Washington, D.C.: American Revolution Bicentennial Office, 1975. 1 (1931): 108-147. Vindication of Col. David Hall (photostat), 1790, 41. 26. 1, Baltimore: Williams and Williams Company, 1915; Vol. Acts of Congress concerning hospitals are also included (typescript copies). Delaware played an important role in the formation of the United States of America, being the first to ratify the new federal constitution. Revolutionary War: Delaware Was First (Box 1 & 2). In 1774, Rodney, McKean, and Read were selected by the Assembly to represent Delaware at the Continental Congress. : Delaware Society of Colonial Dames of America, 1911. [Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay (Clinton map #259)]. Pay roll of invalid corps, commanded by James McLane, 1784-1785, 19. #223: Broad Creek meeting of 20 June 1775 to support new union among the colonies, 11. The colony refused to use stamps, held protest meetings, sent delegates to the Stamp Act Congress, and boycotted British goods. Militia Accounts, Accounts of the Lieutenants . 2. B. Lippincott Company, 1948. Commission of Francis Wade, Deputy Quartermaster General, 1779, 22. Buchanan, Roberdeau. . Second Seminole War. The Third Lantern for the Third Century, ca. These records may be found on microfilm. Hamilton, Edward P. The Champlain Valley in the American Revolution. The Delaware First Regiment fought in every major battle of the Revolutionary War. Anderson, Enoch, 1753 or 4-1824. . 3. The Americans regrouped and in a series of battles turned the tide against the British. 7. At the battle of Cowpens, 17 January 1781, Kirkwoods men and their comrades played a crucial role in the American victory. Petitions for pay are found here, as are letters concerning Pennsylvania troops and the ongoing peace process. Payment for delivery of provisions, ca. 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. 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. Francis Freeman, 1820 (African American Revolutionary veteran), 46. Photostat. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1976. . 28. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1988. John Hills. New Castle County barracks on Christiana Creek, 1779, 25. Roebuck letter from Alexander Stuart at Lewes, 1776, 17. the Queen's Rangers, were encamped six miles away, near the village of Mamaroneck. During the Revolutionary War, Kirkwood served under the command of John Sullivan, Nathanael Greene, Daniel Morgan, and Henry Lee. The Dr. 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). 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. 1937. Invalid pension claims (list of sources), 1778-1856, 9. You may want to start by searching for a person's Military Service Records and Pension and Bounty Land records. Other topics of correspondence include the depreciation of paper money, Delaware legislation under consideration, and Continental Congress public abuses committee business. They camped near Newark, Delaware. Strasburg, Va.: Shenandoah Publishing House, 1935. (Valley Forge Historical Society, 1949). (7, In October 1776, as fighting continued around New York, the Delaware regiment was chosen to engage the Queens American Rangers, a Loyalist force camped at Mamaroneck, New York. Position of the Army Near Aikens Tavern. 1777 (8). N.p., 1927. ca. Major Lewis Bush: A Correction. Typescript, n.d.. Munroe, John A. 3. Record of receipts and disbursements made by the State. General Anthony Wayne letters to Robinson family, 1776-1780, 18. . About 20% of the Delaware Regiment (50 men) were killed [DESSAR estimate based on those listed as MIA] and 30% (72 men) were taken prisoner [Seymour], including six of the officers -- Lt. Col. Vaughan, Major Patten, Captains . . Exiles in Virginia: With Observations on the Conduct of the Society of Friends During the Revolutionary War. RG 1922.000 Delaware American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (DARBC)Administrative Records, 1969-1977. Texas Revolutionary War. Loyalists were active along the Delaware, and the need for a schooner for protection against Loyalist forays is raised in Dickinsons correspondence. Settling of depreciation of pay to Delaware Regiment, 1786, 20. Certificate of military service, 1787, 39. (1927). Another letter from that year deals with political factions in Pennsylvania. Cooch, Edward W. The Battle of Coochs Bridge. Richard Derring petition re: debts (photocopy), 1787, Revolutionary War Records, Privateer Records, 1778-1782 (4 folders, 1 oversized box), 1. They first saw combat on 27 August, in the Battle of Long Island. R-57: Index of the Journal and Order Book of Captain Robert Kirkwood, 1777-1791. Kremer, Bruce J. John Hanson of Mulberry Grove. Colonels Colonel William Thompson, Colonel Edward Hand, Colonel James Chambers Companies To George McCall, for making cartridges, 1778, 14. (Albany: New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission and Champlain Valley Committee for the Observance of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution, n.d.). List of Continental officers who died in service/invalid pension applicants, 1777-1793, 3. RG 1105.001 Proceedings of the Privy Council, 1778-1792. Dover: Public Archives Commission of Delaware, 1932. The Story of Caesar Rodney. Harley, Lewis R. The Life of Charles Thomson. James Wilson, Founding Father: 1742-1798. #15: Revolutionary activities and Coochs Bridge, by M. Dunn, 3. Delaware pensioners, . RG 1315.008 Auditor of Accounts Waste Book, 1784-1796. New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1958. Gen. William Alexander, Lord Stirling. 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. . 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. Sabine, Lorenzo. Bellas, Henry Hobart, ed. 4. William Saunders, inventory and genealogy, 1820, 51. . This convention of fifteen delegates met to protest the closing of Bostons port by the British. Index to Maps of the American Revolution in Books and Periodicals. In the Read, George folder are photostats of letters relating to the Stamp Act crisis, and letters written during Reads service in the Continental Congress referring to Lexington and Concord, and other news of the war. An act of Congress established the First Delaware Regiment on December 9, 1775, and the ranks quickly grew to over 725 men. . . May 22 - The Delaware Regiment assigned to 1st Maryland Brigade ( Main Continental Army) under Brig. 8. Pension rolls and correspondence are interspersed. RG 1120.9 Votes and Proceedings of the Council of the Delaware State 1776-1783. Peter Jaquetts company records, 1777-1778, 20. Johnson, Amandus. 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. Assembly members in Kent and Sussex Counties (scholars notes), 1776, 2. Rockport, Me. 20. #864: Proceedings of the Convention of the Delaware State, August 1776, RG 9270.002 General Reference Collection Biography. The American Heritage Book of the American Revolution. Letter from John McKinly for gunpowder (photostat), 1775, 4. Original letters discuss state and national affairs of the 1780s, and loyalists in Delaware in 1776. The Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1781-1931: Its Purpose and Plans. Notes of Thomas Rodney on accounts for troops, 1776, 7. Mobile Apps Delaware Troops Leaving the Green, print of 1915 painting by Stanley Arthurs. An index to the journal and order book found among the Kirkwood papers. Lafayette Day Committee. Some Letters of and Concerning Major William Peery. Delaware Troops in the Revolution. Tax Center Bond for Thomas Almond and Isaac Tussey, 1778, 6. 1782. Bulletin III (April 1928): 15-22. Miers, Earl Schenck. [1] Organisation and Remusterings 90-Day Volunteers [ edit] Box 1 contains correspondence through 1774. . Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1897. 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. Significant Campaigns and Battles Photostats include accounts of loyalist activities, military appointments, and a proclamation of a day of thanksgiving. Thomas Robinson (American Archives transcript), 1775, 3. List of invalid pensioners (photostat), 1790-1791, 10. State treasurers accounts with Edward Pole, 1807, Revolutionary War Records, AccountsForfeited Estates, 1771-1790 (13 folders), 7. RG 1111.000 Legislative Papers, 1776-1783. Virtuitis Praemium: The Men Who Founded the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, 2 vols. 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. 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. . 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. Hancock, Harold B. Voting & Elections . The following is a list of maps located in the map collection, and maps found in the vertical file collection. Topics of discussion include the forming of the second Continental Congress, events in America and England, a letter from woman sculptor Patience Wright, preparations for war, and Dickinsons commission as colonel for a Philadelphia militia unit, all in 1775. R-75: Thomas Rodney Journal, 1786-1797. Delaware State Society of the Cincinnati. More Lee correspondence from 1780 is on file, as is correspondence with Caesar and Thomas Rodney. 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. Minutes and other papers (American Archives transcripts, photostats), 1775-1776, 2. Certificates of military service, 1784, 36. 29. 1st Delaware Regiment. Contains correspondence of John Dickinson, including letters to Caesar Rodney, Thomas Rodney, and others. New Haven: H. E. Selesky, 1987. Box 2 contains correspondence from 1775-1782. . Lafayette in Delaware. Correspondence from 1783 can be found in Box 3 of the Dickinson papers. 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. 5. R-48: Papers from the New York Public Library, 1774-1804. in 1776 and 1777. (Philadelphia: C.F. 1674-1851. John Haslet's World | Book by David Price | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster About The Book About The Author Product Details Raves and Reviews Resources and Downloads John Haslet's World An Ardent Patriot, the Delaware Blues, and the Spirit of 1776 By David Price Trade Paperback LIST PRICE $18.00 PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER Kilbourne, John Dwight. #354: Daughters of the American Revolution lineage book, 16. Photostat. Color and black & white prints. Meeting of convention protesting the closing of the Port of Boston (listed as Meetings at New Castle, Dover, and Lewes, photostats), 1774, 5. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1975. An index to the Kirkwood journal and order book may be found in RG 9270.000, Reference Reel R-57. 1777). The Loyalists of Revolutionary Delaware. 1. Carpenter and Walker of Port Penn, 1778, Revolutionary War Records, Committee of Correspondence, 1774-1775 (7 folders), 1. New Castle Countys Committee of Inspection, the first organized in Delaware, vigorously pursued such dissent. Battle of Brandywine in Which the Americans Were Defeated . 1. In February, at the battle of Guilford Court House, 15 March 1781, the Delaware troops held their own against the British. Report of the Valley Forge Park Commission. They follow the proceedings of the Council prior to the colonies separation from the British Empire. Lewes meeting, examination of American grievances (transcripts from American Archives), 1774, 6. (14), During the war, the Delaware Assembly struggled to govern the state. 1915 painting by Stanley Arthurs. 9. Westminster, Md. In the booklet for 1786, correspondence originates in Wilmington and concerns settling military accounts from the Revolutionary War. 3. (1970). Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1976. 11. On 25 October 1776, the roughly 280 men still fit for duty in the regiment took part in the battle of White Plains. At the same time its farmers, businessmen, and sailors provided supplies to keep the American army in existence. Circular letters of Robert Morris, 1781, 27. Transparency : University Press, 1889). N.p., 1903. ex display range cookers; somerset county, pa magistrate reports; market segmentation disadvantages; saroj khan daughter death; two in the thoughts one in the prayers meme 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. Samuel McMastersJames Tilton correspondence (American Archives transcript), 1774-1775, 3. 13. 9. Vol Reel 0389 - American Revolutionary War Service Records; Soldiers--United States--Registers - Delaware, Hall's Regiment: Mc - Mi: Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary war Other accounts include the depreciation of pay to the Delaware Regiment. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting . Public Meetings These records contain a variety of primary and secondary material. Photostat. 3. Also includes additional records of payments for recruiting bounties for the Flying Camp, and records of bounties paid for raising Continental reinforcements at the request of Congress. It is best to consult the lists following groups of documents. RG 1325.036 Photographs, General CollectionHistorical Scenes, 1. Ross, Howard De Haven. Receipts were not always dated or signed. 1778. History of Delaware, 1609-1888, 3 vols. 1. 2. Approved on 20 September, the document created the Delaware State. 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). Details. Landing at the Head of Elk in Maryland, British forces marched through Delaware. Help Center Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, 1940. Exportation of wheat to French and Spanish fleets (photostat), 1780, 26. [French East Coast Map]. 19. Men enlisting for the duration of the war were guaranteed a pension. McGregor, Samuel. 16mm motion picture. 8. Cooch, Eleanor B. Delaware Signers of the Oath of Allegiance. (N.p., n.d.). Samuel Shute journal extracts (transcript), 1781, 34. The Americans were forced to retreat. On 8 September, the British marched through Newark enroute to Philadelphia. Delaware Tercentenary Commission map of Delaware, with illustrations, 1938. The regiment would see action during the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, Battle of Camden, Battle of Guilford Court House, Battle of Eutaw Springs and the Battle of Yorktown. History of Delaware, Past and Present. 10. George Washington to Mordecai Gist, from Wilmington (transcript), 1777, 21. Preparations for peace were a topic of discussion, as were soldiers pay and reimbursement for the medical services of Dr. James Tilton. Rockaway, N.J.: American Faculty Press, 1975. Phototstat. (Charing Cross: William Faden, 1784). George Washington and Delaware. Ten thousand men were requested, but no more than a few thousand were ever on hand. Harry Schenawolf, in his Revolutionary War Journal article "Battle of Mamaroneck . George Washington and Delaware. Battle of Cowpens, Conflict between Cols. 2. Matchette, Robert B. and Daniel Jester, 1832, 69. 17. Personal Recollections of Captain Enoch Anderson . Facsimile reproduction. These files contain the minutes of the Council of Safety from the years 1775-1776. RG 1115.0 Votes and Proceedings of the House of Assembly 1776-1783. The Blues saw little action the remainder of 1779 and they wintered at Morristown, New Jersey. . 23. New York: New York Historical Society, 1926. Among Captain Robert Kirkwoods papers are photostats of his journal from 1777-1784. Parliament bill relating to Delaware (transcript), 1775, 3. Caesar Rodney Ride, event poster 1976. Delaware Courts The regiment was under the command of Colonel John Haslet, killed at the Battle of Princeton, and then under Colonel David Hall. As the imperial crisis continued, the Whig opposition to Parliaments policies pushed forward in the colonies. Neagles, James C. United States Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present. 5. []. 29 Camp a Wilmington. 1781 (1). Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, Colonial and Church, from Original Sources, Vol. Skinner, Mrs. G.S. Their blue jackets with red facings and white waistcoat and breeches would later become the uniform for all the Continental troops. 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. Completing their service at Dobbs Ferry on 7 October, Neills men were sent home from Philadelphia on 22 October. Entries show date of entry, account heading, payee or payer, reason for disbursement, or receipts, amount of receipt or disbursement, and daily balances. George Read to President of Congress, (transcripts, photocopies), 1778, 2. Letters of Marque and Reprisal, 1778-1780, 5. Jones, Gilbert S. Valley Forge Park: Historical Record and Guide Book. San Rafael, Ca. . Royal Raiders: The Tories of the American Revolution. Proceedings and correspondence, Kent County Committee of Correspondence (transcripts from Historical Society of Delaware), 1774-1775, 7. Ferguson, Bessie Brockson. A variety of articles dealing with the American Revolution may be found in publications such as Delaware History as well. The records show dates of meetings, names of members in attendance, and matters under consideration such as appointments to committees, committee reports, petitions of local inhabitants, appointments of military officers, drafting of rules and regulations for the military, and complaints against certain officers.
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