Caesar Rodney letter to his son John Rodney, dated 1817, 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 1817 he was sent on a special mission to South America by President Monroe to determine the propriety of recognizing the independence of the Spanish-American republics. This letter to his son (a midshipman on the Sloop Ontario) relates to this mission.

Transcription

Wilmington July 23. 1817. My Dear Son, The information contained in this letter you must on no account communicate to any other person, even the most intimate friend you have. You may expect to see me in New York in ten days or two weeks at far farthest, to embark on board the Ontario, for her present voyage, as I have been appointed by the President [James Monroe] on an important mission. I cannot tell you any thing more on the subject [at this] time. If there be any thing you want from home, let me know, that I may bring it on with me when I come. Let me know whether your crew is complete & whether you have all your stores on board &c &c. Your Affec. father C. A. Rodney P.S. Let me know if this letter

Creation Date

7-23-1817

City

Wilmington

County

New Castle

State/Province

Delaware

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1772-1824

Keywords

Cesar A. Rodney

Resource Identifier

080418-03

Date Digital

2-18-2014

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

History | Latin American History | Political History | Social History | United States 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 1817, Wilmington, Delaware." (1817). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 139.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/139

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