The vast majority of items are published in the first three volumes of the Delaware Archives: Military. With the coming of war and changes in government, loyalists in Delaware moved beyond letter-writing and verbal comment. 1. Reed, H. Clay. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting . Delaware played an important role in the formation of the United States of America, being the first to ratify the new federal constitution. General Dagworthy and John Jones to Caesar Rodney (photostat), 1777, 22. 4. MacNeill, Henry T., and Aime Junkers MacNeill. A Map of the Country from Raritan River in East Jersey to Elk Head in Maryland . It must have a determinable useful life. Pension Rolls and Correspondence (1790-1846). 2. Guthorn, Peter J. British Maps of the American Revolution. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1933. Charging at four in the morning, the Americans won without firing a shot. From the autumn of 1777 through June 1778, the British purchased supplies in New Castle and Port Penn. Depreciation commodity notes issued, 1780 ((M-Ar)2272X). Resolves 1840, c 21 directed the state secretary as record keeper for the Commonwealth to care for all records relating to military service by Massachusetts forces during the Revolutionary War. The pension act of 1832 allowed pensions again based on service and made widows of veterans also eligible to receive pension benefits. 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). Philadelphia: For the Subscribers, 1848. Brooklyn: Historical Printing Club, 1891. . 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. In June 1776, an attack on Whigs in Kent County was narrowly averted. It must be expected to last more than one year. Relations Between the Continental Congress and the Delaware Legislature 1776-1789. Typescript, 1941. He died of fever 2 years later. Ann Arbor: William Clements Library, 1928. The folder also include chronologies of the Revolution written after the war. Adams, Randolph G. British Headquarters Maps and Sketches Used by Sir Henry Clinton . 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. While some colonies (now states) had taxes that were gathered specifically in support of the War, Connecticut did not. Ryden, George H. Delaware Troops in the Revolution. Upon his arrival, General Washington announced that he would rename Fort Constitution (the matching Fort opposite Fort Washington) Fort Lee in his honor. 3. Often, the Legion served with Francis Marion and Thomas Sumter in these missions. Baltimore: Southern Book Company, 1955. R-57: Index of the Journal and Order Book of Captain Robert Kirkwood, 1777-1791. Skinner, Mrs. G. S. Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Ohio, from Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Lived in the State of Ohio, vols. The original unit was raised June 8, 1776, at Williamsburg, Virginia, under the command of Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee for service with the 1st Continental Light Dragoons of the Continental Army. Photograph: Time Life Pictures/Getty Images. . Material relating to the Revolutionary War includes communication with the Assembly, a letter from Kent County ca. During that time, the Delaware militia defeated loyalist forces in Kent County. Andr, the British officer engaged in negotiations with Benedict Arnold, had been captured by American militiamen and hung as a spy. Coochs Bridge, Del. Thomas Robinson (American Archives transcript), 1775, 3. He was relieved of command for one year. Record of receipts and disbursements made by the State. #302: Minutes of the Privy Council of Delaware, 1778-1792, 13. Liberty and Independence: The Delaware State during the Revolution. Delaware Troops Leaving the Green. E-mail / Text Alerts Sandersons Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence. A separate group of Delawareans led by Thomas Rodney were present at the battle of Princeton on 3 January 1777. 10. Charlottesville: Published for the Friends of the John Dickinson Plantation by the University Press of Virginia, 1983. When Lord Cornwallis moved his British Army into North Carolina, Lee's Legion entered South Carolina to protect that colony, to intimidate Loyalists and harass British expeditions. For printed depreciation notes paid to soldiers see (M-Ar)1599X, above. . : Edward W. Cooch, 1940. Scharf, Thomas J. Sussex County, A true state of the general disaffection (photocopies), 1776, Revolutionary War Records, General Assembly, 1776 (2 folders), 1. As a result, pension application papers on file at the National Archives begin after 1800. More Lee correspondence from 1780 is on file, as is correspondence with Caesar and Thomas Rodney. Commissary and personal accounts are intermingled. A Topical History of Delaware. Recommendation for William Millan (photostat), 1776, 7. R-90: Gail Stuart Rowe, Power, Politics, and Public Service: The Life of Thomas McKean (Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University, 1969). 2. 9. Washington passing through Wilmington on the way to the Battle of Brandywine. . Loyalists in Delaware (transcript), 1790, 33. 1. de Valinger, Leon Jr. Map of Dover, Delaware in Revolutionary Times. 1775, 1936. Verification of pensions for Jacob Caulk, Edward Whaley, Joseph Williams, Benjamin Lane, Charles Hamilton and John Alexander, 1818, 29. Typescript copies of correspondence transcribed from Peter Forces American Archives series and the Papers of the Continental Congress may also be found. Resolves 1844, c 117 specifically cited this series among them to be rebound and its indexes recopied. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. He failed to get Congress to overturn the court-martial, so he launched highly personal attack on Washingtons character, which destroyed any remaining popularity General Charles Lee had with the troops. WebRevolutionary War Battles The Trenton-Princeton CampaignThe Battle of BrandywineThe Monmouth CampaignReconnaissance of New YorkThe Yorktown Campaign Congress created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, and John Adams nominated George Washington to serve as the army's Commander-in- Chief. 6. . Index: 0.27 cubic ft. (1 doc. Each section is arranged by company, and sometimes is thereunder alphabetical by name. Rowe, Gail Stuart. In February, at the battle of Guilford Court House, 15 March 1781, the Delaware troops held their own against the British. The tribe adopted him, and gave him a name that translates to Boiling Water. He was known to be moody and choleric, and, according to himself, suffered from a distemper of mind.. Meeting minutes include original manuscripts and printed documents, photostats, and typed transcripts. Behind Washingtons back, General Charles Lee began writing to Congress, demanding he replace Washington as the head of the army. Reports of the Auditor of Accounts, Joint Committees of the Assembly . Its soldiers participated in many of the important battles of the war, and fought with bravery. 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. Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War. They arrived in Delaware on 17 January 1783. Samuel Shute journal extracts (transcript), 1781, 34. Subjects of legislation include money bills, acts pertaining to the militia, punishment of treason, raising troops, punishment for desertion, the export of provisions overseas, pardon for those swearing allegiance to the state, the quartering of soldiers, ratification and amending of the Articles of Confederation, recovery of public debts, prevention of fraud within the quartermaster and commissary departments, suspending the use of Continental bills of credit as legal tender, protection of trade on the Delaware river and bay, and determining depreciation of pay. James Michael McAfee, II. Many of these articles were part of a series featured in the Wilmington Morning News, Looking Back 200 Years, which ran in 1975 and 1976. . Samuel Patterson to President of Delaware State, 1783, 31. (1), The Stamp Act was repealed in 1766, and the Townshend Acts in 1770, except for the tax on tea. Letter from John McKinly for gunpowder (photostat), 1775, 4. 2. Photostat. Photostat. The first volume of this work, in four bound typescript folios, covers the Revolutionary period and Tiltons role in the war, with reference to many original documents. Deposition re: David Parker enlistment, 1780, 29. Another letter from that year deals with political factions in Pennsylvania. Pay roll of invalid corps, commanded by James McLane, 1784-1785, 19. journal-neo.org Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrain Oyun- Erdene's visit to South Korea was marked by a number of important bilateral meetings and agreements. Return of errors in the printed register of certificates issued by John Pierce, late Paymaster General, 1789, 22. Pension receipts are a record of military pensions paid to veterans. 18-19 contain accounts of officers for 1777-1779 and 1780 service respectively. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1897. George Washington and Delaware. History of Delaware, 1609-1888, 3 vols. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1972. Amounts spent for clothing or provisions for companies or the regiment as a whole are among the items found in accounts. Delaware Memorial at Valley Forge. Hardy, Minerva Spencer. Ohio, 1945). Dover: Public Archives Commission of Delaware, 1926. Contains a range of material from Dickinsons life, including correspondence, accounts and receipts, business of the Continental Congress and the Delaware State, drafts of the Articles of Confederation, and other materials relating to the American Revolution. Delaware, resolutions of the Council, 1776, 3. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1958. 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