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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

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