REVOLUTION IN THE MID-HUDSON: SELECTED SOURCES FOR TEACHERS

The following give background and some primary source content.  Some files included in this list are attached as documents below, in the event that links are broken.

• Revolutionary War chapters from The History of Kingston by Schoonmaker (starts on p. 228)
  • https://ia802605.us.archive.org/18/items/historyofkingsto02scho/historyofkingsto02scho.pdf
• Ulster County Militia -- name list from New York in the Revolution as Colony and State:
  • Transcription of names from book: http://dunhamwilcox.net/ny/ny_rev_levies_ulster.htm
• Military Units
  • Snyder's Regiment of Militia (1st Ulster): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snyder%27s_Regiment_of_Militia
• Revolutionary War Pension Affidavits List from the Ulster County Archives
  • http://ulstercountyny.gov/archives/documents/RevWarAffidvtLIst.html
• By the Grace of God: Free and Independent (Exhibit Description, Historic Huguenot Street)
  • https://hhscollections.wordpress.com/2015/06/19/on-display-by-the-grace-of-god-free-and-independent-the-revolutionary-war-in-ulster-county/

These webpages give primary source stories; if the webpage has moved or the link not working, we have copied and pasted the webpage content below.

• Private Joseph Elder
  • Website: https://sites.google.com/site/pvtjosephelder/
• The Burning of Kingston
  • An Account of the British Expedition Above the Highlands of the Hudson River by George W. Pratt contains many primary documents, including the letter below.
  • Letter of Abraham Hasbrouck on the burning of Kingston may be found in the above, page n4, or the file appended below.
• Thomas Shirkey of New Paltz (pension application)
  • Website: http://ulstercountyny.gov/archives/documents/RevWarAffidvt.html
• Oath of Allegiance to New York State, 1785
  • Website: http://ulstercountyny.gov/archives/exhibits/burning/NYSoath.html
• John Brooks of Peenpack, Ulster Count (Pension Application)
  • http://revwarny.com/brooksjohn&o.html
• Tea Selling Dispute at Kingston, May 1775 (see file below)
• Colonel Hasbrouck's Commission as leader of a regiment in Ulster:
  • http://digitalcollections.nyhistory.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A4577#page/1/mode/1up