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John Dickinson and Thomas McKean letter to Caesar Rodney

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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

John Fisher letter to Caesar Rodney

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0070
Abstract

Autograph letter from Delaware lawyer John Fisher to Continental Congressman from Delaware and signer of the Declaration of Independence, Caesar Rodney, regarding a libel case against the ship, Superior, on October 6, 1812. John Fisher also served as Delaware politician and United States District Court Judge.

Dates: 1812 October 6

Thomas McKean letter to Caesar Rodney

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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

Caesar Rodney letter to Thomas Rodney

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0093
Abstract

Letter from Caesar Rodney, Governor of Delaware (1778-1781) and Continental Congressman for the state of Delaware, to his brother, Colonel Thomas Rodney, Continental Congressman for the state of Delaware, concerning Caesar's ill health and his desire to return to Delaware.

Dates: 1782 June 14

Caesar Rodney letter to Thomas Rodney

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0058
Abstract

Autograph letter from Caesar Rodney to his brother Thomas Rodney. Caesar wrote to his brother from New York, where he was attending the Stamp Act Congress as a member of the Delaware delegation, that he expected he would not be home before the Delaware Assembly, which he was also a member of, ended its session in New Castle because the Congress would "not end in less than eight or ten days."

Dates: 1765 October 7