis, University of Iowa, 1938). Delaware Memorial at Valley Forge. The Delaware Blues also continued their service. Philadelphia: J. Crissy, 1839. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1976. The Middle Colonies and the Coming of the American Revolution. Payment for delivery of provisions, ca. 1. It was the worst defeat suffered by the American Army during the Revolutionary War. Sandersons Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence. 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. Voting & Elections The materials are ordered in a rough chronological fashion. Philadelphia: J. Caesar Rodneys Ride: John Dickinson, Dover, Smyrna, Odessa and New Castle, (reel 1) helical scan videotape, ca. Plan du Camp . On December 5, 2018, the State of Delaware announced that it had acquired the historic property at Cooch's Bridge, site of the only Revolutionary War battle to take place in the First State. 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 . Washington passing through Wilmington on the way to the Battle of Brandywine. (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. Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press, 1978. Other accounts include the depreciation of pay to the Delaware Regiment. Ferguson, Bessie Brockson. Motor Travel, May 1925, June 1925. Lafayette in Delaware. Hancock, Harold B. Although primarily Revolutionary War pensions, this series includes a few War of 1812 pensions. 13. Caesar Rodneys Arrival at Independence Hall, 1776. 8. Military fines collected in Bucks County, 1780, 16. Diary of Independence Hall. Yorktown Sesquicentennial Pageants: 1931. Jones, Gilbert S. Valley Forge Park: Historical Record and Guide Book. Munroe, John A. Thomas Robinson (American Archives transcript), 1775, 3. (6), In June 1776, Congress ordered that a flying camp be established in the middle colonies to protect the middle and southern colonies from attack. 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. . Washington, D.C.: Rare Book Shop Publishing, 1914. Photostat. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. Dover: Henlopen Publishing Company, 1970. Oyer and Terminer, Cheney Clow and others, treason, 1775-1782, 4. 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. 1791. Eberlein, Harold Donaldson, and Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard. 12. . As the imperial crisis continued, the Whig opposition to Parliaments policies pushed forward in the colonies. Conrad, Henry. In the spring of 1780, the Delaware Continentals were sent to the southern theater. The Delaware States Privy Council, created by the 1776 Constitution, worked with the President. The Sovereign States, 1775-1783. Men enlisting for the duration of the war were guaranteed a pension. History of Delaware, 1609-1888, 3 vols. 14. 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. Cecil County, Maryland Signers of the Declaration of Independence. 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). On 19 October Cornwallis surrendered. Delawares veterans were ordered home toward the end of 1782. (London, 1777). Proceedings and correspondence, Kent County Committee of Correspondence (transcripts from Historical Society of Delaware), 1774-1775, 7. R-73: Military Commissary Accounts, 1781-1783; Isaac Smith, Personal Accounts, 1781-1853; Pension file of Dennis Kell(e)y, 1832-1840. 5. Rodneys papers include his will, administrative and legal papers, and letters. Elected Officials 1777-1780 Delaware Line. Washington, D.C.: Harry Wright Newman, 1938. Related Topics:American Revolution, Delaware History, Early Delaware History, Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War Guide, Sons of the American Revolution, Delaware's Governor These documents, available on microfilm, consist of legislation passed by the General Assembly. Commission issued by the Vice Admiralty Court, Bermuda, against French shipping, to Robert Burton, 1782. Biographical Sketches of the Loyalists of the American Revolution, with an Historical Essay. Wagon Brigade under Direction of Colonel Francis Wade, Regiment returns, pay rolls, account of discharges. Washington and Tarleton. Colored engraving. During the Revolutionary War, Kirkwood served under the command of John Sullivan, Nathanael Greene, Daniel Morgan, and Henry Lee. Maneuvering for a Battleground (parts I & II). N.p., 1927. Revolutionary War Period Material in the Hall of Records, 1775-1787: Four Little Known Sources. Offprint from Delaware History XVII, no.1 (1976). Davis, Burton. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1954. Correspondence from 1783 can be found in Box 3 of the Dickinson papers. Organized in January, 1776 by Colonel John Haslet, the Delaware Regiment was noteworthy from the start as the best uniformed and equipped regiment of the Continental Army. Scharf, Thomas J. 6. 1965). [A Map Showing the Wilmington and Philadelphia Area]. Letters to His Wife from Dr. John McKinly. Typescript, n.d. Lodge, Henry Cabot, ed. Buchanan, Roberdeau. Deposition re: David Parker enlistment, 1780, 29. After an attack to ravage Staten Island they marched south to oppose the British invasion of Delaware. 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 . . Pension Receipts 1821-1822 (2 folders), RG 1315.006 Revolutionary War Veterans Accounts with the United States Government, 1776-1787. After 1776, it appears that the coats were slightly longer with still red facings and turnbacks. Gross Receipts Tax R-75: Thomas Rodney Journal, 1786-1797. Daniel Ferguson: Revolutionary Soldier. Typescript, 1942. 4. Battle of Brandewyne on the 11th September, 1777. 1777. Encampment of the Army on Landing the 26th Aug. 1777. 1777 (4). Hancock, Harold B. : Presidio Press, 1974. The American Historical Scene. 17. Mexican War. Robert Wilcox petition, surgeon of the Second Delaware Regiment of Militia, 1780, 32. Photostat. Recommendation for William Millan (photostat), 1776, 7. Delaware Troops Leaving the Green, print of 1915 painting by Stanley Arthurs. [Part of the modern counties of New Castle in Delaware and Cecil in Maryland], n.d. Photostat. 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. . Arthurs, Stanley. Colonel Haslet was killed in the fighting. American Philosophical Society. 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. General Dagworthy and John Jones to Caesar Rodney (photostat), 1777, 22. . An Ordinance Ascertaining What Captures on Water Shall Be Lawful. 1781. Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. 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. [French East Coast Map]. (N.p., n.d.). 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. The Continental Powder Mill on French Creek . 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 . . Access the United States, Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 records. Swedish Contributions to American Freedom, 1776-1783, vol. 1775. RG 9200R01.000 George Read Papers, 1764-1782 (3 folders). 7. (Whitford, Pa.: Stephen Moylan Press, 1958). Most of the Continental Army was disbanded after the Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War in 1783. 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. 5. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. Siebert, Wilbur H. Loyalist Troops of New England. Repr. 2. . Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution. Delaware State Society of the Cincinnati. State Agencies 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. Preparations for peace were a topic of discussion, as were soldiers pay and reimbursement for the medical services of Dr. James Tilton. 1919. RG 9200D09.000 John Dickinson Papers, 1765-1783 (10 boxes, 1 oversized box). . 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. 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). . These loyalists, or Tories, opposed the Whig cause. 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. Circular letters of Robert Morris, 1781, 27. Pabst, Anna C. Smith, comp. Position of the Division under Lt. Gen. Knyphausen at Cecil Church, Sep. 1777. 1777 (6). These records are a mixture of primary and secondary materials. 1818, &c. Washington, D. C.: Gales & Seaton, 1820; repr. Loyalists in Delaware (transcript), 1790, 33. Wilmington: Delaware Society of the Sons of the Revolution, 1941. Photostat. Among Captain Robert Kirkwoods papers are photostats of his journal from 1777-1784. 8 talking about this. Samuel McMastersJames Tilton correspondence (American Archives transcript), 1774-1775, 3. RG 9026.001 Prints and EngravingsRevolutionary War. RG 9200K02.000 Robert Kirkwood Papers, 1777-1791 (1 box). Coochs Bridge, Del. #405: Aitkens Register account of Delaware, 1774, 20. 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. Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War. Photostat. Report of the Valley Forge Park Commission. The Legislative Council, consisting of nine members, three from each county, served as the upper house of the General Assembly. Caesar Rodney, George Read, and Thomas McKean: The Delaware Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Typescript, 1970. Map of the Original Thirteen Colonies (S. Augustus Mitchell, 1876). Catharine Meritt, re: William Dowdle, 1837, RG 1800.111 Military Pension Receipt Books, 1817-1829 (1 Box). 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. 1777. Oaths of New Jersey residents, administered by Caesar Rodney, 1777, RG 1800.110 Revolutionary War Pensions, 1778-1856 (1 Box). Ford, Paul Leicester, ed. Each of the counties, New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, formed such a committee. Books relating to the American Revolution may be found in the Research Room. The 1st Delaware Regiment is a 501(c)3 nonprofit living history group. Coleman, John M. Thomas McKean: Forgotten Leader of the American Revolution. Society of the Cincinnati membership certificate for James Tilton, 1787. 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. 4. Anderson, Enoch, 1753 or 4-1824. . Material relating to the Revolutionary War includes communication with the Assembly, a letter from Kent County ca. R-48: Papers from the New York Public Library, 1774-1804. 8. 1976, RG 8005.046 Department of Public InstructionMotion Pictures Collection. 1. Some of the affidavits show the veterans age, physical condition, occupation, family member names and ages, inventory of property, and other personal information. 8. Boatner, Mark Mayo. Cooch, Eleanor B. Delaware Signers of the Oath of Allegiance. Life of the Honorable Thomas McKean L. L. D. Lancaster, Pa.: Inquirer Printing Company, 1890. Adjusted and allowed claims, 1792-1796, 12. Charging at four in the morning, the Americans won without firing a shot. Photostat. 3. A Brief Sketch of Captain Joseph Davis and Lieutenant William Jones of the Pennsylvania Line. (5) Throughout the war, bands of armed loyalists organized on several occasions, only to be dispersed by the militia or Continental troops. Haslet and his men managed to capture thirty-six men and a collection of weapons and blankets. . 14. During September and October, the British occupied Wilmington. From the autumn of 1777 through June 1778, the British purchased supplies in New Castle and Port Penn. Delaware Becomes a State. ], ca. Haslets men again guarded the rear of the army as the Americans crossed the Delaware into Pennsylvania. Washington, D.C.: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, 1932. 5. Inquiry re: George Williams veteran status, 1830, Revolutionary War Records, Council of Safety, 1775-1776 (4 folders), 1. Thomas Rodney to Caesar Rodney (transcripts, photostats, originals), 1776, 6. Valley Forge Landmarks. http://www.1stDelawareRegime 1st Delaware Regiment | Newark DE RG 1922.000 Delaware American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (DARBC)Administrative Records, 1969-1977. Governors Register, State of Delaware Volume I: Appointments and Other Transactions . . New York: The Outlook Company, 1903. (London, ca. August 25 - British troops landed at Elkton Maryland, and marched into Delaware. A catalogue of the muster rolls, pay rolls, and miscellaneous papers pertaining to the Delaware troops in the Revolutionary War: Collected in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1908, Revolutionary War Records, Miscellaneous, 1765-1787 (3 folders), 1. List of contributions for relief of Boston (originals), 1774, 3. Burnham, Smith. Caesar Rodney Ride, event poster 1976. Ketchum, Richard M., ed. 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. Correspondence includes missives from Delawares Council of Safety, military correspondence, a list of loyalist prisoners taken by Haslets regiment at Mamaroneck, New York, reports on the course of the war from officers to various Delaware officials, and communications between Delaware leaders. Delaware State Code Bushman, Claudia L., Herbert B. Hancock, and Elizabeth Moyne Homsey, eds. (Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, 1896). Colonel John Haslet to General Rodney (transcript), 1776, 7. Withholding Tax 2. Map with population figures for each state, along with numbers of troops serving in 1776, population of cities in 1776, and important battles of the war. This record series contains various types of Revolutionary War records, including companies muster rolls, accounts, lists of pensioners, depreciation records, correspondence, pay rolls, returns, indictments for treason, and petitions. Boxes 1-3 of the Dickinson Papers contain John Dickinsons correspondence relating to the American Revolution. Millwood, New York: KTO Press, 1978. the Queen's Rangers, were encamped six miles away, near the village of Mamaroneck. Flower, Milton E. John Dickinson, Conservative Revolutionary. Letter from David Hall, Council of Safety (photocopy), 1776, 8. R-53: Letters of Dr. John McKinly, 1773-1778. New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1938. Dedication of State House/Independence Festival 76, event poster, 1976. Records from the DARBC include administrative files pertaining to the celebration of the bicentennial of the American Revolution, as well as photographs, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, and speeches by the Governor related to the celebration. Exportation of wheat to French and Spanish fleets (photostat), 1780, 26. 18. Duplicate of pamphlet found in the McKinly folder in General ReferenceBiography, and in the Research Room library. 2. (Delaware State Museums, 1995). 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 . A test act requiring a loyalty oath to the state government was instituted in 1777. XVII American Revolution Maps (vertical file). Certificates of military service, 1784, 36. Its members included Thomas McKean, Caesar Rodney, George Read, John McKinly and Thomas Robinson. 1. 6. Reed, H. Clay. A Distinguished Son of Chester County, Bulletins of the Chester County Historical Society, 1902-03. Cities & Towns On 25 October 1776, the roughly 280 men still fit for duty in the regiment took part in the battle of White Plains. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1972. Gen. William Smallwood. New Castle County meeting (transcripts from American Archives), 1774, 2. 16mm motion picture, VHS. Thomas Lightfoot and Thomas Cockayne, 1777, 5. (Albany: New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission and Champlain Valley Committee for the Observance of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution, n.d.). The General Assembly selected the four members, two by the House, and two by the Council. Coochs Bridge is said by some to mark the first display of the Stars and Stripes in battle. 4. Matters were not helped by inflation. This Congress asked each colony to establish Committees of Inspection to enforce the boycott of English goods. 16mm motion picture. 6. Pay rolls and regiment returns list the name, rank, and time of service of soldiers and officers. Louder Calloway and John Stevens(on), 1829, 62. Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition grand prize certificate, 1926. Samuel Patterson to Caesar Rodney (transcript), 1776, 13. Dickinson, John, with introduction by R.T. H. Halsey. These records include lists of pensioners, correspondence about receiving a pension or payment of a pension, petitions to receive a pension, descriptions of military service, and affidavits supporting pension claims. . Butterfield, L. H. Letters of Benjamin Rush. The Americans regrouped and in a series of battles turned the tide against the British. The second folder includes letters from correspondents such as General Light-Horse Harry Lee and George Washington, returns of Lees partisan corps, to which McLane was attached for a time, troop returns, and pay rolls from this period. (1927). Delaware pensioners, . United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 FamilySearch RecordsImagesFamily TreeGenealogiesCatalogBooksWiki Cite This Collection "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783." Database with images. VHS, 19 minutes. 3. 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.: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1942. New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1929. ca. Strasburg, Va.: Shenandoah Publishing House, 1935. A Chart of the Delaware Bay and River. (Philadelphia, London, 1776). . Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record Administration, 1995. Delaware, resolutions of the Council, 1776, 3. Liberty and Independence: The Delaware State During the American Revolution. Delaware Today, September 1975. New Castle County barracks on Christiana Creek, 1779, 25. Before the Revolution: Yankee Doodle Comes to Delaware. New Castle Countys Committee of Inspection, the first organized in Delaware, vigorously pursued such dissent. . Locations Directory 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. Delaware Marketplace One source of revenue was the seizure and sale of estates belonging to Loyalists. #88: Continental EmissionUnited States account of taxes paid by Delaware, 7. These records contain the following subjects: Accounts, Committee of Correspondence, Committee of Inspection and Observation, Committee of Safety (Pennsylvania), Continental Congress, Correspondence, Council of Safety, General Assembly, Loyalists, Military Records, Miscellaneous Records, and Privateer Records. The letter folders, containing both photostats and originals, are a mixture of personal and official correspondence. 13. Link To This Page Contact Us Philadelphia: Swedish Colonial Foundation, 1953. Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, 1940. Muster roll, Delaware Regiment, Second Battalion, 1780, 30.
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