MSS 0098. Delaware Miscellaneous Historical Manuscripts

Consists of a photocopy of an essay by University of Delaware graduate student Christopher Schroeder for Professor Bernard L. Herman's History 654 course.

Handwritten chronological register of Edward Tilghman's marriages and the births and deaths of his children.

A note relaying news that a Spanish ship, whose size required 24 feet of depth in the water to operate, could not make it up to Baltimore from Annapolis and had to turn back.

One handwritten will and testament composed and signed by New Castle, Delaware, resident Isaac Tine.

Descriptive list of a detachment of recruits assigned to the 42nd regiment, United States Infantry, forwarded to Camp McComb near New Castle, Delaware, by order of Major Thomas Stockton.

U.S. Army discharge document for William G. Robelen, after three years of service in the G Company, 6th Regiment of the U.S. Cavalry, at age 18, on August 4, 1864.

A collection of printed convocation and Women's College of Delaware programs and sports schedules from the University of Delaware dating from 1921 to 1936.

A manuscript land survey of plots of land in Town of New Castle, in the name of New Castle merchant Samuel Vanleuvenigh but probably written by a clerk, dated May 28, 1752.

Two handwritten letters from Lieutenant Sydney I. Wailes, who served at Fort Delaware during the Civil War, to his friends, describing the day to day activities at the Fort. Typed transcripts of the letters are available in the collection file.

A land indenture between John Walter of Christiana Hundred, Delaware, and Joel Swaine of East Marlborough, Pennsylvania, from 1831.

One autograph receipt from Georgetown, Delaware, horseshoer and blacksmith W. E. Waples to Joseph B. Waples for shoeing several horses and repairing a wagon on January 12, 1910.

Reply to H. D. Trevillian's letter requesting Delaware author Christopher Ward's autograph on his copy of The Dutch and Swedes on the Delaware.

Delaware author Christopher Ward sent this three-page signed and handwritten letter to his friend Marian Wister in 1926.

One non-highway gasoline ration coupon booklet issued to Jesse D. Ward of Harrington, Delaware, (valid from 7/22/1942 to 1/22/1943) and signed by L. G. Jennings.

Brief reminiscence of the day of President Abraham Lincoln's death written by Emalea Pusey Warner, an instrumental spokesperson for the Women's College at the University of Delaware.

One handwritten letter by Delaware Senator William Hill Wells to Eben M. West regarding an appeal in orphan's court, Sussex County, Delaware, on July 22, 1846.

American journalist for Time magazine and author, Charles Wertenbaker (1901-1955), typed and signed this letter addressed to Libby (possibly Holman) on July 27, 1931, discussing, among other items, Wertenbaker's inability to visit Baltimore.

Land indenture created in Albany, New York, between Christian Redebauch and Captain William Trent, signed by Samuel Wharton, a member of the U.S. Continental Congress from Delaware, on June 6, 1768.

Fragment of two deeds by Francis A. Whitaker (1799-1876) an iron worker from the Delaware Valley, and others, to Tobias Peterson. One undated fragment is part of a land deed for property in Maryland, called "New Munster." The other is a fragment of a land deed for an unidentified piece of land.

A 1763 deed of sale for a tract of 223 acres in the town of Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. It includes a long history of the people who have owned the property back to 1702 and a detailed description of the boundaries of the property.

Handwritten letter from Major General James H. Wilson to military historian and lawyer John C. Ropes, acknowledging the book Ropes sent him about Waterloo.

One handwritten letter on official letterhead by Delaware Secretary of State Curtis W. Wright to James Kirk regarding a subscription to The Delawarean for Thomas Barker of Millsborough, Sussex County, Delaware, dated July 6, 1870.