State Regulations 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. RG 1325.147 State Reports Collection, Proceedings of the Convention of the Delaware State, 1776 (reprinted 1927). Despite measures to control currency depreciation, the national extent of the problem did not allow for easy solutions. Philadelphia: For the Subscribers, 1848. During and after the war many major loyalist leaders left the state to join British forces or go to England or Canada. RG 1111.021 Proceedings of the Freemen . Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting . 15. Martin, Lawrence. Volume 1. 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. Personal Recollections of Captain Enoch Anderson . Washington and Tarleton. Colored engraving. A Committee of Correspondence was formed in October 1773 to communicate with other colonies. Pension Receipts 1821-1822 (2 folders), RG 1315.006 Revolutionary War Veterans Accounts with the United States Government, 1776-1787. Delaware's Role in the Revolutionary War First settled in 1638, controlled in succession by the Swedes, Dutch, and finally the English, Delaware was a thriving colony in the years before the American Revolution. Sandersons Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence. 10. A Distinguished Son of Chester County, Bulletins of the Chester County Historical Society, 1902-03. In September 1775 leaders from the three counties formed a Council of Safety to confirm the appointment of militia officers, draft militia regulations, and raise and supply troops, as requested by the Continental Congress. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1976. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Henry Neill, the regiment served in northern New Jersey and along the Hudson River, serving as a garrison at Dobbs Ferry on the Hudson. Marshall, John. RG 1315.007 Auditor of Accounts Journal, 1784-1800. 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. Dover: Public Archives Commission of Delaware, 1932. Only a few Delawareans prominent in the American Revolution are listed below. 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. After 1776, it appears that the coats were slightly longer with still red facings and turnbacks. Dating from the 1770s through the early 1800s, these records contain deeds, state letters, governors messages, votes of the Assembly, commissions to officials, communications between the Continental Congress and the state, and more. 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. Bulletin III (April 1928): 15-22. Letter from President of the convention, New Castle County (photocopy), 1776, 10. 16. Kent County, resolutions of the Council (photostats), 1776, 4. [French East Coast Map]. New York: George Moore, 1890. General Anthony Wayne letters to Robinson family, 1776-1780, 18. The Assembly consisted of twenty-one members, seven from each county, elected annually. 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. They first saw combat on 27 August, in the Battle of Long Island. Miers, Earl Schenck. Preparations for peace were a topic of discussion, as were soldiers pay and reimbursement for the medical services of Dr. James Tilton. Correspondence re: Dover Light Infantry (photostat), 1776, 5. New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1929. . 1781 correspondence includes the proceedings of the Hartford Convention, a letter regarding Delawares failure to send delegates to Congress, inquiries regarding Delawares troop quota, troop returns, letters from George Washington regarding a military hospital in Wilmington, and a petition congratulating Dickinson on his appointment as President of Delaware. These include letters concerning Committees of Correspondence, news of the war, the establishment of a hospital in Virginia, the conduct of army physicians, an account of the Delaware Regiments attack on loyalists at Mamaroneck, New York, the use of smallpox vaccine, Tiltons appointment as a hospital physician and surgeon, reports on sick and wounded, and Tiltons resignation from the Delaware Regiment in 1776. 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. : Edward W. Cooch, 1940. . 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. Boatner, Mark Mayo. As the morning progressed, the enemy began to encircle the Americans. 10. on Taking up Arms in 1775. Royal Raiders: The Tories of the American Revolution. Washington passing through Wilmington on the way to the Battle of Brandywine. . . 11. 2. Delaware Troops in the Revolution. 2. Life and Correspondence of George Read. R-26.1R-26.4: John Dickinson material in the R. R. Logan Collection at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 29. The term "Delaware Line" referred to the quota of one infantry regiment which was assigned to Delaware at various times by the Continental Congress. Pension receipts are a record of military pensions paid to veterans. Miscellaneous items related to the Delaware Regiment and Delaware militia units. . The letter folders, containing both photostats and originals, are a mixture of personal and official correspondence. Nebenzahl, Kenneth. the name . General Dagworthy and John Jones to Caesar Rodney (photostat), 1777, 22. 6. 8. Carpenter and Walker of Port Penn, 1778, Revolutionary War Records, Committee of Correspondence, 1774-1775 (7 folders), 1. Return of errors in the printed register of certificates issued by John Pierce, late Paymaster General, 1789, 22. Delaware Topics Includes portraits of notable Delawareans from the Revolutionary period. Clark, Raymond B., Jr. Maryland Revolutionary Records: How to Find and Interpret Them. 1. Catharine Meritt, re: William Dowdle, 1837, RG 1800.111 Military Pension Receipt Books, 1817-1829 (1 Box). The Assembly did not recognize Continental or state currency as legal tender after 1781. An index to the Kirkwood journal and order book may be found in RG 9270.000, Reference Reel R-57. XVII American Revolution Maps (vertical file). Selesky, Harold E. A Demographic Survey of the Continental Army that Wintered at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777-1778. R-48: Papers from the New York Public Library, 1774-1804. 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. This data collection contains an estimated 80,000 application files from officers and enlisted men who served in the Revolutionary War in all branches of the American military: army, navy, and marines. Orders on the State Treasurer to Pay Militia Officers, Arrangements . I & II. Volumes IV and V of the Archives, dealing with the War of 1812, are not listed here. . 22. On 31 December, the end of the enlistment term, only six men, officers included, remained. RG 9026.001 Prints and EngravingsRevolutionary War. Coochs Bridge, Del. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1975. The American Historical Scene. Rowe, Gail Stuart. 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. Commissary and personal accounts are intermingled. Road from Coochs Bridge to Elk Court House . [Part of the modern counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, and Lancaster in Pennsylvania, New Castle in Delaware, and Cecil in Maryland. 3. List of invalid pensioners (photostat), 1790-1791, 10. . Ohio, 1945). Whiteley, William G. The Revolutionary Soldiers of Delaware. Color print. 4. The flag is a Delaware militia flag that's in the Delaware Historical Society's collection. Civil War. Letters to His Wife from Dr. John McKinly. Typescript, n.d. Lodge, Henry Cabot, ed. In July 1775, the Sussex County Committee of Inspection suspected Thomas Robinson of expressing Tory sympathies. . 1915 painting by Stanley Arthurs. Locations Directory Bibliographies and indexes to material held elsewhere are also included. 6. . Meeting minutes include original manuscripts and printed documents, photostats, and typed transcripts. The Kings Friends: The Composition and Motives of the American Loyalist Claimants. Butterfield, L. H. Letters of Benjamin Rush. Declaration of Independence, mounted reproduction on wood. The vast majority of items are published in the first three volumes of the Delaware Archives: Military. 4. Dover: Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, 1976. These records are arranged alphabetically by subject heading and thereunder chronologically. 1. R-77: Settlement of Delaware Revolutionary War Claims with the United States, 1776-1787; Account Book of the State Auditor of Delaware, 1784-1800. Archibald Robertson journal extracts (transcripts), 1777, 15. This Congress asked each colony to establish Committees of Inspection to enforce the boycott of English goods. Wagon Brigade under Direction of Colonel Francis Wade, Regiment returns, pay rolls, account of discharges. Colonel Haslet was killed in the fighting. Exportation of wheat to French and Spanish fleets (photostat), 1780, 26. Dr. James Tilton was a physician and patriot who served with Haslets regiment and then as a surgeon to the Continental Army. Parliament bill relating to Delaware (transcript), 1775, 3. Dickinson was a member of Congress, a militia colonel, and President of Delaware and of Pennsylvania during the Revolution. Yorktown Sesquicentennial Pageants: 1931. It was the worst defeat suffered by the American Army during the Revolutionary War. Gen. William Smallwood. Lt. Hunter of His Majestys Navy. Oaths of New Jersey residents, administered by Caesar Rodney, 1777, RG 1800.110 Revolutionary War Pensions, 1778-1856 (1 Box). Baltimore: Southern Book Company, 1955. New York: New Viewpoints, 1973. Another volume, also not published, Pension Rolls and Correspondence, contains information on pension applicants. 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.