Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Benjamin Ford (?-1781)
MSA SC 3520-16727

Sources:

Archival Sources:

Chancery Court, Chancery Papers, Josiah Bealle Ford, et al v. John Davidson, et al, 1799, Estate of Charles A. Ford - Hampton Court, MdHR 17898-1847-1/4 (MSA S512-1914, 1/36/2/2).

Maryland State Papers, Red Books, Benjamin Ford's account of the Battle of Rhode Island, September 1, 1778, vol. 26, no. 148, MdHR 4595-52, [MSA S989-39, 1/6/4/27].

Maryland State Papers, Revolutionary Papers, Return of Prisoners from Captivity in New York, MdHR 19970-06-25/01 [MSA S997-6-59, 1/7/3/11].

Maryland State Papers, Series A, Letter from Christopher Richmond to Josiah Beall on the Estate of Benjamin Ford, May 7, 1786, MdHR 6636-59-103/2 [MSA S1004-82-20362, 1/7/3/64].

Pension of Benjamin Ford, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. National Archives. NARA M804. Record Group 15. Roll 0999. Pension number B.L.Wt.1133-450, from Fold3.com.

Prerogative Court, Wills, Will of Allanson Ford, 1775, MdHR 1322, Liber W1, p. 263-266 (MSA S538-58, 1/11/2/7).

Prince George's County Register of Wills, Inventories, Inventory of Allason Ford, February 1775, MdHR 9798, p. 14-16 (MSA C1228-8, 1/25/8/45).

Saint Mary's County Court, Pension Papers, MdHR 20314-19 [MSA C1653-4, 1/57/9/36].

Published Sources:

Adelberg, Michael. The Razing of Tinton Falls: Voices from the American Revolution. Charleston: History Press, 2012.

The Annual Register or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1781. London, J. Dodsley, 1782.

Batt, Richard John. “The Maryland Continentals, 1780-1781. PhD diss., Tulane University, 1974.

Davis, Burke. The Cowpens-Guilford Courthouse Campaign. Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Press, 2003, reprint from 1962.

Extract of a letter from an officer [Mordecai Gist] of the Maryland Battalion. American Archives series 5, vol. 1, pp. 1232-1233.

Ford, Benjamin to George Washington , 26 April 1779, Founders Online, National Archives.

Gunby, Andrew Augustus. Colonel John Gunby of the Maryland Line: Being Some Account of His Contribution to American Liberty. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke Company, 1902.

Hannings, Bud. Chronology of the American Revolution: Military and Political Actions Day by Day. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 2008.

Journal of the Maryland Convention, July 26 to August 14, 1775, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 11.

Piecuch, Jim. "American Commanders' Accounts." The Battle of Camden: A Documentary History. Charleston: History Press, 2006. Account of Otto Holland Williams.

Simms, W. Gilmore , ed. The life of Nathanael Greene, Major-General in the army of the Revolution. New York: Derby & Jackson, 1858.

Steuart, Reiman. A History of the Maryland Line in the Revolutionary War. Towson, MD: Metropolitan Press, 1969.

Steuben, Friedrich. Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, Part I. Philadelphia: Styner and Cist, 1792.

Tacyn, Mark Andrew. “‘To the End:’ The First Maryland Regiment and the American Revolution.” PhD diss., University of Maryland College Park, 1999.

Washington, George. General Orders, 18 June 1779, Founders Online, National Archives.

Williams, Otho Holland to Elie Williams, 23 June 1781, Williams Papers, 1744-1839, Maryland Historical Society, MS 908.

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