Schwalm Digitized Microfilms

Abstract

Below is a list of the various American, British, and German manuscript collections that the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association had microfilmed and subsequently digitized. It includes British War and Admiralty Office documents, Germany orderly books, American prisoner of war records and a host of other topics related to the German participation in the War of Independence. This is the largest set of documents in the Schwalm Military and Naval Collection.

FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF BRITAIN:

1. Admiralty Papers 49 (ADM 49). Accountant General’s Dept. Vol. 127. 1 reel. FILM 727
2. Admiralty 1 (ADM 1). In- Letters, Vol. 961-968; Vol. 984-985; Vol. 4150. 9 reels. FILM 403
3. Admiralty 2 (ADM 2). Out-Letters, Vol. 253-254 (Lords orders to Navy); Vol. 566-569 (Sec’y letters). 4 reels. FILM 649
4. Admiralty 2 (ADM 2). Additional Admiralty Secy's Dept. Out-Letters. 1 reel. FILM ADM 2/115.
5. Admiralty 2 (ADM 2). Additional Great Admiralty Secy's Dept. Out-Letters. 1 reel. FILM ADM 2/580-581.
6. Admiralty 106 (ADM 196). Navy Board minutes. Records of the Navy Board and its subordinate officers, comprising in-letters, indexes and digests, registers and miscellanea, illustrating the work and business of the board, Vol. 250; Vol. 279-280; Vol. Vol. 2594-2596; Vol. 2599-2614. 21 reels. FILM 651
7. Foreign Office 95 (FO 95), Miscellanea. Treaty papers, including negotiations in Paris, 1782-1783; treaty correspondence and papers, 1794, Vol. 355-356. 1 reel. FILM 408
8. State papers 81 (SP 81). Foreign correspondence, Vol. 181-196. 6 reels. FILM 726
9. Treasury Board papers (T 1), Vol. 629. 1 reel. FILM 725.
10. War Office 5 (WO 5), Out Letters. Marching orders, Vol. 59-60. 2 reels. FILM 724.
11. War Office 12 (WO 12). Muster rolls. Vol. 3320 (26th Regt); Vol. 4493 (29th Regt); Vol. 4803 (33rd Regt); Vol. 4866 (34th Regt. Pt. 1 &2); Vol. 4949 (35th Regt Pt. 1 & 2); Vol. 5171-5172 (38th Regt); Vol. 6316-6317 (53rd Regt); Vol. 6998-6999, 7033 (60th Regt) ; Vol. 7164 (62nd Regt). 13 reels. FILM 419
12. War Office 43 (WO 43). Miscellaneous papers. Details of transport of soldiers and their families to Dover and other ports. Letters from Lord North, Viscount Barrington, Deputy Adjutant General, Colonel W. Faucitt. Vol. 405. 1 reel. FILM 734
13. War Office 60 (WO 60). Commissariat Department, Vol. 14; 16-18. Accounts of victualling ships. 1 reel. FILM 723

FROM OTHER REPOSITORIES:

1. Hannover provincial records: Ha Des. 41, volumes 32-33. Anspacher, Hanausche, und Waldecksche Recruten Transporte. Vol. 32. Escortirung verschiedener nach Amerika bestimmter Recruten Transporte. Feb., Mar., 1778. Including Selections relating to transit of troops for the American Revolution, including movement thru and embarkation of troops taken into English pay. 1. Hanovarians in 1775 and 2) Brunswickers in 1776.--2. Debarkation and movement of the returning Hanovarian, Brunswicker and Hessian troops in 1780, 1782, and 1783.--3. A corps of Mecklenburg troops destined for Holland in 1788. 2 reels (1 neg, 1 pos) FILM 646
2. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. From the Thomas Bradford Papers. List of Hessian and British prisoners 1776-1779; List of prisoners prepared by Menguth. 6 reels. FILM 733
3. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. From the Thomas Bradford Papers. Additional Prisoner Lists. 1 reel. FILM 59-11.
4. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. From the Thomas Bradford Papers. 620 Hessian, Waldeck, and British POWs, 1776-1779. 1 reel (neg.). FILM 620
5. Kassel University Library. Tagebuch aus dem amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg, kept by Jeremiah Kappes. 1 reel. FILM 729.
6. Library of Congress. German documents published for Saratoga National Historic Park, including the following:
   • No. 382. Diary of an anonymous officer of the Braunschweig Prinz Friedrich Regiment of the ocean voyage to America, Mar. 1776 – Jan.1779, with detailed and skillfully executed illustrations of soldiers, ship interiors, and the like.
   • No. 851. Official diary of the 1st Brunswick division under Major General von Riedesel, Feb. 1776 – Aug. 1777. Contains a letter of Riedesel to the Duke of Brunswick, dated Jan. 25, 1778, giving a detailed description of the defeat at Saratoga.
   • No. 852. Journal of Colonel von Specht, commander of the 2nd Brunswick division, Feb. 1776 -Nov. 1777.-- Diary of Frei Corporal Schuler, 15 May – 20 June 1776.-- Diary of Non-commissioned Officer Ernst Friedrich Martini, 30 May 17 June 1776.
   • No. 853. Diary of Army Chaplain Friedrich Valentin Melsheimer, of the voyage of the 1st Brunswick division to America, Feb.-June 1776; letters of Captains Cleve, Lieutenant Gerlach, Lieutenant Schröder, Major von Hille, and Captain Tunderfeld, Feb. 1776-Jan. 1779; and the journal of Captain Cleve, with comments on prison life in Boston, Nov. 1777-Jan. 1779. Seven letters from a Hessian soldier, Paul Wilhelm Schaeffer, to his family in Hanau, describing his voyage to America and camp life in Canada. 1 reel. FILM 636.
7. Library of Congress, Manuscript Division. Elias Boudinot papers, 1773-1812. 1 reel. FILM 732
8. Library of Congress. Supplements, corrections and new inventory lists to be added to M.D. Learned's Guide to the manuscript materials relating to American History in the German State Archives. 1 reel. FILM 530
9. National Archives Records Administration. Letters sent by Gerrit H. Van Wagenen, Deputy Commissioner of Prisoners: May-Aug. 1779 and Aug. 1780-June 1781. 1 reel. FILM 546
10. National Maritime Museum. Board of Admiralty. In-Letters. ADM B. Vol. 190-200. 3 reels. FILM 735
11. New York Public Library Manuscript Division. Hessian manuscripts in the Bancroft collection, including the following:
    • Mss 3. Rüffer (Lieut.) Journal von dem Ausmarsch aus Melsungen bis zu ---December 1777.
    • Mss. 6. Einige Briefe aus dem amerikanischen Kriege: a. Schreiben eines Hessischen Officiers d.d. Long Island den 1 September 1776. Vermuthlich vom Oberst Herlingen des Regts. v Schenk.Brief eines braunschweigischen Officiers aus Canada an einen Freund in Braunschweig (dated at) Fort St. Anne, den 26 März 1777.
    • Mss. 9. Schlacht am Brandywine.
    • Mss. 15. Block (Oberst) Bericht, am Bord des Speedwell vor Anker bei Staten Island, 8 August 1776.
    • Mss. 26. Tagebuch des Hauptmanns v. Dinklage beim Leibregiment, vom 14 Januar 1776 bis 29 Mai 1784.
    • Mss. 30. Geschichte des hochlöblichen Fuselier-Regiments von Lossberg in Form eines Tagebuchs angefangen 1776-1783. Geführt vom hessischen Lieutenant Piel.
    • Mss. 32. Tagebuch des hessischen Unter-officiers Reuber vom Grenadier-Regiment Rall, von 1776 bis 1783
    • Mss. 37. Marsch durchs Hessische bis Hannoverisch Münden und Rückmarsch ins Hessische, von Malsburg. (Malsburg’s Journal, Feb 1776-Dec. 31, 1776.
    • Mss. 38. German Papers, Vol. 1 (Parts A and B) pp. 1-106 . a. Schreiben eines Hessischen Officiers d. d. Long Island den 1 September 1776. (Vermuthlich vom Oberst Heringen des Regts. v. Schenk). b. Darstellung der Ueberfahrt der Frranzösischen Truppen unter Auführung des Gen. Lieuts. v. Rochambeau nach Nord-America, und Beiträge zur Characteristik des Krieges daselbst. Vol. 1, Part C (beginning)c. Tage=Buch eines Offiziers vom Regimens Prinz Friedrich enthaltend die German Papers, Vol. 1, Part C (beginning)c. Tage=Buch eines Offiziers vom Regimens Prinz Friedrich enthaltend die See=Reise der Braunschweigischen Trouppes nach Amerika, 1776. --- Fortsetzung. 1777-1779. , pp. 107-272. German Papers, Vol. 1, pp. 498-630d. Auszüge aus dem Tagebuche eines vormaligen Kurhessischen Offiziers über den Nordamerikanischen Freiheitskrieg 1776 und 1777. Mitgetheilt durch den Lieut. von Heister. (From the Zeitschrift für Kunst, Wissenschaft und Geschichte des Krieges. Jahrgang 1828. Dritter Heft)
    • Mss. 39. German Papers, Vol. 2, 125 pp., containing 37 pieces. Accounts of the captures of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, Tappan, Paulus Hook, Trenton, Boundbrook, Charlestown, Stony Point, etc. Battles of Germantown, Monmouth, Guilford Court House, etc. (Taken from printed works).
    • Mss.40. German Papers, Vol. 3, 146 pp., containing 46 pieces. American relation of the affairs on Long Island. Report of a Hessian officier, August 1776. Description of New York. The burning of New York in 1776, etc. (Copied from printed works)
    • Mss. 41. German Papers, Vol. 4, 76 pp., containing 25 pieces, some of which are: a. Friedrich der Grosse in Bezug auf den nordamerikanischen Unabhängigkeits-Kampf. b. Extract aus dem Ordrebuch eines amerikanischen Obersten: Ordre des General Washington d. d. New York, 23 Aug. 1776. c. Entstehung des Krieges in Nord-Amerika. d. Washington’s unerschütterlicher Gleichmuth im Lager von Middlebrock. e. Todes Major André. f. Recognoscirung von Burlingtown im amerikanischen Kriege im Winter 1776- 77. g. Ueberfall von Trenton am 26 Dec., 1776. h. Einige Characterzüge des amerikanischen Generals Lee.
    • Mss. 42. German Papers, Vol. 5, 144 pp., containing 44 pieces, some of which are: a. Schreiben des Hessischen Grenadier Capitains Hohenstein d. d. 20 November 1776. b. Action bei Princetown, den 3 Januar 1777. c. Schreiben eines Hessischen Officiers d. d. New York den 26 Maerz, 1777. d. Brief eines Englischen Officiers d. d. New York den 5 April, 1777. e. Aufforderung an die Deutschen in Amerika zur Unterwerfung. (Copied from printed works)
    • Mss. 43. German Papers, Vol. 6, 279 pp., containing 50 pieces, of which some are: a. Befreiungskampf der nordamerikanischen Staaten von H. Elsner. Stuttgart, 1835. b. Vierzehnter Brief enthaltend: Historische Data’s seit dem Anfang der amerikanischen Unruhen bis 1774. (Copied from printed works)
    • Mss. 44. German Papers, Vol. 7, 76 pp., containing about 28 pieces. Some of these papers are: a. Amerikanische Angelegenheiten im Jahr 1777. b. Am 19 October, 1781 ward der britische General Cornwallis genöthigt sich mit seiner Heeresabtheilung bei Yorktown zu ergeben. (Copied from printed works). 2 reels .FILM 634
12. New York Public Library Manuscript Division.
    • German Revolutionary War manuscripts not in the Hessian manuscript collection, including:
    • Banroft #63. Riedesel letters 1776-1783
    • Bancroft #160. German troops. Miscellaneous letters & documents, 1776-1782
    • Bancroft #161. German troops. Burgoyne to Riedesel letters, 1776-7
    • Bancroft #278. German troops. Von Loos to Riedesel letters
    • Bancroft #385. July 1775-March 1776
    • Bancroft 386. April-December 1776
    • Bancroft 387. January-July 1777
    • Bancroft 388. August 1777-February 1778
    • Bancroft 389. March 1778-July 1783. 6 reels. FILM 736
13. New York Public Library Manuscript Division. Letter book, Oct. 23, 1778-Oct. 29, 1779 of Navy Board, Eastern District. 1 reel. FILM 737
14. Preussisches Staatsarchiv, Hannover. Recruitments by Lieutenant Colonel von Scheither and others for the English Crown; permission of places for recruitment as only residence in the electorate of Hannover and transportation of the foreign recruits:|bHann. 41 V Nr. 4. 2 reels (1 neg., 1 silver duplicate) FILM 633
15. Staatsarchiv (Hamburg). Ritzebüttel government records, 1775-1805, including Selections relating to the movement of troops leaving for and returning from the American Revolution. 1 reel. FILM 637
16. Stadtarchive Braunschweig. Order books of the German troops in Canada, 19 November 1777 – 15 September 1781, including Vol. 1. Orders for the German troops in Canada under the command of Brigadier General von Ehrenkrook, kept by Brigade Maj. Friedrich von Papet, 19 Nov.1777 - 18 May 1780..--Vol. 2. Orders given to the Brunswick troops under the command of Brig. Gen. von Speth, 18 May 1780 - 15 Sept. 1781 when Maj. Gen. Riedesel took command and continuing to 17 Aug. 1782. Kept by Brigade Maj. Friedrich von Papet. 1 reel. FILM 728
17. William L. Clements Library. German auxiliaries muster rolls, 1776-1786. Rolls of German regiments employed by the British to fight in the American Revolutionary War. Most of the rolls are from 1781 and 1782 and include lists for soldiers captured at Yorktown. 2 reels ( 1 neg. and 1 silver duplicate). FILM 496

MPG 10-31-2022.