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George Bancroft letter to Meredith Read

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0002
Abstract

Letter from George Bancroft, prominent scholar of American history, to General J. Meredith Read, informing General Read of Bancroft's inability to obtain a copy of the Journal of Delaware in 1776, containing Delaware revolutionary records. The letter is attached to a board with "letter of George Bancroft[,] the emiment American historian[,] to General Meredith Read" printed on it.

Dates: 1860 March 21
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Delaware Miscellany collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0598
Abstract

The Delaware Miscellany collection includes three large, green buckram-bound volumes compiled by William Ditto Lewis, which contain various documents pertaining to the history of Delaware and the surrounding region, and the University of Delaware.

Dates: 1825-1958; Majority of material found within 1920-1958
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Robert Gilmour letter to William Young

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0175
Abstract

Delaware papermaker Robert Gilmour's handwritten and signed letter to Philadelphia printer William Young documents the birth of a Delaware paper mill in 1794.

Dates: 1794 May 16
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

George Read letter to Henry Clark

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0092
Abstract

Handwritten letter from Delaware lawyer and signer of the Constitution, George Read, to Henry Clark, detailing a case involving a deposition over the ownership of an unnamed enslaved person from the estate of Hance Hanson.

Dates: 1785 July 30
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Caesar Rodney letter to Thomas Rodney

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0093
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1782 June 14
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Christopher Ward papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0107
Abstract

The Christopher Ward papers record the career of popular early 20th century Delaware author Christopher Ward (1868-1943). The papers comprise manuscript drafts, typescripts, poetry, correspondence, clippings, and scrapbooks, and reflect Ward's career as a professional author during the latter half of his life.

Dates: 1894-1966; Majority of material found within 1922-1941
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 1
Barratt’s Chapel (Kent County, Del.) 1
Brown, Harry Fletcher, 1867-1944 1
Delaware (Ship) 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 1
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Gilmour, Robert (Papermaker) 1
Gilmour, Robert (Papermaker)--Correspondence 1
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 1
Hagley Museum 1
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1
Hullihen, Walter 1
Kirkwood, Robert, 1756-1791 1
Lewis, William Ditto 1
Long, David J. 1
Messick, Charles P. 1
Metten, John F. (John Farrell), 1873-1968 1
Mitchell, Samuel Chiles, 1864-1948 1
Morris, Hugh M. 1
No, Kum-Sok 1
Perkins, John A. (John Alanson), 1914-1982 1
Purnell, William Henry, 1826-1902 1
Read, George, 1765-1836 1
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 1
Rickards, J. E. (John Ezra), 1848-1927 1
Rockland Paper Mill 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Rodney, Thomas, 1744-1811 1
Sypherd, Wilbur Owen, 1877-1955 1
United States. Continental Army. Delaware Regiment 1
University of Delaware Research Foundation 1
University of Delaware--History--19th century 1
University of Delaware--History--20th century 1
University of Delaware. Marine Laboratory 1
Vallandigham, Edward Noble, 1854-1930 1
Ward, Christopher, 1868-1943 1
Whitaker, Epher, 1820-1916 1
William Young & Co. 1
Wilmington (Ship) 1
Young, William, 1755-1829 1
Young, William, 1755-1829--Correspondence 1
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