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. This Congress asked each colony to establish Committees of Inspection to enforce the boycott of English goods. . . Box 2 contains a draft copy of the volumes comprising Francis T. Tiltons Dr. 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. Pension rolls from 1790 through 1846 are included (although not for every year inclusive). Rockaway, N.J.: American Faculty Press, 1975. The 1st Delaware Regiment would see combat for the first time at the Battle of Long Island on August 27, under the command of Brig. Loyalists in Delaware (transcript), 1790, 33. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981. Bellas, Henry Hobart, ed. These records are a mixture of primary and secondary materials. Part of the II Corps it served in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. 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. Lt. Knight of His Majestys Navy. Miers, Earl Schenck. 2752 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2752 To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Rhode Island Regiment, in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War. Philadelphia: J. John Booker, Virginia troops (Buckner Regiment), 1776, 10. 15. Wagon Brigade under Direction of Colonel Francis Wade, Regiment returns, pay rolls, account of discharges. #302: Minutes of the Privy Council of Delaware, 1778-1792, 13. An Allen McLane folder, with articles on efforts taken in the 1960s to restore his burial place, is among the four American Revolution folders. James Tilton letters folder contains a typescript copy of a letter from Tilton referring to George Washingtons resignation as commander of the Continental Army. The flag is a Delaware militia flag that's in the Delaware Historical Society's collection. These documents, available on microfilm, consist of legislation passed by the General Assembly. Some 300 of the 400 men from Maryland died, along with 31 of the men from Delaware. List of Continental officers who died in service/invalid pension applicants, 1777-1793, 3. Main, Jackson Turner. 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. The National Archives holds records relating to military service during the Revolutionary War, including both Continental troops and state troops that served as Continental troops. 8. Buchanan, Roberdeau. The Americans were forced to retreat. Contains copies of letters written on public business. Bevans, Wilson Lloyd, and E. Melvin Williams, eds. . Stevens, Thomas Wood. : Presidio Press, 1974. Declaration of Independence, mounted reproduction on wood. 3. Liberty and Independence: The Delaware State During the American Revolution. Delaware Today, September 1975. By October Delaware had supplied roughly 460 out of a requested 600 men, commanded by Colonel Samuel Patterson. Battle of Cowpens, Conflict between Cols. Serving under Light Horse Harry Lee, McLane and his men participated in the bayonet charge at Paulus Hook on 19 August 1779. One source of revenue was the seizure and sale of estates belonging to Loyalists. Royal Raiders: The Tories of the American Revolution. The George Washington Atlas. Brown, Wallace. 3. Rodneys papers include his will, administrative and legal papers, and letters. ca. The 1st Delaware Regiment is a 501(c)3 nonprofit living history group. The man is William Dansey, a British Army officer, who captured that flag 242 years ago in September 1777 during fighting in the area shortly . Cooch, Eleanor B. Delaware Signers of the Oath of Allegiance. Dickens, Charles W., ed. Reports of the Auditor of Accounts, Joint Committees of the Assembly . General RodneyJohn Dagworthy correspondence, 1777, 20. Before the Revolution: Yankee Doodle Comes to Delaware. RG 1325.147 State Reports Collection, Proceedings of the Convention of the Delaware State, 1776 (reprinted 1927). 1. Rules and articles, Delaware Troops, n.d. 2. Correspondence re: Dover Light Infantry (photostat), 1776, 5. Regiment returns, expenditure accounts, supply requisition, receipt for supplies, officer rosters, receipt for pay, account voucher, list of pay rates, salary listing, Assembly resolution appointing commissioners of inspection, officer evaluations, commissioners reports, muster rolls, subsistence rolls. The following is a list of maps located in the map collection, and maps found in the vertical file collection. R-46.146.2: Delaware Papers, Colonial and Revolutionary Documents, at the Library of Congress, volumes I & II, III & IV. 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. Revolutionary War Records: National and Local From Original Manuscripts. Typescript, 1966. Washingtons Army in Delaware in the Summer of 1777 (address by John P. Neilds). Benjamin Gibbs re: army expenses, 1784, 32. Pension Rolls and Correspondence (1790-1846). Delaware State Code 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. Although primarily Revolutionary War pensions, this series includes a few War of 1812 pensions. Revolutionary War Pension . Eberlein, Harold Donaldson, and Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard. 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. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1974. . Delawares contributions to American independence did not end with the war. Dover: Public Archives Commission of Delaware, 1926. John Dickinson: A Great Worthy of the Revolution. John Montressor journal extracts (transcripts), 1777, 16. RG 9200R08.000 Caesar Rodney Papers, 1773-1782 (1 box). Whitford, Pa.: Stephen Moylan Press, 1958. Washington, D.C.: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, 1932. The 1st Delaware Regiment and the Blue Hens date back to the American Revolution where the 3 Lower Counties on the Delaware River of Pennsylvania not only broke away from Great Britain in June 1776 - but also from the State of Pennsylvania. R-36: John C. Powell, John Dickinson, Penman of the Revolution (Ph.D. thesis, University of Iowa, 1938). Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives. (10), The war had come to Delaware. This was especially true in lower Delaware where the areas isolation and conservatism, the influence of the Anglican Church, and the presence of British ships offshore kept many loyal to the Crown. Elected Officials Public Archives Commission of Delaware. Land claim bonus for Levin McGee by John McGee, 1779, 27. 1976. Assembly members in Kent and Sussex Counties (scholars notes), 1776, 2. 1st Delaware Regiment. Transcripts of correspondence between the first President of Delaware State and his wife. Delaware Society of the Cincinnati charter (photostat), 1783. Photostat. RG 1325.226 Delaware Public ArchivesMotion Picture Collection. Munroe, John A. A few letters from Tilton written during the Revolution are interspersed with other documents in Box 3 (all are photostats). 29. 1778. General Howes proclamation (transcript), 1777, 17. The only possible escape route was to cross under heavy fire, a marshy area about eighty yards wide called Gowanus Creek. Additional information appears on supplies delivered, clothing purchased, quartermasters certificates taken up in taxes, and accounts of monies received from the Delaware State. 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. This includes instructions for payment, statements certifying that an individual was the heir of a pensioner, and letters from physicians certifying disability. The Kings Friends: The Composition and Motives of the American Loyalist Claimants. Washington, D.C.: American Revolution Bicentennial Office, 1975. Exportation of wheat to French and Spanish fleets (photostat), 1780, 26. in 1776 and 1777. (Philadelphia: C.F. Duplicate of pamphlet found in the McKinly folder in General ReferenceBiography, and in the Research Room library. Photostat. Report of Capt. Smith, Charles Page. Proceedings of the House of Assembly of the Delaware State, 1781-1792, and of the Constitutional Convention of 1792. 1777, 11. Revolutionary War Period Material in the Hall of Records, 1775-1787: Four Little Known Sources. Offprint from Delaware History XVII, no.1 (1976). Thomas Rodney to Caesar Rodney (transcripts, photostats, originals), 1776, 6. 14. In 1774, Rodney, McKean, and Read were selected by the Assembly to represent Delaware at the Continental Congress. Swedish Contributions to American Freedom, 1776-1783, vol. The 1st Maryland Regiment (Smallwood's Regiment) originated with the authorization of a Maryland Battalion of the Maryland State Troops on 14 January 1776. a Wilmingtown. 1777. Vol Reel 0389 - American Revolutionary War Service Records; Soldiers--United States--Registers - Delaware, Hall's Regiment: Mc - Mi: Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary war During that time, the Delaware militia defeated loyalist forces in Kent County. The Delaware States Privy Council, created by the 1776 Constitution, worked with the President. Schlesinger, Arthur M. Prelude to Independence: The Newspaper War on Britain, 1764-1776. Material relating to the Revolutionary War includes communication with the Assembly, a letter from Kent County ca. Related Topics:American Revolution, Delaware History, Early Delaware History, Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War Guide, Sons of the American Revolution, Delaware's Governor Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, 1940. Dover: Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, 1976. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1988. Meeting minutes include original manuscripts and printed documents, photostats, and typed transcripts. During September and October, the British occupied Wilmington. Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press, 1978. Brandywine Conservancy commemorates its preservation of key Brandywine Battlefield site on anniversary of the Revolutionary War battle. They camped near Newark, Delaware. R-53: Letters of Dr. John McKinly, 1773-1778. Ross, Howard De Haven. This, together with similar contingents from the other twelve states, formed the Continental Line. Rioting between Whigs and Tories postponed October 1777 elections in Sussex County. Strasburg, Va.: Shenandoah Publishing House, 1935. Sandersons Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence. Marshall, John. While extensive, this list is not complete; please check the card catalog for references to states or particular persons. http://www.1stDelawareRegime 1st Delaware Regiment | Newark DE 6. Monmouth Beach, N.J.: Philip Freneau Press, 1972. A Pageant of 1776. 1950. . : Picton Press, 1998. Position of the Division under Lt. Gen. Knyphausen at Cecil Church, Sep. 1777. 1777 (6). With Haslets death, Colonel David Hall was given command. Through the Years with Aunt Clara. 16mm motion picture. 11. W. Dansey letter from Germantown camp (photostat), 1777, 23. Kent County, (transcripts, photostats, originals), 1776, 4. Kent County (transcripts and photostats), 1775-1776, 3. Painting by Horace Carpenter, 1917-1919. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. . 1775. 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. History of Delaware, Past and Present. Second Seminole War. An Ordinance Ascertaining What Captures on Water Shall Be Lawful. 1781. Publication. Newark: Curtis Paper Company, 1964. David Finney papers, re: Loyalists, 1777-1778, 7. An index to the journal and order book found among the Kirkwood papers. 1791. Coochs Bridge is said by some to mark the first display of the Stars and Stripes in battle. To George McCall, for making cartridges, 1778, 14. 1814. RG 9026.001 Prints and EngravingsRevolutionary War. N.p., 1903. 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. 5. 2. RG 1315.009 Auditors Letterbooks, Eleazer McComb, 1784-1792. A Map of the Country from Raritan River in East Jersey to Elk Head in Maryland . [Part of the modern counties of New Castle in Delaware and Cecil in Maryland], n.d. Photostat. 1965). These files, also on microfilm, contain records created or acted upon by the General Assembly of Delaware. Orderly book of Caleb Prew Bennett at the Battle of Yorktown, 1781. Offprint from Delaware History IV, no. Peden, Henry C., Jr. The Americans regrouped and in a series of battles turned the tide against the British. Roster and Ancestral Roll. Cappon, Lester J. Atlas of American History: The Revolutionary Era, 1760-1790. Neilds, John P. Washingtons Army in Delaware in the Summer of 1777. Hancock, Harold B. Virtuitis Praemium: The Men Who Founded the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, 2 vols. Delawares veterans were ordered home toward the end of 1782. Confronted by Whig militia on at least three different occasions, the loyalists eventually dispersed. E-mail / Text Alerts Unveiling and Preservation of the Monument Erected on the Dover Green. (Wilmington: Delaware State Society of the Cincinnati, 1912). Notes of Thomas Rodney on accounts for troops, 1776, 7. Cecil County, Maryland Signers of the Declaration of Independence. (Also contains information on the Delaware regiments of the Continental Army) General orders, muster rolls, returns of provisions, pay rolls, lists for depreciation of pay, a history of the Delaware line, commissary accounts, extracts from the Minutes of the Privy Council, recruiting accounts, exchange of prisoners of war, miscellaneous receipts and accounts, women members of the Delaware Regiment, extracts from the State Auditors journal, miscellaneous items. 4. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1954. James Wilson, Founding Father: 1742-1798. Route of the British in 1776 . To the Delaware Pilots, copy. You may want to start by searching for a person's Military Service Records and Pension and Bounty Land records. 1st Delaware Regiment (1776-1783) 1st Georgia Regiment (1775-1783) 2nd Georgia . Photostat. Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, Colonial and Church, from Original Sources, Vol. Photostat. Index to Maps of the American Revolution in Books and Periodicals. . 2. RG 1115.0 Votes and Proceedings of the House of Assembly 1776-1783. (Cambridge, Mass. Accounts not paid by Philip Barratt and Isaac Carty, n.d. 4. . The Sovereign States, 1775-1783. 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. Flower, Milton E. John Dickinson, Conservative Revolutionary. 3. The soldiers from tiny Delaware, fighting alongside the 1st Maryland Regiment, may well have prevented the capture of the majority of Washington's army, an event that might have ended the colonial rebellion then and there. Lists of pensioners detail the name, rank, amount of pension, and residence of the pensioner. San Rafael, Ca. As the morning progressed, the enemy began to encircle the Americans. Battles; Campaigns; Leaders; Facts; Documents. 8. 1. The Loyalists in Revolutionary America 1760-1781. Business First Steps, Phone Directory Battle of Brandewyne on the 11th September, 1777. 1777. Landing at the Head of Elk in Maryland, British forces marched through Delaware. Battle of Brandywine in Which the Americans Were Defeated . Delaware Topics Privacy Policy Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs. 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. Yorktown Sesquicentennial Pageants: 1931. The coat length was slightly shorter than a normal regimental coat in 1776. Carte de la Baye et Riviere de Delaware . 1, Baltimore: Williams and Williams Company, 1915; Vol. Public Meetings New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1958. 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. 1782. General Assembly St. Michaels, Md. . The First Seminole War. Color print. Settling of depreciation of pay to Delaware Regiment, 1786, 20. Beach, John W. The Cape Henlopen Lighthouse. Delaware Troops in the Revolution. [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. Folder 1 contains general orders, division and brigade orders, proceedings of court martials and courts of inquiry, company returns, muster rolls, musical notations, and a journal of marches from March through December 1777. 5. William Saunders, inventory and genealogy, 1820, 51. (Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, 1896). Hancock, Harold B. 1. de Valinger, Leon Jr. Map of Dover, Delaware in Revolutionary Times. 1775, 1936. . 13. . Verification of pensions for Jacob Caulk, Edward Whaley, Joseph Williams, Benjamin Lane, Charles Hamilton and John Alexander, 1818, 29. Ford, Paul Leicester, ed. 1965). Skinner, Mrs. G. S. Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Ohio, from Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Lived in the State of Ohio, vols. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1972. These records have been published in two volumes edited by Claudia Bushman, Harold B. Hancock, and Elizabeth Moyne Homsey (see bibliography section). Peery, Lynn. Delaware pensioners, . 23. George Washington and Delaware. Maryland Revolutionary Records. Robert Wilcox petition, surgeon of the Second Delaware Regiment of Militia, 1780, 32. Newman, Harry Wright. (N.p., n.d). General John Sullivans Indian Expedition, 1779. (Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1929). 1. Delaware, resolutions of the Council, 1776, 3. A Brief Sketch of Captain Joseph Davis and Lieutenant William Jones of the Pennsylvania Line. (1970). George Read to President of Congress, (transcripts, photocopies), 1778, 2. Letters of Marque and Reprisal, 1778-1780, 5. Photostat. 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. Soldiers awaiting depreciation certificates, 1779-1780, 21. 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. Rowe, Gail Stuart. Encampment of the Division under Lt. Gen. Knyphausen 29th August 1777. 1777 (5). Photostats include accounts of loyalist activities, military appointments, and a proclamation of a day of thanksgiving. They have indexes to many of these records. Rodney, George Brydges. 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.

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