Philadelphia: J. Crissy, 1839. As the imperial crisis continued, the Whig opposition to Parliaments policies pushed forward in the colonies. Box 2 contains a draft copy of the volumes comprising Francis T. Tiltons Dr. 16. Matchette, Robert B. Order: Troops to False Cape (American Archive transcript), 1776, 9. Link To This Page Contact Us 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. a Wilmingtown. 1777. Payment to Captain McClements company soldiers, 1792-1793, 23. Neuenschwander, John A. . Muster roll, Delaware Regiment, Second Battalion, 1780, 30. Martin, Lawrence. : Delaware Society of Colonial Dames of America, 1911. 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. Pabst, Anna C. Smith, comp. of every person placed on the pension list . Road from Coochs Bridge to Elk Court House . Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.: N.p., 1966. RG 1922.004 DARBCMotion Picture Collection, 1976-1981. Part of the II Corps it served in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Coleman, John M. Thomas McKean: Forgotten Leader of the American Revolution. Munroe, John A. Uniforms of the American, British, French and German Armies in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783. Revolutionary War Rolls Coverage Table FamilySearch Francis Freeman, 1820 (African American Revolutionary veteran), 46. Serving under Light Horse Harry Lee, McLane and his men participated in the bayonet charge at Paulus Hook on 19 August 1779. 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. Virtuitis Praemium: The Men Who Founded the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, 2 vols. Originals of the Settlement of Revolutionary War Claims may be found in RG 1315.6, and of the Auditors Account Book in RG 1315.7. Coughlan, Margaret N. Creating Independence, 1763-1789: Background Reading for Children. (1934). Atlas to Marshalls Life of Washington. Colonel Hall was wounded at Germantown. Henry Fisher and William Peery to John Hancock, 1777, 19. A Pageant of 1776. 1950. Wilmington: Public Archives Commission of Delaware, 1911. Photostat. A variety of articles dealing with the American Revolution may be found in publications such as Delaware History as well. Delaware Marketplace Weather & Travel, Contact Us 2. (Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Inc., 1931). 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. List of invalid pensioners (photostat), 1790-1791, 10. RG 1315.008 Auditor of Accounts Waste Book, 1784-1796. Pay rolls and regiment returns list the name, rank, and time of service of soldiers and officers. Original letters discuss state and national affairs of the 1780s, and loyalists in Delaware in 1776. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1975. Monmouth Beach, N.J.: Philip Freneau Press, 1972. When a soldier became too old or disabled he would request his pension. The American Heritage Book of the American Revolution. U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 - Ancestry 14. Letters to His Wife from Dr. John McKinly. Typescript, n.d. Lodge, Henry Cabot, ed. Delaware. A number of Delawareans, no matter how much they disliked taxation, remained loyal to Great Britain. B. Lippincott Company, 1948. Mobile Apps . Related Topics:American Revolution, Delaware History, Early Delaware History, Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War Guide, Sons of the American Revolution, Delaware's Governor Nebenzahl, Kenneth. Archibald Robertson journal extracts (transcripts), 1777, 15. On 1 December 1776, the end of their enlistment, Patterson and his men returned home. Only after 1822 do we find correspondence from individuals other than government officials or loan officers. Typescript copies of correspondence transcribed from Peter Forces American Archives series and the Papers of the Continental Congress may also be found. 5. More Lee correspondence from 1780 is on file, as is correspondence with Caesar and Thomas Rodney. Contains photographs taken to document Bicentennial celebration events and photos used in Commission publications. Uniforms | 1stDelawareRegiment 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 . R-90: Gail Stuart Rowe, Power, Politics, and Public Service: The Life of Thomas McKean (Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University, 1969). 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. Although the conditions in Wilmington were better than at Valley Forge, Anderson "had the skin taken of his hands by the Frost." . 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. The Continental Army in the Revolutionary War - History of RG 1922.001 DARBCPhotograph Collection, 1975-1979. 11. Entries for each account include disbursements for prisoners of war, the commissarys department, transportation, the hospital department, quartermasters department, contingent expenses, forage department, and for arms, ammunition, and ordnance stores. Landmarks of the Revolution. (Delaware State Museums, 1995). 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. Cornelius Paynter(?) Hundreds of New Castle County (transcripts from American Archives), 1775, 2. . The Kings Friends: The Composition and Motives of the American Loyalist Claimants. 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 . Social Media, Built by the Government Information Center William Saunders, inventory and genealogy, 1820, 51. The Battle of Long Island - National Guard Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, 1940. The American Revolution | National Archives Photostat. The Assembly did not recognize Continental or state currency as legal tender after 1781. . Colonel John Haslet first commanded the Delaware Continental regiment. Rowe, Gail Stuart. Photostat. Federalist Delaware, 1775-1815. 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. It is best to consult the lists following groups of documents. 3. 6. This database contains an index to Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, 4 volumes. 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. Morris, Irving. . Dover: Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, 1976. . Hayden, Horace Edwin. . A Topical History of Delaware. Battle of Brandewyne on the 11th September, 1777. 1777. 1. In the spring of 1780, the Delaware Continentals were sent to the southern theater. Military Uniforms in America: The Era of the American Revolution, 1755-1795. (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. Position of the Army at New Garden. 1777 (9). 13. 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. Burnham, Smith. Cecil County, Maryland Signers of the Declaration of Independence. 6. After 1776, it appears that the coats were slightly longer with still red facings and turnbacks. At the same time its farmers, businessmen, and sailors provided supplies to keep the American army in existence. Baltimore: Read-Taylor Press, 1925. Delaware troops were present here as well. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1994. Letters from George Read, informing of Dickinsons selection to the Delaware General Assembly, and Charles Thomson regarding national finances, also date from 1780. United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 FamilySearch R-77: Settlement of Delaware Revolutionary War Claims with the United States, 1776-1787; Account Book of the State Auditor of Delaware, 1784-1800. Ground Chosen and Entrenched by Washington to Fight Howes Army. (Price & Price, 1777). A Brief Sketch of Captain Joseph Davis and Lieutenant William Jones of the Pennsylvania Line. Some 300 of the 400 men from Maryland died, along with 31 of the men from Delaware. R-73: Military Commissary Accounts, 1781-1783; Isaac Smith, Personal Accounts, 1781-1853; Pension file of Dennis Kell(e)y, 1832-1840. 25. It was the worst defeat suffered by the American Army during the Revolutionary War. [Coochs Bridge and Brandywine, from Plan General des Operation de lArmee Britanique . (Delaware Society of the Sons of the Revolution, 1943). With the coming of war and changes in government, loyalists in Delaware moved beyond letter-writing and verbal comment. 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. RG 1325.147 State Reports Collection, Proceedings of the Convention of the Delaware State, 1776 (reprinted 1927). The Delaware Public Archives has original military records of the colonial wars, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, militia records for 1765 to 1841, Mexican Border dispute, some Adjutant General Civil War files, Spanish-American War, National Guard Card File, World War I, and World War II records. Ann Arbor: William Clements Library, 1928. . Primary sources take the form of original documents, transcripts, and photostats. Based near Perth Amboy, New Jersey, forces from the camp, including the Delaware contingent, saw some action in the New York campaign. Elkton: N.p., 1940. Transcripts of correspondence between the first President of Delaware State and his wife. A separate group of Delawareans led by Thomas Rodney were present at the battle of Princeton on 3 January 1777. 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). The Loyalists in Revolutionary America 1760-1781. Lafayette Day Committee. You may want to start by searching for a person's Military Service Records and Pension and Bounty Land records. McGregor, Samuel. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record Administration, 1995. 27. State Employees [French East Coast Map]. Heitman, Francis Barnard. They first saw combat on 27 August, in the Battle of Long Island. Maneuvering for a Battleground (parts I & II). Historical Flags of Our Ancestors - American Revolutionary War Unit Flags Photostats include accounts of loyalist activities, military appointments, and a proclamation of a day of thanksgiving. Battle of Coochs Bridge. Delaware Conservationist XXI (Winter 1977-78): 11-16. Bond for Thomas Almond and Isaac Tussey, 1778, 6. Corporations 12. 2. The Nehemiah Tilton papers folder contains photostats of two letters from 1782 dealing with current events and Delaware politics. 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. R-26.1R-26.4: John Dickinson material in the R. R. Logan Collection at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Its soldiers participated in many of the important battles of the war, and fought with bravery. 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. 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. John Montressor journal extracts (transcripts), 1777, 16. Valley Forge Landmarks. Samuel Shute journal extracts (transcript), 1781, 34. Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, Colonial and Church, from Original Sources, Vol. The First Delaware Regiment During The Revolutionary War Butterfield, L. H. Letters of Benjamin Rush. These books include rosters, muster rolls, histories, diaries, and other documents listing Pennsylvanian troops. New Haven: H. E. Selesky, 1987. Receipts were not always dated or signed. Revolutionary War: Delaware Was First (Box 1 & 2). 8. The acquisition included ten acres, several outbuildings, and the Cooch family's ancestral home, a three-story structure built circa 1760. Approved on 20 September, the document created the Delaware State. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1976. Bevans, Wilson Lloyd, and E. Melvin Williams, eds. 28. 1976. Script for Independence! . Painting by Horace Carpenter, 1917-1919. Friedrich Adolph Julius van Wangenheim. New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1958. Only a few Delawareans prominent in the American Revolution are listed below. Many went home during the retreat through New Jersey; on 22 December, along with eight officers, 92 men were present and fit for duty. 12. These records are a mixture of primary and secondary materials. History of Delaware, 1609-1888, 3 vols. State Agencies Reports of the Auditor of Accounts, Joint Committees of the Assembly . Passages from the Remembrancer of Christopher Marshall. New York: The Outlook Company, 1903. Orderly book of Caleb Prew Bennett at the Battle of Yorktown, 1781. Offprint from Delaware History IV, no. 1. de Valinger, Leon Jr. Map of Dover, Delaware in Revolutionary Times. 1775, 1936. John Dickinson: A Great Worthy of the Revolution. Invalid pension claims (list of sources), 1778-1856, 9. Joshua Fisher. General Anthony Wayne letters to Robinson family, 1776-1780, 18. Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs. . Lists of pensioners detail the name, rank, amount of pension, and residence of the pensioner. . In 1777 the British shifted their attention to Philadelphia. 9. 2. 7. Battle of Brandywine in Which the Americans Were Defeated . . 9. Another volume, also not published, Pension Rolls and Correspondence, contains information on pension applicants. RG 1325.036 Photographs, General CollectionHistorical Scenes, 1. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1974. These loyalists, or Tories, opposed the Whig cause. At the battle of Cowpens, 17 January 1781, Kirkwoods men and their comrades played a crucial role in the American victory. 1820. . FamilySearch. 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. Thomas Robinson (American Archives transcript), 1775, 3. RG 1315.007 Auditor of Accounts Journal, 1784-1800. Petitions for pay are found here, as are letters concerning Pennsylvania troops and the ongoing peace process. Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. 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. Pay roll of invalid corps, commanded by James McLane, 1784-1785, 19. Kent County, (transcripts, photostats, originals), 1776, 4. 6. David Finney papers, re: Loyalists, 1779, 9. 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. Haslets men defended Chattertons Hill, retreating only as the American forces did. Significant Campaigns and Battles Material relating to the Revolutionary War includes communication with the Assembly, a letter from Kent County ca. Delaware State Society of the Cincinnati. By October Delaware had supplied roughly 460 out of a requested 600 men, commanded by Colonel Samuel Patterson. 7. The 1st Delaware Regiment in the Revolutionary War. (N.p., n.d). Adjusted and allowed claims, 1792-1796, 12. . . Livingston recruited men from Chambly, Quebec as early as September 1775 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). In Buff and Blue: Being Certain Portions From the Diary of Richard Hilton. George Washington and Delaware. Coochs Bridge, Del. Washington passing through Wilmington on the way to the Battle of Brandywine. Confronted by Whig militia on at least three different occasions, the loyalists eventually dispersed. 10. 6. Brown, Wallace. Photostat. Virginia Gazette facsimile copy, 1976. Help Center Encampment of the Division under Lt. Gen. Knyphausen 29th August 1777. 1777 (5). 1. Each of the counties, New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, formed such a committee. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1972. . Box 6 contains photostats of Tilton correspondence from throughout the Revolutionary period. #302: Minutes of the Privy Council of Delaware, 1778-1792, 13. Voting & Elections Sussex County, A true state of the general disaffection (photocopies), 1776, Revolutionary War Records, General Assembly, 1776 (2 folders), 1. Cooch, Edward W. The Battle of Coochs Bridge. HOME | 1stDelawareRegiment Robert Wilcox petition, surgeon of the Second Delaware Regiment of Militia, 1780, 32. 29. []. Additional names can be found in the General ReferenceBiography database. Dr. James Tilton was a physician and patriot who served with Haslets regiment and then as a surgeon to the Continental Army. 1. 15. R-48: Papers from the New York Public Library, 1774-1804. They often show the unit the veteran served in, when they served and may list battles in which a veteran fought. Box 1 contains correspondence through 1774. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1976. Washingtons Official Map of Yorktown (Washington: National Archives, 1952). Yorktown Sesquicentennial Pageants: 1931. : Raymond B. Clark, 1976. The Americans regrouped and in a series of battles turned the tide against the British. . 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. 22. The regiment was under the command of Colonel John Haslet, killed at the Battle of Princeton, and then under Colonel David Hall. Access the United States, Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 records. 8 talking about this. Johnson, Amandus. 1782. There are appointments and commissions of officers and soldiers of the army, marching orders, and supply requests. Position of the Army Near Aikens Tavern. 1777 (8). XVII American Revolution Maps (vertical file). Photostat. Contains correspondence of John Dickinson, including letters to Caesar Rodney, Thomas Rodney, and others. (Cambridge, Mass. 1st Pennsylvania Regiment (Revolutionary War) FamilySearch 1778. List of contributions for relief of Boston (photostats), 1774, 4. 1st Georgia Regiment. 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 . the Queen's Rangers, were encamped six miles away, near the village of Mamaroneck. . Beach, John W. The Cape Henlopen Lighthouse. On 8 September, the British marched through Newark enroute to Philadelphia. Dickinsons correspondence from 1779 includes letters from colleagues, commentary on current events, and letters from Caesar Rodney regarding war-related matters. . Charlottesville: Published for the Friends of the John Dickinson Plantation by the University Press of Virginia, 1983. Rodney, George Brydges. Before the Revolution: Yankee Doodle Comes to Delaware. Pension Receipts 1821-1822 (2 folders), RG 1315.006 Revolutionary War Veterans Accounts with the United States Government, 1776-1787. An act of Congress established the First Delaware Regiment on December 9, 1775, and the ranks quickly grew to over 725 men. [Area of Chester County in Pennsylvania, including Valley Forge and a Continental powder mill], n.d. 12. 17. Soldiers awaiting depreciation certificates, 1779-1780, 21. (D.A.R. Record of receipts and disbursements made by the State. A test act requiring a loyalty oath to the state government was instituted in 1777. Stamp Act Congress (photocopies), 1765, 2. RG 1922.000 Delaware American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (DARBC)Administrative Records, 1969-1977. Archibald Anderson, MSA SC 3520-16758 - Maryland State Archives R-50: James B. Jackson, A History of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Neills Second Delaware Regiment of Militia in the War of the American Revolution, 1959. Alexander Wylly (Georgia) to Samuel White, Speaker of the House, Massachusetts (photocopy), 1765, 2. Parliament bill relating to Delaware (transcript), 1775, 3. Colonel Haslet was killed in the fighting. Buchanan, Roberdeau. Philadelphia: J. . Catharine Meritt, re: William Dowdle, 1837, RG 1800.111 Military Pension Receipt Books, 1817-1829 (1 Box). 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. Land claim bonus for Levin McGee by John McGee, 1779, 27. Diary of Independence Hall. Like most regiments of the Continental Army, the unit went through several incarnations and name changes. 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). Personal Recollections of Captain Enoch Anderson, An Officer of the Delaware Regiments in the Revolutionary War. Main, Jackson Turner. Disposition of British fleet by Sarah OBryan (transcripts), 1777, Revolutionary War Records, Committee of Safety (Pennsylvania), 1776 (1 folder), Revolutionary War Records, Continental Congress, 1776-1778 (2 folders), Revolutionary War Records, Correspondence, 1765-1830 (33 folders), 1. Most of the Continental Army was disbanded after the Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War in 1783. The 1st Delaware Regiment in the Revolutionary War Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives. American Revolutionary War Adams, Randolph G. British Headquarters Maps and Sketches Used by Sir Henry Clinton . Newark : University of Delaware Press, 1986. Delaware Line. #391: The Declaration of Independence, four 1776 versions, 17. The Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1781-1931: Its Purpose and Plans. Brunhouse, Robert L. The Counter-Revolution in Pennsylvania, 1776-1790. 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 . Kremer, Bruce J. John Hanson of Mulberry Grove. Delaware Becomes a State. Major Lewis Bush: A Correction. Typescript, n.d.. Munroe, John A. 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.
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