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John Dickinson and Thomas McKean letter to Caesar Rodney
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0054
Abstract
Letter from John Dickinson and Thomas McKean, delegates to the Continental Congress, to Caesar Rodney, then President of Delaware. Writing at the direction of Congress, Dickinson and McKean request Rodney appoint a sufficient guard to take custody of sixty-four prisoners captured aboard the British sloop-of-war Harlem.
Dates:
1779 July 22-1779 July 30
Thomas McKean letter to Caesar Rodney
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0094
Abstract
Letter from Thomas Mckean, Signer of the Constitution from Delaware, President of the Continental Congress, and Governor of Pennsylvania, to Delaware Governor Caesar Rodney, concerning McKean's inability to act as Rodney's lawyer in a legal matter due to McKean's illness.
Dates:
1762 October 6