MSS 0098. Delaware Miscellaneous Historical Manuscripts

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A flier for a teach-in at the University of Delaware on March 19-20, 1982, focused on the Reagan administration and numerous domestic and foreign affairs policy concerns.

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A land deed from Abel and Lizzie Small, an estimate for building repairs by L. W. Hurley, a letter from Charles F. Richards to his brother, and a document of a Sheriff sale of a store to John L. Wallace comprise this small collection related to John Emory Richards dating from 1866 to 1900.

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A court summons regarding a land dispute involving James and Martha Hickman vs. Rachel, Thomas, Ebenezer, Samuel, and Peter Rothwell, issued by the court of Nicholas Ridgely, New Castle County, Delaware, dated June 12, 1819.

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A court summons dated March 9, 1819, and an arrest warrant for Abraham Rahow [Rayhow] dated August 10, 1819, as executor of the Levi Staats estate issued by Chancellor of Delaware Nicholas Ridgely, carried out by New Castle County Sheriff John Moody.

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Letter from Caesar Rodney, Governor of Delaware (1778-1781) and Continental Congressman for the state of Delaware, to his brother, Colonel Thomas Rodney, Continental Congressman for the state of Delaware, concerning Caesar's ill health and his desire to return to Delaware.

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Autograph letter from Caesar Rodney to his brother Thomas Rodney. Caesar wrote to his brother from New York, where he was attending the Stamp Act Congress as a member of the Delaware delegation, that he expected he would not be home before the Delaware Assembly, which he was also a member of, ended its session in New Castle because the Congress would "not end in less than eight or ten days."

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Receipt issued to Continental Congressman from Delaware and signer of the Declaration of Independence Caesar Rodney from Reese Bishop, Joseph B. McKeary, and Isaac Wharton dated from January 7, to January 10, 1794.

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Colonel in the Revolutionary War and American lawyer and politician from Delaware, Thomas Rodney, wrote to his daughter, Lavinia, in Dover, Delaware, concerning his health and a plague affecting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 15, 1793.

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Document giving the legal opinion of John Ross on how money should be distributed from fines levied against forgers in New Castle, Delaware.

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Delaware Governor William H. Ross and Delaware Secretary of State Alfred P. Robinson are the signees authorizing this 1851 document, which appointed John A. Nicholson to the position of school superintendent for Kent County, Delaware.

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Document appointing Stephen Green as trustee of Sussex County, Delaware, replacing resignee David Hazzard, signed by Governor of Delaware William H. Ross on April 16, 1851.

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Consists of a list of rules for parents with children attending public schools in Wilmington, Delaware, including rules on student absences, student behavior, and school holidays.

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A handwritten receipt acknowledging delivery of seven regimental coats from Thomas Rodney, Clothier General for Delaware State, for seven soldiers of the Delaware regiment working in the Continental shoe factory in Newark, Delaware.

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Confederate Lieutenant James C. Saltus's handwritten manuscript describing his Civil War experience from April-June 1864. The manuscript was written while Saltus was a prisoner of war at Division 22 Officers Barracks, Fort Delaware, on October 14, 1864. Also included is a letter from Saltus to his niece on her letter writing and family matters, sent while he was at Fort Delaware.

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A printed document signed by American physician and Delaware Governor Gove Saulsbury, appointing James B. Bell of Boston, Massachusetts, to be a Commissioner for the state of Delaware, on January 28, 1870.

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Document issued by the Seary Company, acting as General Agents for the Delaware State Lotteries, soliciting the purchase of a package of lottery tickets.

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Typescript (computer printed) copy of "A Series of Essays, Short Stories, Poetry and Scientific Theories" written by Jason Thomas Cerrato.

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A typescript document on Taft League of Delaware letterhead petitioning the formation of Seventh Ward Taft League containing signatures of citizens and their corresponding addresses who favor the election of William H. Taft as President of the United States, accompanied by a "Taft Reception Committee 1908" ribbon.

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Letter from Thomas Shipley to his brother, John Shipley, about the high price of flour at the market.

Abstract These twelve letters were written by Delawarean Fagan H. Simonton to his mother, Mrs. W. A. (Hettie) Simonton, who resided in Wilmington, Delaware, during his service in the U.S. Army during the first World War. The letters, which date from June 1918 to May 1919, document the experiences of training and embarkment from Camp Meade to France. With references to trenches, gas "the flu," and the armistice, the letters Simonton's experiences in Europe during America's late entrance to the Great...

Abstract Three typescript (copied) manuscripts of a report and two addresses written by Lester Snowdon Sinness, a former executive of DuPont. The report is titled "The Rising Star in the East," which consists of a number of small travel stories in Japan, South Korea, China, and the United States, used to compare the societies of each nation. The first address, entitled "Accountability," was given at Carleton College and details Sinness's thoughts on the proper type of education needed to solve the...

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One land indenture between Joseph and Sarah Snow and Silas Snow for property located in Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, dated June 18, 1822.

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Letter from Charles C. Stockley, Governor of Delaware, to Colonel J. E. Payton, informing him of Stockley's inability to attend a meeting, due to the illness of his wife and naming John H. Rodney as the representative to attend in his stead.

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Ledger showing date of induction and assignment for all men called by local board division #4, Wilmington, Delaware, into the national Army. Also includes a list of volunteer enlistments.

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Brief autograph letter from Robert Taylor of Wilmington, Delaware, to Philadelphia merchant and banker, John Reynell, requesting 12 small loaves of loaf sugar.