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{"value"=>"1759-1823", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1759/1823"}
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{"value"=>"Rodney family papers"}
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{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Caesar Rodney (1728-1784), his brother Thomas Rodney (1744-1811) and Thomas Rodney’s son Caesar A. (Caesar Augustus) Rodney (1772-1824) were prominent American politicians and statesmen from Kent County, Delaware. The Rodney family papers, dating 1759-1823, comprise the papers of Caesar Rodney and letters received by Thomas Rodney and Caesar A. Rodney, documenting their professional and personal lives. Caesar Rodney papers, 1759-1781, consist of correspondence and other materials reflecting his militia and government responsibilities during the American Revolution, as well as personal and business matters. Letters to Thomas Rodney, 1776-1804, consist of personal letters from Caesar A. Rodney, nephew Caesar R. Wilson, and John Dickinson, and a letter regarding a legal matter from Thomas Collins. Letters to Caesar A. Rodney, 1795-1823, concern his legal, business and political affairs, and his missions to South America; there is some personal correspondence from John Dickinson, James Barron, and others."}
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{"value"=>"<p>Rodney family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Rodney family", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Caesar Rodney (1728-1784), his brother Thomas Rodney (1744-1811) and Thomas Rodney’s son Caesar A. (Caesar Augustus) Rodney (1772-1824) were prominent American politicians and statesmen from Kent County, Delaware. Caesar Rodney (1728-1784) was a colonial legislator in Delaware and representative to the Stamp Act Congress and to the Continental Congress. He served as Brigadier General of the Delaware militia, signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and was President of Delaware from 1778 to 1781. His younger brother, lawyer Thomas Rodney (1744-1811), served in the Continental Congress and Delaware General Assembly, and was a Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court and Chief Justice of Mississippi Territory (1803-1811). Caesar A. Rodney of Dover, and later Wilmington and New Castle, Delaware, was a lawyer and diplomat. He served in the Delaware General Assembly, was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Delaware, and U.S. Attorney General from 1807 to 1811. From 1817 to 1818 he served as a member of a special U.S. diplomatic mission to South America to report on the state of revolutionary governments in Argentina and elsewhere. In 1823 he was appointed U.S. Minister to Argentina, where he died in 1824.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Rodney family papers, dating 1759 to 1823, comprise the papers of Caesar Rodney and letters received by Thomas Rodney and Caesar A. Rodney, documenting their professional and personal lives. Caesar Rodney papers, 1759-1781, consist of correspondence and other materials reflecting his militia and government responsibilities during the American Revolution, as well as personal and business matters. Letters to Thomas Rodney, 1776-1804, consist of personal letters from Caesar A. Rodney, nephew Caesar R. Wilson, and John Dickinson, and a letter regarding a legal matter from Thomas Collins. Letters to Caesar A. Rodney, 1795-1823, concern his legal, business and political affairs, and his missions to South America; there is some personal correspondence from John Dickinson, James Barron, and others.</p> <p>Caesar Rodney papers, 1759-1781, largely concern military, political and personal matters during the Revolutionary War. Outgoing correspondence consists of a letter to Henry Laurens in Continental Congress advising that he will call the Delaware General Assembly, 1778, and a personal letter to an unidentified person, 1781. Letters to Rodney, 1777, from Mordecai Gist, John McKinly, and Tench Tilghman, concern the supply or disposition of militia forces; Bedford Gunning, 1779, writes on personal and business matters. Letters from Pennsylvania statesman John Dickinson, a close friend of the Rodney family, touch briefly on political and military matters. A letter from Richard Peters of the War Office to the Commissioners of Accounts relates to General Pulaski’s accounts. Also present are financial drafts drawn by the Speaker of the Delaware Assembly upon the Trustee of the General Loan Office for Kent County (Rodney), 1778-1779, as well as a bond of William Addams to Rodney and a receipt signed by John Dickinson, both dated 1759. A few copies of letters and documents dating 1765-1778 concern American political, military and government affairs.</p> <p>Letters to Thomas Rodney, 1776-1804, consist of personal letters from Caesar A. Rodney, nephew Caesar R. Wilson, and John Dickinson, and a letter regarding a legal matter from Thomas Collins.</p> <p>Letters to Caesar Augustus Rodney, 1795-1823, concern his legal, business and political affairs; there is some personal correspondence from John Dickinson, James Barron, and others. Items pertaining to Rodney’s diplomatic work in South America include Secretary of State John Quincy Adams’ instructions to Caesar A. Rodney, John Graham and Theodorick Bland as members of the South American Commission, 1817. Also present are letters from U.S.S. Congress naval personnel Armstrong, Griffin and Marston at Rio de Janeiro in 1823 expressing their regard for Rodney and his family, also at Rio, and their regrets over an unstated shipboard dispute. Several letters from his friend James Barron at Norfolk describe his efforts to restore his damaged career in the U.S. Navy following an earlier court martial and suspended service. Tench Coxe writes generally of national and international affairs, and brief letters from Edward Livingston and Joseph Hopkinson concern court matters. New York publisher James Rivington, seeking payment for books, describes his poverty, and a letter from Aaron Burr, 1801, congratulates Rodney on his recent election to office.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Rodney family papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2602#c1519222'>Caesar Rodney papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1759-1781</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2602#c1519238'>Letters to Thomas Rodney</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1776-1804</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2602#c1519243'>Letters to Caesar A. Rodney</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1795-1823</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Stan. V. Henkels, 1919, with additional gifts and purchases.</p>"}
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Susan P. Waide</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span></p>"}
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combined
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1759
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1759
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1823
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1759
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1823
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.25 linear feet (1 box)