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Delaware Biographies : Smyrna's Big Five: Reading Recommendations

This guide provides historical information on 5 prominent Delawareans, all from Smyrna.

READING RECOMMENDATIONS

Read about Allen McLane and others in the following books available in the Delaware Library Catalog.

The American historical scene

A brief history of Smyrna, Delaware

Colonial Delaware

The Delaware Cincinnati, 1783-1986

The Delaware continentals, 1776-1783

Delaware troops in the Revolution

Families in transition : a Smyrna history

Federalist Delaware, 1775-1815

Forgotten heroes of Delaware

The Garden of American Methodism

History of Delaware, 1609-1888

History of Delaware, past and present

A history of the Delaware State Society of the Cincinnati from its organization to the present time : to which is appended a brief account of the Delaware regiments in the war of the revolution : also personal memoirs of the officers, rolls of same, orati

Invisible Ink

Louis McLane: Federalist and Jacksonian

Masonic potpourri

The Philadelawareans, and Other Essays Relating to Delaware

Revolutionary patriots of Delaware, 1775-1783 : genealogical and historical information on the men and women of Delaware who served the American cause during the war against Great Britain, 1775-1783

The revolutionary soldiers of Delaware

Turning the World Upside Down

Washington's army in Delaware in the summer of 1777

What Manner of Men