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Have you ever gotten assigned a report for school and thought how in the world am I going to get that many pages out of this? The other day a middle school student came in with just that problem. He had been assigned the subject of Delaware in the Revolutionary War. We showed him oaths of allegiance, legislative proceedings, auditor’s accounts and much more. By the time he left he thought he not only had enough to meet his quota, but he had plenty for some extra credit
For more information on the revolution war records contained at the archives view our guide to the revolutionary war.