{"id":820,"date":"2012-12-21T00:23:20","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T00:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/?p=820"},"modified":"2012-12-23T13:28:03","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T13:28:03","slug":"the-war-of-1812-in-delaware-a-helpful-digital-resource-from-the-state-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/the-war-of-1812-in-delaware-a-helpful-digital-resource-from-the-state-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"The War of 1812 in Delaware:  A Helpful Digital Resource from the State Archives."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In commemoration of the First State\u2019s role in the War of 1812 the <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.delaware.gov\/\">Delaware Public Archives<\/a> has launched an online digital repository of primary documents that researchers and those seeking to gain more understanding about the period will find valuable.\u00a0 This web portal contains many insightful e-resources such as books, military reports, documents, prints, and correspondence. \u00a0\u00a0The always open library includes military journals, papers of the legislature and executive, muster rolls, river pilot logs, judicial documents, guard reports, and war claims.\u00a0 The e-books are the biography of Captain Thomas Macdonough and two volumes of the military records of the Delaware Archives.<\/p>\n<p>The Archives has been taking a <a href=\"http:\/\/delmarvahistory.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/08\/delaware-archives-makes-death-birth-marriage-certificates-available-online\/\">lead in going digital<\/a>, making records that have historical and research value available online.\u00a0 This is the latest example of the excellent, ongoing advancements being made by the archivist in Dover.\u00a0 It\u2019s a valuable, attractive resource with great primary source content that chronicles what happened during that dangerous period when the British were in the Delaware Bay.\u00a0 This online collection, while preserving original manuscripts, makes these rare resources easily available to the public.\u00a0 Thank You Delaware Public Archives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/warof1812.delaware.gov\/default.shtml\">Here is the link.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/2012\/12\/21\/the-war-of-1812-in-delaware-a-helpful-digital-resource-from-the-state-archives\/12-20-2012-6-55-04-am\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-821\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-821\" alt=\"12-20-2012 6-55-04 AM\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-20-2012-6-55-04-AM.jpg?resize=523%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"523\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-20-2012-6-55-04-AM.jpg?w=1451&amp;ssl=1 1451w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-20-2012-6-55-04-AM.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-20-2012-6-55-04-AM.jpg?resize=1024%2C666&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-20-2012-6-55-04-AM.jpg?resize=800%2C521&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/12-20-2012-6-55-04-AM.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In commemoration of the First State\u2019s role in the War of 1812 the Delaware Public Archives has launched an online digital repository of primary documents that researchers and those seeking to gain more understanding about the period will find valuable.\u00a0 This web portal contains many insightful e-resources such as books, military reports, documents, prints, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,5,18,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives-libraries","category-collections","category-research-resources","category-war-of-1812"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The War of 1812 in Delaware: A Helpful Digital Resource from the State Archives. - Mike&#039;s History Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I use this blog as a place to share my experiences while practicing the history craft. 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