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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."
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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)
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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