Privacy Policy Thomas Lightfoot and Thomas Cockayne, 1777, 5. After an attack to ravage Staten Island they marched south to oppose the British invasion of Delaware. Caesar Rodney letters (photostat), 1776, 15. . 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. [Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay (Clinton map #259)]. The Kings Friends: The Composition and Motives of the American Loyalist Claimants. New Castle County meeting (transcripts from American Archives), 1774, 2. Abraham Wiles and Major Hitchens, letter from H. Ridgely, 1820, 55. Delaware Regiments in the Continental Army - American Revolutionary War Skinner, Mrs. G.S. 31. The Sovereign States, 1775-1783. . 11. Receipts were not always dated or signed. Tax Center . Bushman, Claudia L., Herbert B. Hancock, and Elizabeth Moyne Homsey, eds. The Picket Post, miscellaneous issues, 1949-1973. The sixth volume listed here, containing miscellaneous Revolutionary War items, was collated but remains unpublished. Cooch, Edward W. The Battle of Coochs Bridge. 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. 1976. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1972. . 2. 2. (a) Award authorized.The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of the Congress, of a single gold medal of appropriate design to the First Rhode Island Regiment, collectively in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War. The Lower Counties, as Delaware was then known, were technically part of Pennsylvania, though after 1704 the two colonies had separate legislatures. Beach, John W. The Cape Henlopen Lighthouse. Joseph Reed wrote Dickinson, concerned over an error in Dickinsons Vindication. Certificates of military service, 1784, 36. Elected Officials On 8 September, the British marched through Newark enroute to Philadelphia. The 1st Delaware Regiment was raised on December 9, 1775 for service with the continental army under the command of Colonel John Haslet. Munroe, John A. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1864. 10. Morris, Irving. 2, 1950. Only after 1822 do we find correspondence from individuals other than government officials or loan officers. Elkton: N.p., 1940. . The letter folders, containing both photostats and originals, are a mixture of personal and official correspondence. Franchise Tax Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait and Company, 1846. Material relating to the Revolutionary War includes communication with the Assembly, a letter from Kent County ca. At the same time its farmers, businessmen, and sailors provided supplies to keep the American army in existence. : Presidio Press, 1974. Photostat. A Committee of Correspondence was formed in October 1773 to communicate with other colonies. Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition grand prize certificate, 1926. These records are arranged alphabetically by subject heading and thereunder chronologically. RG 9200R01.000 George Read Papers, 1764-1782 (3 folders). 1781 (2). A variety of articles dealing with the American Revolution may be found in publications such as Delaware History as well. RG 1922.004 DARBCMotion Picture Collection, 1976-1981. Delaware avoided the violence that occurred in other colonies, while joining in resistance against the acts. 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. 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. Men enlisting for the duration of the war were guaranteed a pension. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. Script for Independence! The first Delaware regiment was no more. Virtuitis Praemium: The Men Who Founded the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, 2 vols. John Haslet's World | Book by David Price - Simon & Schuster New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1929. List of Maryland Military Units in the Revolutionary War Painting by Horace Carpenter, 1917-1919. Millwood, New York: KTO Press, 1978. Public Meetings 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. These records have been published in two volumes edited by Claudia Bushman, Harold B. Hancock, and Elizabeth Moyne Homsey (see bibliography section). Washington, D.C.: American Revolution Bicentennial Office, 1975. Loyalists were active along the Delaware, and the need for a schooner for protection against Loyalist forays is raised in Dickinsons correspondence. Charging at four in the morning, the Americans won without firing a shot. Completing their service at Dobbs Ferry on 7 October, Neills men were sent home from Philadelphia on 22 October. Additional information appears on supplies delivered, clothing purchased, quartermasters certificates taken up in taxes, and accounts of monies received from the Delaware State. RG 1315.009 Auditors Letterbooks, Eleazer McComb, 1784-1792. Many went home during the retreat through New Jersey; on 22 December, along with eight officers, 92 men were present and fit for duty. R-48: Papers from the New York Public Library, 1774-1804. Maryland Revolutionary Records. Standing on top of Birmingham Hill, reenactors from the 1st Delaware Regiment fire off a few rounds from their muskets during the Brandywine Conservancy's dedication ceremony celebrating its acquisition of a key piece of land located in the heart of the . The colony refused to use stamps, held protest meetings, sent delegates to the Stamp Act Congress, and boycotted British goods. From the autumn of 1777 through June 1778, the British purchased supplies in New Castle and Port Penn. National Archives and Records Administration Category: Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783 Samuel McMastersJames Tilton correspondence (American Archives transcript), 1774-1775, 3. During the Revolutionary War, Kirkwood served under the command of John Sullivan, Nathanael Greene, Daniel Morgan, and Henry Lee. R-46.146.2: Delaware Papers, Colonial and Revolutionary Documents, at the Library of Congress, volumes I & II, III & IV. The American Historical Scene. At the battle of Cowpens, 17 January 1781, Kirkwoods men and their comrades played a crucial role in the American victory. Publication. Texas Revolutionary War. Photostat. 8. Exportation of wheat to French and Spanish fleets (photostat), 1780, 26. 1st Delaware Regiment | Newark DE - Facebook The Legislative Council, consisting of nine members, three from each county, served as the upper house of the General Assembly. Pennsylvania, U.S., Revolutionary War Battalions and Militia - Ancestry 1782. Also included are various types of correspondence, records of British fleet and troop movements in Delaware and the Delaware Bay, and pay rolls for officers and men in the Continental Army. A Calendar of English Microfilms Relating to Delaware and Delawareans. Typescript, n.d.. . . (ca. George Read to President of Congress, (transcripts, photocopies), 1778, 2. Letters of Marque and Reprisal, 1778-1780, 5. Taunton: Historic Reproductions, 1975. Stamp Act Congress (photocopies), 1765, 2. New Castle County barracks on Christiana Creek, 1779, 25. American Revolutionary War. An act of Congress established the First Delaware Regiment on December 9, 1775, and the ranks quickly grew to over 725 men. Conrad, Robert T., ed. [1] Organisation and Remusterings 90-Day Volunteers [ edit] On Pale Rider! Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press, 1978. 1. Roebuck letter from Alexander Stuart at Lewes, 1776, 17. Photostat. Letter from John McKinly (transcript), 1776, 9. Revolutionary War Bibliography. (N.p., n.d.). These files contain the minutes of the Council of Safety from the years 1775-1776. Ketchum, Richard M., ed. Davis, Burton. This was true in Delaware as well. Johnson, Amandus. Kent County (transcripts and photostats), 1775-1776, 3. In 1777 the British shifted their attention to Philadelphia. 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. . Lefferts, Charles Mackubin. . 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. 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. RG 1325.036 Photographs, General CollectionHistorical Scenes, 1. Declaration of Commission, Light Infantry Company of Dover, 1976. Wayne, 1806). R-53: Letters of Dr. John McKinly, 1773-1778. Revolutionary War Pension . Commission, John Carr, ensign, Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, 1777, 14. (Whitford, Pa.: Stephen Moylan Press, 1958). Hayden, Horace Edwin. 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). List of Continental Army Units in 1777 to 1780 - American Revolutionary War Weather & Travel, Contact Us Box 2 contains a draft copy of the volumes comprising Francis T. Tiltons Dr. Contains copies of letters written on public business. Brunhouse, Robert L. The Counter-Revolution in Pennsylvania, 1776-1790. Revolutionary War Records: National and Local From Original Manuscripts. Typescript, 1966. Gen. William Alexander, Lord Stirling. Significant Campaigns and Battles Hancock, Harold B. The Story of Caesar Rodney and His Immortal Ride. 7. Joshua Fisher. . 198th Signal Battalion | Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of 1976. 20. 11. 1. . Landing at the Head of Elk in Maryland, British forces marched through Delaware. Photostat. General John Sullivans Indian Expedition, 1779. (Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1929). 29. Road from Coochs Bridge to Elk Court House . Subjects include the Dover Light Infantry, time capsule placed in Willingtown Square, Rodneys Ride, Delaware Trust commissioned paintings, Separation Day celebration, the Old State House, and various local celebrations. Colonels Colonel William Thompson, Colonel Edward Hand, Colonel James Chambers Companies (1934). 15. Washington, D.C.: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, 1932. 29 Camp a Wilmington. 1781 (1). It is interesting to note that while the Kent and Sussex County delegations affirm their loyalty to the Crown, the New Castle County delegation does not. 16mm motion picture, VHS. (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. Kent County, resolutions of the Council (photostats), 1776, 4. http://www.1stDelawareRegime 1st Delaware Regiment | Newark DE A test act requiring a loyalty oath to the state government was instituted in 1777. RG 1325.226 Delaware Public ArchivesMotion Picture Collection. R-90: Gail Stuart Rowe, Power, Politics, and Public Service: The Life of Thomas McKean (Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University, 1969). 1791. Ryden, George Herbert, ed. Approved on 20 September, the document created the Delaware State. Diary of Independence Hall. Brandywine Conservancy commemorates its preservation of key Brandywine Daniel Ferguson: Revolutionary Soldier. Typescript, 1942. Robert Wilcox petition, surgeon of the Second Delaware Regiment of Militia, 1780, 32. On 19 October Cornwallis surrendered. Stevens, Thomas Wood. As the imperial crisis continued, the Whig opposition to Parliaments policies pushed forward in the colonies. . . Cooch's Bridge, Delaware's Only Revolutionary War Battle Some 300 of the 400 men from Maryland died, along with 31 of the men from Delaware. Dickinson was a member of Congress, a militia colonel, and President of Delaware and of Pennsylvania during the Revolution. On 31 December, the end of the enlistment term, only six men, officers included, remained. 2. Ross, Howard DeHaven. The Story of Caesar Rodney. Newark : University of Delaware Press, 1986. 19. The Dr. In the booklet dated from 1784 to 1792, the correspondence originates in Dover and concerns, among other things, the settling of the accounts of the General Assembly for the Revolutionary War. . 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. Original, photostat. . Pabst, Anna C. Smith, comp. They camped near Newark, Delaware. Petitions, accounts and resolutions may be found, as well as communications and correspondence from the President and the Vice President of the Assembly and state officials. . Loyalists remaining in the area staged raids on the Delaware coast, even as the British attacked area shipping. (9), More men was not long in coming. Letters To and From Caesar Rodney, 1756-1784. Clark, David Sanders. 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. 2. in 1776 and 1777. (Philadelphia: C.F. 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). Thomas Rodney and General Cadwalader conversation, 1776, 16. Archibald Anderson, MSA SC 3520-16758 - Maryland State Archives Guthorn, Peter J. British Maps of the American Revolution. 4. MacNeill, Henry T., and Aime Junkers MacNeill. 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. This, together with similar contingents from the other twelve states, formed the Continental Line. (Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, 1896).

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