Rodney family papers
by Caesar Augustus Rodney
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Correspondence and other papers of the Rodney family chiefly concerning the Confederation, military recruiting and supply, and Thomas Rodney's business activities. Papers of Thomas Rodney include a diary (1776-1777) kept during his participation in the Trenton and Princeton campaigns during the American Revolution, another diary (1781, 1786) written while a member of Congress, an account book (1778-1779) kept while serving as clothier and agent for the Delaware Regiment, a journal (1803) describing his travels from Delaware to the Mississippi Territory, legal papers, and writings (1776-1803). Correspondents are primarily members of the Rodney family but also include Ephraim Blaine, William C.C. Claiborne, Henry Clay, Alexander James Dallas, John Dickinson, William Eustis, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Randolph.
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Correspondence, United States, United States. Continental Congress, Description and travel, Princeton, Battle of, Princeton, N.J., 1777, Supplies and stores, Trenton, Battle of, Trenton, N.J., 1776, Recruiting, enlistment, United States. Continental Army, HistoryPeople
William C. C. Claiborne (1775-1817), William Eustis (1753-1825), Alexander James Dallas (1759-1817), James Madison (1751-1836), Henry Clay (1777-1852), John Randolph (1773-1833), James Monroe (1758-1831), Ephraim Blaine (1741-1804), Rodney family, John Dickinson (1732-1808)Places
New Jersey, United States, Mississippi, DelawareShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Open to research.
Microfilm edition available, no. 21,992.
Microfilm produced from originals in Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1999-2001.
Purchase, 1919-1982.
Family members including Caesar Rodney, Revolutionary statesman, president of Delaware, and member of the Continental Congress; his brother Thomas Rodney, farmer, Revolutionary soldier, member of the Continental Congress, judge of the Supreme Court of Delaware, and U.S. judge for the Mississippi Territory; and Thomas's son C.A. Rodney, statesman, lawyer, U.S. senator from Delaware, U.S. attorney general, and first U.S. minister to Argentina.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009242
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