DE SJR9

Urges all Delawareans to honor the memory of John Patten, a Delaware Revolutionary War hero and U.S. Congressman from Kent County

Patten served as a first lieutenant and later major in the Delaware Regiment during the American Revolution, was captured at the Battle of Camden in 1780, and was held as a prisoner of war in Charleston

Patten served in the Delaware House of Representatives in 1785, as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1785-1786, and as a U.S. Congressman in the 4th Congress from 1795-1797

Patten was born April 26, 1746, and died December 26, 1800, of yellow fever at age 54; he is buried in Dover's Old Presbyterian Churchyard

Requires a suitable copy of the resolution be presented to the Delaware Public Archives for public display