Des Feldprediger Waldecks geführtes Tagebuch während dem letzen americanisch Kriege

Name:

Waldeck, Philipp, 1750-1784

Timespan:

Revolution, 1775-1783

Date:

1780

Description:

Diary kept by Philipp Waldeck, chaplain of the Third Waldeck Regiment, during the regiment's participation in the American Revolution on the side of the British. The diary begins with the departure of the regiment from Korbach (Hesse, Germany) on 20 May 1776, and ends with an entry on 11 March 1780, when the regiment was stationed in the vicinity of Pensacola, Florida. Throughout most of the manuscript the pages have headings that give the date and place, including localities in New York, New Jersey, Jamaica, and Florida. According to Marion Dexter Learned, this manuscript reflects editing (mainly deletions), in comparison to the manuscript version of the same diary that is owned by the New York Public Library (George Bancroft Collection), and likely was produced by Waldeck himself with an eye to presentation or publication. The manuscript ends abruptly and covers a shorter time span than the other version.

Language:

German

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Prof. Dr. Schacht (Lemgo, Germany) (Learned).; Formerly owned by Rudolph Cronau (New York); acquired from Schacht in or before 1907 (Learned).; Gift of Joseph G. Rosengarten (Philadelphia), 1924 (note in pencil, f. 2r).; Rosengarten, J. G. 1835-1921, former owner.; Cronau, Rudolf, 1855-1939, former owner.

Subject:

Waldeck (Fürstentum). -- Waldeckische Regiment, 3te; Hessian mercenaries -- Diaries; History; Hessian mercenaries

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); diaries; Manuscripts, German; Manuscripts, European; personal narratives; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

194 leaves : paper; 199-206 x 163-169 (190 x 115) mm bound to 206 x 175 mm

Geographic Subject:

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives, German; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, German; United States

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Pagination: Paper, fols. 194. Contemporary (?) pagination in ink, upper outer corners: 1-147, 149-201, 201-343. Blank pages throughout the manuscript (about 20 leaves) are not paginated; only 1 page with text is unpaginated (f. 40r). Modern foliation in pencil lower right recto.; Layout: Written in 15-25 long lines; frame-ruled in pencil.; Script: Written in a German cursive hand by Philipp Waldeck (?).; Binding: Contemporary (?) paper covers.; Origin: Written in the United States (?) ca. 1780-1784.; German.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1121