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Robert Kirkwood documents from the collection of Helen and Paul Elm
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0777
Abstract
This collection features a letter, dated June 23, 1777, from Captain Robert Kirkwood of Newark, Delaware, to his father (Robert Kirkwood, Sr.) during the Continental Army’s New Jersey Campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The collection also contains military records related to officer appointments, muster rolls, subsistence rolls, and clothing supplies.
Dates:
1777, 1779-1780
John Hill Martin family history
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0148
Abstract
This volume contains an extensive history of the Martin family of Chester County and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, created by John Hill Martin. Martin created the history during the 1870s-1890s, but included materials from both the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Dates:
1726-1899; Majority of material found within 1870-1899