People: Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

John Dickinson papers, 1753-1808 (bulk) 1676-1885 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.2 linear feet and 13 containers, 5 volumes
Abstract:: John Dickinson (1732-1808), a Philadelphia lawyer and politician, was a major figure in colonial Delaware and Pennsylvania governments and during the early national period. He was an active presence and prolific writer during the American Revolution and early Republic from the passage of the Sugar Act (1764) until the Jefferson presidency (1801 to 1809). He also served in the military as colonel, private, and brigadier general. He married Mary Norris in 1770. John Dickinson died in Delaware in 1808. The John Dickinson papers contains incoming and outgoing correspondence; drafts and original manuscript documents from the revolutionary and early national government, Revolutionary War, Delaware and Pennsylvania government; land papers; legal papers; bills and receipts; collected essays, notes and commonplace books; and estate material. The papers provide a clear picture of the way in which colonists envisioned their new country and how these new Americans worked, compromised and...(see more)

Held at: Library Company of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers, 1692-1978 (inclusive) 1850-1920 (bulk)

Extent:: 60 linear foot and 1 oversize removal
Abstract:: Shipley, Bringhurst, and Hargraves are the family names associated with Rockwood, a Victorian Rural Gothic Revival mansion and estate that was built in north Wilmington, Delaware, between 1851 and 1854. The Hargraves were the last family to privately own Rockwood before its donation to New Castle County in the mid-1970s as a historic house museum and public park. The Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers document the personal and professional lives, as well as the ancestry and legacy, of several generations of Delawareans associated with Rockwood.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

John Penn document certifying Caesar Rodney as Colonial Supreme Court Justice, 1770 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item (1 page)
Abstract:: One autograph document by Lieutenant Governor of Colonial Pennsylvania, John Penn, certifying Caesar Rodney's role as a Colonial Supreme Court Justice in the counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex in Delaware. The lower portion of the document is missing.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

John Dickinson and Thomas McKean letter to Caesar Rodney, 1779 july 22-1779 july 30 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item (1 page)
Abstract:: Letter from John Dickinson and Thomas McKean, delegates to the Continental Congress, to Caesar Rodney, then President of Delaware. Writing at the direction of Congress, Dickinson and McKean request Rodney appoint a sufficient guard to take custody of sixty-four prisoners captured aboard the British sloop-of-war Harlem.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

John Fisher letter to Caesar Rodney, 1812 october 6 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item (1 page)
Abstract:: Handwritten letter from Delaware politician and United States District Court Judge John Fisher in his capacity as a lawyer to Continental Congressman from Delaware and signer of the Declaration of Independence Caesar Rodney regarding a libel case against the ship, Superior, on October 6, 1812.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Caesar Rodney letter to Thomas Rodney, 1782 june 14 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item (1 page)
Abstract:: Letter from Caesar Rodney, Governor of Delaware (1778-1781) and Continental Congressman for the state of Delaware, to his brother, Colonel Thomas Rodney, Continental Congressman for the state of Delaware, concerning Caesar's ill health and his desire to return to Delaware.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Thomas McKean letter to Caesar Rodney, 1762 october 6 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item (1 page)
Abstract:: Letter from Thomas Mckean, Signer of the Constitution from Delaware, President of the Continental Congress, and Governor of Pennsylvania, to Delaware Governor Caesar Rodney, concerning McKean's inability to act as Rodney's lawyer in a legal matter due to McKean's illness.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Caesar Rodney receipts, 1794 january 7-10 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 item (3 pages)
Abstract:: Receipt issued to Continental Congressman from Delaware and signer of the Declaration of Independence Caesar Rodney from Reese Bishop, Joseph B. McKeary, and Isaac Wharton dated from January 7, to January 10, 1794.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Caesar Rodney postcard, 1976 july 4 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item (1 page)
Abstract:: A first-day issue of the 1976 US 9-cent postal card honoring Caesar Rodney, Continental Congressman and signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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