Caesar Rodney letter to his son John Rodney, dated 1818, Wilmington, Delaware.

Authors

Caesar Augustus Rodney

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Description

Cesar A. Rodney was a lawyer, politician, and diplomat from Delaware. His uncle, also Cesar Rodney, signed the Declaration of Independence. In this letter he appears to write to his son, advising "I do not wish you to resign at this particular moment tho’ I shall not object to it ultimately if you desire it."

Transcription

Wilmington Dec 9. 1818 My Dear Son, On my return from Phila. where I have been for a few days past; I received your letters. I regret extremely the unpleasant occurrence at the Point & am very sorry to hear of the treatment received by the son of my late and much respected friend Judge Nicholson. I do not wish you to resign at this particular moment tho’ I shall not object to it ultimately if you desire it. As I trust with a little attention to your ? ? with Mr Downing, you would be confident to go on with the ? could ? it at the ? ? you were acquiring these ? Your affec. father C. A. Rodney

Creation Date

12-9-1818

City

Wilmington

County

New Castle

State/Province

Delaware

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1772-1824

Keywords

Caesar A. Rodney, John Rodney, letter, Wilmington, Delaware

Resource Identifier

070428-21

Date Digital

2-17-2014

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

History | Social History

Publisher

Wofford College

Format (medium)

manuscript

Format (IMT)

PDF

Language

En-us

Digitization Specifications

800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

Source

The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.

Recommended Citation

Rodney, Caesar Augustus, "Caesar Rodney letter to his son John Rodney, dated 1818, Wilmington, Delaware." (1818). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 138.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/138

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