1st delaware regiment revolutionary war

E-mail / Text Alerts Livingston recruited men from Chambly, Quebec as early as September 1775 Men enlisting for the duration of the war were guaranteed a pension. Dover: Public Archives Commission of Delaware, 1932. . 3. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1942. Coleman, John M. Thomas McKean: Forgotten Leader of the American Revolution. The Third Lantern for the Third Century, ca. About U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 This database is a collection of records kept by the National Archives listing men who fought for the colonies in the American Revolutionary War. A Plan of the Delaware River from Chester to Philadelphia. 1777. Original letters discuss state and national affairs of the 1780s, and loyalists in Delaware in 1776. 1820). With Haslets death, Colonel David Hall was given command. Payment for delivery of provisions, ca. 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. #405: Aitkens Register account of Delaware, 1774, 20. The vast majority of items are published in the first three volumes of the Delaware Archives: Military. Relief panel by James E. Kelly, ca. More Lee correspondence from 1780 is on file, as is correspondence with Caesar and Thomas Rodney. An index to the Kirkwood journal and order book may be found in RG 9270.000, Reference Reel R-57. []. Members were elected during alternate years for three year terms. 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. Other topics of correspondence include the depreciation of paper money, Delaware legislation under consideration, and Continental Congress public abuses committee business. The British captured Delawares president John McKinly and seized many public records. 8. 9. Some 300 of the 400 men from Maryland died, along with 31 of the men from Delaware. 1777-1780 Georgia Line. Also available on Reference Reel R-77. 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). of the Sums Charged in the General . 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. . Theophilus Park to Rodney (photostat), 1776, 11. Delaware Troops in the Revolution. (London, 1777). Caesar Rodney, George Read, and Thomas McKean: The Delaware Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Typescript, 1970. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1942. 2. Box 9 of the Dickinson papers contains Dickinsons draft of the Articles of Confederation, 1776 (photostats). RG 1315.007 Auditor of Accounts Journal, 1784-1800. 1. Newark : University of Delaware Press, 1986. Delaware State Society of the Cincinnati. Public Meetings http://FamilySearch.org : 28 April 2023. At the same time its farmers, businessmen, and sailors provided supplies to keep the American army in existence. Sellers, John R., et al., comps. RG 9026.001 Prints and EngravingsRevolutionary War. 1. Washington, D.C.: Office of Publications, National Park Service, 1975. . The Auditors sundry accounts include the Council of Safety, congressional delegates, George Read, the United States, and various officers. Receipts were not always dated or signed. Plan du Camp . Access the United States, Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 records. Gross Receipts Tax Facsimile reproduction. The first Delaware regiment was no more. Muster roll, Delaware Regiment, Second Battalion, 1780, 30. Commanders of the Delaware Regiment 1776-1779, 11. RG 9200T03.000 Tilton-Conrad Papers, 1782-1783 (1 box). 1937. Bushman, Claudia L., Herbert B. Hancock, and Elizabeth Moyne Homsey, eds. The Delaware Line was a formation within the Continental Army. Cooch, Eleanor B. Delaware Signers of the Oath of Allegiance. Only a few Delawareans prominent in the American Revolution are listed below. Verification of pensions for Jacob Caulk, Edward Whaley, Joseph Williams, Benjamin Lane, Charles Hamilton and John Alexander, 1818, 29. Pension receipts are a record of military pensions paid to veterans. . Caesar Rodney letters (photostat), 1776, 15. Edward Roche to James Booth, from Valley Forge (photocopy), 1778, 25. Delaware Infantry Regiment, 1st. Related Topics:American Revolution, Delaware History, Early Delaware History, Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War Guide, Sons of the American Revolution, Delaware's Governor 1. 16. 1818, &c. Washington, D. C.: Gales & Seaton, 1820; repr. . Script for Independence! Haslet and his men managed to capture thirty-six men and a collection of weapons and blankets. 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. ], ca. : Riverside Press, 1903. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1954. 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. Liberty and Independence: The Delaware State during the Revolution. New York: New Viewpoints, 1973. Caesar Rodneys Ride: Wilmington, Chester, Marcus Hook and Penns Landing, (reel 2) helical scan videotape, ca. Mexican War. Pay roll of invalid corps, commanded by James McLane, 1784-1785, 19. Lafayette to Washington (photostat), 1781, 29. Letters concerning Allen McLane (photostat), 1781, 30. 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 . Index to Maps of the American Revolution in Books and Periodicals. Philadelphia: L. J. Richards & Company, 1888. 3. Also available on Reference Reel R-77. Box 2 contains a draft copy of the volumes comprising Francis T. Tiltons Dr. Loyalists were active along the Delaware, and the need for a schooner for protection against Loyalist forays is raised in Dickinsons correspondence. The Delaware States Privy Council, created by the 1776 Constitution, worked with the President. Life of the Honorable Thomas McKean L. L. D. Lancaster, Pa.: Inquirer Printing Company, 1890. 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. He was instrumental in improving care for the sick and wounded by redesigning the military hospitals used by the Americans. Box 2 contains correspondence from 1775-1782. 16mm motion picture. Caesar Rodneys Arrival at Independence Hall, 1776. Kent County, (transcripts, photostats, originals), 1776, 4. Jones, Gilbert S. Valley Forge Park: Historical Record and Guide Book. Colonel John Haslet to General Rodney (transcript), 1776, 7. Photostat. #321a: The Declaration of Independence, translated into ten languages, 15. 13. 4. Colonels Colonel William Thompson, Colonel Edward Hand, Colonel James Chambers Companies Skinner, Mrs. G. S. Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Ohio, from Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Lived in the State of Ohio, vols. (12), A regiment of Delaware militia was called into service alongside the Continental Army in the summer of 1780. Although they did not participate in any battles, members of the Delaware militia unit witnessed the hanging of Major John Andr on 2 October 1780. Loyalists remaining in the area staged raids on the Delaware coast, even as the British attacked area shipping. Daniel Ferguson: Revolutionary Soldier. Typescript, 1942. 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. These records contain a variety of primary and secondary material. McGregor, Samuel. 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. . Declaration of Independence, mounted reproduction on wood. Sussex County, A true state of the general disaffection (photocopies), 1776, Revolutionary War Records, General Assembly, 1776 (2 folders), 1. List of invalid pensioners (photostat), 1790-1791, 10. [Part of the modern counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, and Lancaster in Pennsylvania, New Castle in Delaware, and Cecil in Maryland. Entries show date of entry, account heading, payee or payer, reason for disbursement, or receipts, amount of receipt or disbursement, and daily balances. 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. Folder 1 contains company reports, and journal entries from 1775, 1779, and after the Revolution. During that time, the Delaware militia defeated loyalist forces in Kent County. Map of the Original Thirteen Colonies (S. Augustus Mitchell, 1876). Captain Robert Kirkwood reimbursement, 1788, 21. Bevans, Wilson Lloyd, and E. Melvin Williams, eds. 1st Delaware Regiment (1776-1783) 1st Georgia Regiment (1775-1783) 2nd Georgia . . The following is a list of maps located in the map collection, and maps found in the vertical file collection. Report of Capt. Although primarily Revolutionary War pensions, this series includes a few War of 1812 pensions. Second Seminole War. Washington, D.C.: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, 1932. . (Valley Forge Historical Society, 1941). Monmouth Beach, N.J.: Philip Freneau Press, 1972. (Valley Forge Historical Society, 1949). Rockport, Me. These records have been published in two volumes edited by Claudia Bushman, Harold B. Hancock, and Elizabeth Moyne Homsey (see bibliography section). A Brief Sketch of Captain Joseph Davis and Lieutenant William Jones of the Pennsylvania Line. 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. Cecil County, Maryland Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Many went home during the retreat through New Jersey; on 22 December, along with eight officers, 92 men were present and fit for duty. (1927). 1. 14. . 5. General RodneyJohn Dagworthy correspondence, 1777, 20. The enlistment, provisioning, clothing, and payment of troops proved a constant concern. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1976. Dickinsons correspondence from 1779 includes letters from colleagues, commentary on current events, and letters from Caesar Rodney regarding war-related matters. Photostat. Personal Income Tax Reed, H. Clay. Duplicate of pamphlet found in the McKinly folder in General ReferenceBiography, and in the Research Room library. . The rolls include an index to names of pensioners, including death dates when known, and an index to correspondence between pensioners and government officials. Contains references to the Revolution, and poetic and prose descriptions of events at Trenton and Princeton in 1776-1777. Dickens, Charles W., ed. 10. New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1958. Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives. Contains rules of order for the convention, which met to draw up a constitution for Delaware, as well as resolutions concerning the Flying Camp, delivery and payment for arms, and commissions. Siebert, Wilbur H. Loyalist Troops of New England. Repr. Thomas Rodney to Caesar Rodney (transcripts, photostats, originals), 1776, 6. 17. Dover: Public Archives Commission of Delaware, 1926. 3. Jackson, John W. The Pennsylvania Navy: 1775-1781: The Defense of the Delaware. John Dickinson: A Great Worthy of the Revolution. Commissioners Report on Haslets and Pattersons battalions, 1776, 10. 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. 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. The Story of Caesar Rodney and His Immortal Ride. Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition grand prize certificate, 1926. Louder Calloway and John Stevens(on), 1829, 62. Photostat. Federalist Delaware, 1775-1815. The letterbook shows date, name of addressee, matters under consideration, and signature of Eleazer McComb. In June 1778 the regiment participated in the Battle of Monmouth Court House, as well as at Stony Point and Paulus Hook in the summer of 1779. (N.p., n.d). 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. James Tilton of Delaware, 1745-1822: A Patriotic Doctor in Our Two Wars with Britain, which apparently was never published. N.p. State treasurers accounts with Edward Pole, 1807, Revolutionary War Records, AccountsForfeited Estates, 1771-1790 (13 folders), 7. In the early months of 1777 two Delaware companies joined Washingtons army. Lafayette in Delaware. The acquisition included ten acres, several outbuildings, and the Cooch family's ancestral home, a three-story structure built circa 1760. 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. May 22 - The Delaware Regiment assigned to 1st Maryland Brigade ( Main Continental Army) under Brig. 198th Signal Battalion(First Delaware) Authorized 9 September 1775 in the Continental Army as the Delaware Regiment (also known as Haslet's Regiment) Organized 13 January 1776 to consist of the following companies under the command of Colonel John Haslet: Captain Joseph Stidham's Company - New Castle County. One source of revenue was the seizure and sale of estates belonging to Loyalists. Peery, Lynn. The committees were kept busy throughout the Lower Counties. Scharf, Thomas J. Major Lewis Bush: A Correction. Typescript, n.d.. Munroe, John A. 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. 1965). 6. and Daniel Jester, 1832, 69. Only after 1822 do we find correspondence from individuals other than government officials or loan officers. 1779. Delaware Line. Its members included Thomas McKean, Caesar Rodney, George Read, John McKinly and Thomas Robinson. Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War. (Whitford, Pa.: Stephen Moylan Press, 1958). Pay roll for Col. Samuel Pattersons officers, 1789, 40. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1972. (Original painting in Delaware Public Archives.). (N.p., n.d.). These books include rosters, muster rolls, histories, diaries, and other documents listing Pennsylvanian troops. (Delaware Society of the Sons of the Revolution, 1943). Clark, David Sanders. 10. Through the Years with Aunt Clara. 5. The Third Company, commanded by Captain Robert Kirkwood of the Blues, consisted mainly of Delawareans. Thomas McKean: The Shaping of an American Republicanism. The Assembly consisted of twenty-one members, seven from each county, elected annually. Photostats include accounts of loyalist activities, military appointments, and a proclamation of a day of thanksgiving. Dover: Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, 1976. Joshua Fisher. George Read to President of Congress, (transcripts, photocopies), 1778, 2. Letters of Marque and Reprisal, 1778-1780, 5. Black & white print. Carpenter and Walker of Port Penn, 1778, Revolutionary War Records, Committee of Correspondence, 1774-1775 (7 folders), 1. 1775. 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. 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. General Howes proclamation (transcript), 1777, 17. RG 9200R01.000 George Read Papers, 1764-1782 (3 folders). 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. Londahl-Smidt, Donald M. Notes Concerning the Uniform of the Delaware Battalion. Military Collector & Historian XIX, no. Harry Schenawolf, in his Revolutionary War Journal article "Battle of Mamaroneck . 1777-1780 Delaware Line. The Middle Colonies and the Coming of the American Revolution. Rodney, George Brydges. Photostat. Miers, Earl Schenck. From the autumn of 1777 through June 1778, the British purchased supplies in New Castle and Port Penn. Delaware Memorial at Valley Forge. The Story of Caesar Rodney. Dyer, Alan F. The Colonial and Early National Periods in American History (1492-1789): A Bibliography of Dissertations. Descriptive information for maps may be found in the Maps card catalog. Flower, Milton E. John Dickinson, Conservative Revolutionary. 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. RG 1325.036 Photographs, General CollectionPortraits. 1. Henry Fisher and William Peery to John Hancock, 1777, 19. Matters were not helped by inflation. David Finney papers, re: Loyalists, 1777-1778, 7. Other accounts include the depreciation of pay to the Delaware Regiment. 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.
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