Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org
1575 WFCHS
Scope and Content: This collection is comprised of miscellaneous papers covering research on the life of General Daniel Morgan by B. Floyd Flickinger. The materials are arranged in chronological order.
(6 boxes) Last updated 02/06.
Biographical/Historical: General Daniel Morgan was born in 1736 in New Jersey and died on July 6, 1802 at his home in Winchester, VA. His spectacular service during the American Revolutionary War, particularly at the Battle of Saratoga and Cowpens, earned him a gold medal from Congress and the rank of Brigadier General in the Continental Army. In 1828, B. Floyd Flickinger chose the life of Daniel Morgan as his thesis at the University of Virginia. He became the first park historian for the National Park Service in Jamestown, VA. This collection was acquired in preparation for a book.
Bibliography: Quarles, Garland R. Some Worthy Lives. Winchester, VA: Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, 1988. "Riding with Wagoner Morgan," by B. Floyd Flickinger. Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society Journal, Vol. 14, p.30.
Cite As: B. Floyd Flickinger Papers, 1575 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.
Organization:
Box 1
Chapter 1 – revised, 20 leaves, typescript
Chapter 1 Wagoner Daniel Morgan – notes, unnumbered pages-typescript/manuscript
Chapter 1 – Young Morgan Comes to the Shenandoah, 6 leaves, typescript
Chapter 2 – A Wagoner with Braddock – 1755 – Notes, unnumbered pates, typescript/manuscript
Chapter 2 – Revised – Runaway Dan Morgan comes to the Shenandoah 1753-1755, 15 leaves, typescript
Notes II, 2 Ranger Morgan, unnumbered pages, manuscript/typescript
Chapter 3 – A Wagoner with Braddock, May – July 1755, 21 leaves, typescript
Chapter 3 – revised A Wagoner with Braddock May – July, 1755, unnumbered, typescript
Chapter 4 – Ranger Morgan of Captain Ashby’s Company 1755-1757, 10 leaves, typescript
Chapter 4 Ranger Morgan of Captain Ashby’s Company, 1755-1757, 10 leaves, typescript
Chapter 5 Hell Raising, 18 leaves, typescript, 5 leaves, manuscript
Chapter 6 Captain Morgan and his Rifleman, 5 leaves, typescript
Chapter 6 – Notes, unnumbered pages, typescript/manuscript
Chapter 10 Hell Raising – Notes, unnumbered pages, typescript/manuscript
Prospectus of a Biography of General Daniel Morgan, Thunderbolt of War, 46 leaves, typescript, 1 leaf, manuscript—Part Two—Prospectus of a Biography of General Daniel Morgan, Thunderbolt of War, pp. 36-82, 38 leaves, typescript
Typed copy of Chapters 1 – 8 placed in a spring binder
Box 2
Authorities – Sources, unnumbered pates, printed/manuscript
Carter, Geo. Tract – Fairfax Northern Neck Proprietary, unnumbered, manuscript/printed
American Revolution – Rifle, use of, unnumbered pages, printed/manuscript
Ashby, John – Notes, unnumbered pages, typescript/manuscript
Background, unnumbered pages, typescript/manuscript/news articles
Chappelear, Curtis--Correspondence, 1943, unnumbered leaves, manuscript
Morgan, Abigail Curry, unnumbered leaves, typescript
Morgan Grave – news articles, unnumbered leaves, printed
Morgan Grave Controversy – 1951 – news articles, unnumbered leaves, printed
Morgan, Willoughby, unnumbered pages, manuscript/typescript
Morgan, Willoughby, unnumbered pages, manuscript/typescript
Morgan, Willoughby – notes, unnumbered pages, printed/manuscript
Pontiac’s War – 1763-1764, unnumbered pages, manuscript
Virginia Frontier – Defense of August 1755-1760, unnumbered pages, manuscript/news clippings
War of 1812, unnumbered pages, manuscript
Thesis: Daniel Morgan and the Southern Campaign, 1780-1871, unnumbered pages, typescript/manuscript
Box 3
Index Cards in a box, arranged by year and subject, unnumbered pages, typescript/manuscript
Box 4
Index Cards in a box, arranged by year, subject and source, unnumbered pages, typescript/manuscript
Box 5
Accounts in Early Publications, unnumbered pages, printed (photocopy) manuscript (photocopy)
Bounty Land – 1797-1798 controversy, unnumbered pages, manuscript
Documents of Daniel Morgan in the national Archives, 5 leaves, typescript
Hill, Rev. William – Mss Relating to Morgan – Berry, Benjamin, unnumbered pages, printed (photocopy) typescript
Indian Warfare, unnumbered pages, typescript/manuscript
Material Summaries, unnumbered pages, typescript/manuscript
Morgan Interpretations of, unnumbered items, manuscripts/typescript
Morgan Letters, unnumbered pages, printed/manuscript
Frederick County records, unnumbered pages, manuscript
News articles – 1966, 1968 Daniel Morgan Memorial foundation, unnumbered pages, typescript
Morgan, Daniel – Life, unnumbered pages, manuscript
Portraiture, unnumbered pages, typescript
Notes, unnumbered pages, printed/typescript
Notes, unnumbered items, manuscript (photocopy)/ typescript
Notes, unnumbered pages, manuscript/typescript
Snicker’s Account – 1782, unnumbered pages, manuscript
Isaacs – Leases, Grants, etc., unnumbered pages, manuscript/typescript
1756-1767 colonial Temster; lashing; expedition to Edwards Fort, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1763-1764, unnumbered pages, manuscript/typescript
1765-1772 Marriage; Home; Capt. Frederick county Militia, unnumbered pages, manuscript/typescript
1768 – 1769, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1770 – 1771, unnumbered pages, manuscript/typescript
1772 – 1773, unnumbered pages, manuscript
Yearly Chronology – 1773, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1775 – Captain Militia Co. "Dutch Mess" March to Cambridge, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1781 -- 1782 - 1783 – 1784 – 1785, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1782 Court Records, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1783 court Records, unnumbered pages, and manuscript
1784 Court Records, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1785 – Morgan’s Accounts with Nathaniel Burwell, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1785 – 1794 Berkeley County, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1785 – 1794, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1786 – 1787 Court Records, unnumbered items, manuscript
1788 – 1789 – 1790, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1797 – 1798, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1793 – 1800 John Summerton’s Account, unnumbered pages
1794 Whiskey Insurrection – Maj. Gen., unnumbered pages, manuscript
1794 Whiskey Insurrection; A Maj. Gen., unnumbered pages, typescript/manuscript
1794 Whiskey Insurrection, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1794 Whiskey Insurrection, 29 leaves, typescript
1794 whiskey Insurrection, unnumbered pages, printed
1799, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1832, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1791 Court Records, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1796 – 1799 Congress A Federalist, unnumbered pages, manuscript/typescript
1799 – 1800 Provisional Army, unnumbered pages, manuscript/typescript
1799 – 1802 Court Records, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1800 Court Records, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1801 Court Records, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1802 Court Records, 9 leaves, manuscript
Death, Funeral, Grave – 1802, unnumbered pages, typescript/manuscript
1803, unnumbered pages, manuscript
1831, unnumbered pages, photostats
1831, unnumbered pages, photostats
Box 6 Books
Daniel Morgan Revolutionary Rifleman, by Don Higginbotham, published 1961
Life of General Daniel Morgan by James Graham, published in 1856 (2 copies)