Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1942. Samuel Patterson to President of Delaware State, 1783, 31. . Delaware Society of the Cincinnati charter (photostat), 1783. The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was a Continental Army regiment from Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War (1781-1783). Military Uniforms in America: The Era of the American Revolution, 1755-1795. Monmouth Beach, N.J.: Philip Freneau Press, 1972. A separate group of Delawareans led by Thomas Rodney were present at the battle of Princeton on 3 January 1777. 1820. Commission of Francis Wade, Deputy Quartermaster General, 1779, 22. 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. Voting & Elections Orderly Book of the Maryland Loyalists Regiment . Kent County (transcripts and photostats), 1775-1776, 3. . (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. Thomas McKean: The Shaping of an American Republicanism. The 1st Delaware Regiment in the Revolutionary War Orders to Thomas Collins, Kent Militia, n.d. 4. The Continental Powder Mill on French Creek . Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1972. [Major] Andres Journal . 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. Robinson refused to appear before the committee, which warned revolutionaries not to deal with him but seems to have taken no other action. Bond for Thomas Almond and Isaac Tussey, 1778, 6. Peden, Henry C., Jr. 1777). Joshua Fisher. On 8 September, the British marched through Newark enroute to Philadelphia. 1976, RG 8005.046 Department of Public InstructionMotion Pictures Collection. On 31 December, the end of the enlistment term, only six men, officers included, remained. Ross, Howard DeHaven. Photostat. N.p., 1927. 14. 8 talking about this. 4. Battle of Camden - Wikipedia John Hills. Encampment of the Army on Landing the 26th Aug. 1777. 1777 (4). 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. Hancock, Harold B. Beach, John W. The Cape Henlopen Lighthouse. Delaware Line. Elkton: N.p., 1940. List of contributions for relief of Boston (originals), 1774, 3. Abraham Wiles and Major Hitchens, letter from H. Ridgely, 1820, 55. General Assembly Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1988. . 6. The Council of Safety supervised county Committees of Inspection and Observation and militias, and was responsible for raising the first Delaware regiment commanded by John Haslet. The Nehemiah Tilton papers folder contains photostats of two letters from 1782 dealing with current events and Delaware politics. Sandersons Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence. Photostat. 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. Haslets men defended Chattertons Hill, retreating only as the American forces did. Certificates of military service, 1784, 36. Return of errors in the printed register of certificates issued by John Pierce, late Paymaster General, 1789, 22. Caesar Rodneys Arrival at Independence Hall, 1776. The government it formed consisted of a bicameral legislature, consisting of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, with a president and four-man Privy Council, both selected by the legislature, serving as the executive. Help Center . New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1974. A Rising People: The Founding of the United States, 1765-1789. (N.p., n.d.). Benjamin Gibbs re: army expenses, 1784, 32. (Charing Cross: William Faden, 1784). #96: Nicholas Way, loan to state, 1776, 8. #48: Delaware constitutional convention, 27 August-21 September 1776, 5. Public Meetings Pension rolls and correspondence are interspersed. . 1820). Lewes meeting, examination of American grievances (transcripts from American Archives), 1774, 6. 1 (1931): 108-147. Louder Calloway and John Stevens(on), 1829, 62. Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.: N.p., 1966. . HOME | 1stDelawareRegiment Wilmington: Delaware Daughters of the American Revolution, 1940. 4. 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. American Revolutionary War. Caesar Rodney Ride, event poster 1976. Baltimore: Southern Book Company, 1955. Sussex County, A true state of the general disaffection (photocopies), 1776, Revolutionary War Records, General Assembly, 1776 (2 folders), 1. As years passed family members and relatives also became eligible for a pension. Skinner, Mrs. G.S. Delaware Infantry Regiment, 1st. The first Delaware regiment was no more. Swedish Contributions to American Freedom, 1776-1783, vol. Original, photostat. At the same time in Sussex County, loyalists were reported as gathering in large groups in an attempt to seize control of county government, with at least five British warships sitting in Delaware Bay. Delaware State Code 2, Lancaster, Pa.: Lancaster Press, 1928. Books relating to the American Revolution may be found in the Research Room. They include letters asking for funds to defend the state, letters from Caesar Rodney asking individuals to break away from the British Crown, and correspondence between Rodney and the Assembly. On Pale Rider! The regiment was under the command of Colonel John Haslet, killed at the Battle of Princeton, and then under Colonel David Hall. Confronted by Whig militia on at least three different occasions, the loyalists eventually dispersed. Exportation of wheat to French and Spanish fleets (photostat), 1780, 26. Lafayette Day Committee. Loyalists in Delaware (transcript), 1790, 33. Contains photographs taken to document Bicentennial celebration events and photos used in Commission publications. Samuel McMastersJames Tilton correspondence (American Archives transcript), 1774-1775, 3. Ten thousand men were requested, but no more than a few thousand were ever on hand. Landing at the Head of Elk in Maryland, British forces marched through Delaware. Revolutionary War Period Material in the Hall of Records, 1775-1787: Four Little Known Sources. Offprint from Delaware History XVII, no.1 (1976). #223: Broad Creek meeting of 20 June 1775 to support new union among the colonies, 11. Whiteley, William G. The Revolutionary Soldiers of Delaware. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1958. 1778. . Battle of Coochs Bridge. Delaware Conservationist XXI (Winter 1977-78): 11-16. Manuscript Sources in the Library of Congress for Research on the American Revolution. Brandywine Conservancy commemorates its preservation of key Brandywine Battlefield site on anniversary of the Revolutionary War battle. Letter from President of the convention, New Castle County (photocopy), 1776, 10. London: Crowell-Collier Press, 1970. 5. 8. Another folder of photostats contains correspondence of government and military officials to Rodney in his role as militia general and as President of Delaware State, a letter regarding the recovery of some public records taken during the British occupation of Wilmington, letters of Rodney to the president of Congress, and correspondence of Caesar and Thomas Rodney. 2. (Delaware Society of the Sons of the Revolution, 1943). (12), A regiment of Delaware militia was called into service alongside the Continental Army in the summer of 1780.
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