REVOLUTION IN THE MID-HUDSON: SELECTED SOURCES FOR TEACHERS

This guide was created to help teachers bring primary source based stories of the Mid-Hudson region in the Revolutionary War into the classroom. The counties covered are: Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, and Dutchess.

Dutchess County - Region & Background

These resources give general background on the county in the Revolutionary period:

Dutchess County in the Revolution - extract from History of Dutchess County (scanned hardcopy, see file below)
Fishkill in the Revolution (see file below)

Dutchess County - Primary Document Sources & Stories

Fishkill's Continental Army Supply Depot (courtesy of Friends of Fishkill Supply Depot)
- http://www.fishkillsupplydepot.org/research/Fishkill_1975_Goring.pdf
Hopewell Junction: Griffin's Tavern
Gen. Jacobus Swartwout
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobus_Swartwout
Fishkill documents on Founders Online (contains many Washington and other letters); also search again for "Fish Kill" to find documents with variant spelling:
- https://founders.archives.gov/index.xqy?q=fishkill&s=1111211111&sa=&r=1&sr=
Pension application of John Losee of Fishkill
- http://revwarny.com/loseejohon.pdf
Dutchess County Clerk's Office - Ancient Document Search. Many of the oldest records have been scanned. (Try searching for offense "treason")
- https://www.dutchessny.gov/CountyGov/Departments/CountyClerk/26868.htm
Propaganda tract written to Loyalists in New York City by a person at Poughkeepsie, 1783