Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Robert Chesley
MSA SC 3520-17250

Sources:

Archival Sources:

Chancery Court, Chancery Papers, Richard Watts vs. Robert Chesley, Letitia Chesley, Mary Chesley, James Hopewell, Angelica Hopewell, James Egerton and Elizabeth Egerton, 1805, MdHR 17898-5415-1/4 [MSA S512-5537 1/37/2/29].

Maryland State Papers, Red Books 12:89, “Allen Thomas to Maryland Council of Safety,” MdHR 4573 [MSA S989-17, 1/6/4/5].

Maryland State Papers, Red Book 19:10, 20 June 1776, “William Courts to the Convention of Maryland,” MdHR 4548 [MSA S989-28, 1/6/4/16].

Maryland State Papers, Revolutionary Papers, Muster Roll of the Officers of the Maryland Line, 1777, Box 6, Folder 12, MdHR19970-1-3-51/7-38 [MSA S997-20, 1/6/2/42].

Prerogative Court, Wills, Robert Chesley, 1768, Liber 36, p. 312, MdHR 1316 [MSA S538-52 1/11/2/1].

Prerogative Court, Accounts, Robert Chesley, final account, 1771, Liber 66, 161-162, MdHR 1088 [MSA S351-66 1/11/4/26].

Return of the American Officers and other Prisoners on parole on Long Island, from Fold 3.com.

Published Sources:

Adams, John to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 25 April 1799, Founders Online, National Archives.

Fitzhugh, William to George Washington, June 1789, Founders Online,National Archives.

Fitzhugh, Sr., William to George Washington, 31 August 1789, Founders Online, National Archives.

Journal and Correspondence of the Maryland Council of Safety July 7, 1776 to December 31, 1776. Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 12.

Journal and Correspondence of the Maryland Council of Safety, 1775-1776, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 11.

Laws of 1827, Resolution No. 39, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 474.

Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, Archives of Maryland Online, vol. 18.

Papenfuse, Edward C., et al. Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985.

"Proceedings of a Court-Martial of the Line", American Archives Online, September 23, 1776, Series 5, Vol. 2, Pg. 467.

Steuart, Reiman. The Maryland Line. The Society of the Cincinnati, 1971.

Stone, Michael Jenifer to George Washington, 22 July 1789, Founders Online, National Archives.

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

Washington, George to the United States Senate, 3 August 1789, Founders Online, National Archives.

Washington, George to the United States Senate, 6 March 1792, Founders Online, National Archives.

Wolcott, Jr., Oliver to John Adams, 15 April 1799, Founders Online, National Archives.

Newspapers:

“The Beautiful High Horse Union,” Maryland Gazette (Annapolis, MD), 12 June 1783.

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