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Caesar Rodney correspondence, 1749-1823.

Title: Caesar Rodney correspondence, 1749-1823.

Collection consists of letters from Rodney to his brother Thomas and to Henry Laurens, and letters to Rodney from various political figures.

ArchivalResource: .3 linear foot (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122532346 View

Rodney Family Papers, 1771-1824

Title: Rodney Family Papers 1771-1824

Cabinet officers, diplomats, farmers, jurists, lawyers, senators, soldiers, and statesmen. Correspondence and other material of Caesar Rodney, Thomas Rodney, and C. A. Rodney.

ArchivalResource: 200 items; 4 containers plus 1 oversize; 2.2 linear feet; 4 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009242 View

Rodney, Caesar Augustus, 1772-1824. Autograph letter signed : Wilmington, to Henry Wheaton, 1821 Aug. 27.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Wilmington, to Henry Wheaton, 1821 Aug. 27.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270883359 View

Brackenridge, Henry Marie, Papers, 1821-1832

Title: Brackenridge, Henry Marie, Papers 1821-1832

ArchivalResource: 89

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Papers of Thomas Jefferson [manuscript], 1779-1821.

Title: Papers of Thomas Jefferson [manuscript], 1779-1821.

The collection contains several signed documents, including ships papers, a passport, a land grant, and an appropriation bill. The land grant is countersigned by James Madison. Correspondence includes letters to Thomas Pinckney on the coining and engraving of U. S. money; letters to Caesar A. Rodney, on a suit against "Aurora" editor William Duane; a letter and document to St. George Tucker on trade with Bermuda during the Revolution, and a letter on the Santo Domingo revolt and concern over U. S. slave revolts; and correspondence with William Wirt on Patrick Henry. There are also single letters to Colonel Francis Taylor on Army commissions; to General Robert Lawson on destination of British ships and Cornwallis's expected move on Camden; to Thomas Read on an expected invasion of Virginia by British troops; to Nicholas Lewis on Albemarle County land and the hiring of slaves (mentions Great George, Ursula, Betty Hemings, Martin and Bob); to Nathaniel Macon on Repbulicans as Commissioners of Bankruptcy; to the U. S. Senate on Indian treaties; to Robert Patterson on the U.S. mint; and to Mr. Cardell on membersthip in the American Academy of Language and Belles Lettres.

ArchivalResource: 34 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647926142 View

Bodley family. Bodley family papers, 1773-1939.

Title: Bodley family papers, 1773-1939.

Papers pertaining to the Bodley and related families, primarily in Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Virginia, include personal and business correspondence, business, legal, land, and military papers, and genealogical material. Personal correspondence, 1776-1920, revolves around Thomas Bodley, his son William Stewart Bodley, and his grandson Temple Bodley. Topics include Kentucky history and politics; prominent Kentucky families like the Breckinridges, Clays, Crittendens, and Wickliffes; presidential elections and candidates; African American colonization efforts; agriculture in Kentucky and the South; banking; California history and the gold rush; cholera and other diseases; churches; land speculation; North American Indians; lawyers in Kentucky and Mississippi; Louisville history and politics; the Mexican War; Mississippi history and politics; the Aaron Burr Conspiracy; railroad development; the Civil War; states' rights; Reconstruction; slavery; religion and religious thought; St. Louis history; United States history, politics, foreign relations, and military; Virginia history; the Whig Party; and World War I. Documents include three diaries (1770-1811, 1814-1815, 1863-1865); land papers, 1783-1912; business papers, 1781-1936; military papers, 1788-1852; and genealogy. The collection also contains a group of Clark-Hite-Shiell Papers.

ArchivalResource: 9.33 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86072194 View

Rodney, C. A. (Caesar Augustus), 1772-1824. Autograph document signed : bank draft, 1810 Mar. 30.

Title: Autograph document signed : bank draft, 1810 Mar. 30.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80443026 View

Rodney Family Papers, 1771-1824

Title: Rodney Family Papers 1771-1824

Cabinet officers, diplomats, farmers, jurists, lawyers, senators, soldiers, and statesmen. Correspondence and other material of Caesar Rodney, Thomas Rodney, and C. A. Rodney.

ArchivalResource: 200 items; 4 containers plus 1 oversize; 2.2 linear feet; 4 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009242 View

Monroe, James, 1758-1831. James Monroe collection: manuscript, 1776-1833 (bulk: 1821-1822)

Title: James Monroe collection : manuscript, 1776-1833.

Letters of transmittal with accompanying documents from President James Monroe to the House of Representatives during the first session of the Seventeenth Congress, most items dated 1821-1822. These documents were sent to the printer Gales and Seaton and were published.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (187 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122543810 View

American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIb, 1807-1825

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIb 1807-1825

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives.IIb-ead.xml View

Rodney, C. A. (Caesar Augustus), 1772-1824. Draft letter : Philadelphia, to Thomas Jefferson, 1806 November 21.

Title: Draft letter : Philadelphia, to Thomas Jefferson, 1806 November 21.

Rodney says he will accept an appointment if one is offered.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31253937 View

Randolph, John, 1773-1833. Letter, 1806 November 20.

Title: Letter, 1806 November 20.

Randolph writes to Caesar A. Rodney expressing his distrust in the U.S. Postal Service and the confidentiality of the mail. He asks if Clay has received his latest and suspects that it was stopped at Washington. Therefore he will not discuss his opinions in a letter.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p. on 1 leaf)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122465516 View

Rodney, Caesar Augustus, 1772-1824. Autograph letter signed : Wilmington, 1822 Sept. 16.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Wilmington, 1822 Sept. 16.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 1/2 p.) ; (fol.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270656278 View

Rodney family. Diaries, 1779-1809.

Title: Diaries, 1779-1809.

This collection consists of nine diaries interleaved in Poor Will's Pocket Almanacks, published in Philadelphia. Two were kept by Thomas Rodney, 1779 and 1781-1782, and the others by his son, 1789 to 1791, 1793, 1795, 1799, and 1809. Each contains brief entries, some referring to Thomas Rodney's contacts with Gen. Henry Knox (1750-1806) and others, council meetings concerning veterans' bonuses, the revolt of the Pennsylvania line, various accounts, and records of bills passed by the state legislature which affected his admiralty court. Caesar Augustus Rodney included extensive notes on world geography, mathematics, and surveying while a student at the University of Pennsylvania in 1789, in addition to comments on trips to Dover and surrounding towns, lists of personal purchases, and references to his election as treasurer of the Philadelphia Law Society and president of the Literary Society. Three of these diaries, 1779, 1795, and 1799, are shelved in the AAS Almanac Collection.

ArchivalResource: 9 v. ; octavo.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207167215 View

Read, William Thompson, 1792-1873. Manuscripts, 1776-1869.

Title: Manuscripts, 1776-1869.

This collection includes: "Historical Notes on the Life of George Read," 1827; "Life and Correspondence of George Read, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, with notes of some of his contemporaries," by his grandson, William T. Read, 1855-1858; "Some Leaves of the Early History of New Castle, Delaware, and Maryland," 1868; "From Brooklyn to Brandywine, a sketch of the Campaign of General Washington from Sept. 1776-Sept. 1777," 1869; "Notes and Essays," 1814-1819; "Notices of Captain Jon Barey, and Captain David Ross," 1867; biographical sketch of C.A. Rodney, 1853; biographical sketch and some letters relating to the life of Bishop George W. Freeman, 1871; pamphlets, addresses delivered by William T. Read, 1816-1870; excerpts from newspapers, 1858-1860, 1865-1866; copy of the proceedings of the state convention of Delaware, Aug. 27, 1776; The Biographical History of Dionysius Tyrant of Delaware addressed to the people of the United States of America by Timolean, a political satire, 1788; Review of "Historical Inquiry concerning Henry Hudson, his early life and connection with the Muscovy Company, and Discovery of the Hudson," by John Meredith Read.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122316589 View

C. A. Rodney papers, 1812-1849.

Title: C. A. Rodney papers, 1812-1849.

Papers of the American lawyer, legislator, and diplomat C. A. Rodney relating to his service in Argentina.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02210/catalog View

Rodney, C. A. (Caesar Augustus), 1772-1824. Letter to Secretary of War [Eustis]. Washington. 1809 Jan. 9.

Title: Letter to Secretary of War [Eustis]. Washington. 1809 Jan. 9.

Concerning the claim of Gen. Wilkinson for rations.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (6 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86139990 View

Du Pont, Eleuthera Bradford, 1873-1953,. The Eleuthera Bradford du Pont Collection, 1799-1834.

Title: The Eleuthera Bradford du Pont Collection, 1799-1834.

The papers in this collection date from the lifetime of E.I. du Pont and document important aspects of the early history of the Du Pont Company.

ArchivalResource: 6.3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/164039145 View

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)

Title: Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.

ArchivalResource: 30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/927 View

War of 1812 collection 1806-1860 War of 1812 collection

Title: War of 1812 collection 1806-1860 War of 1812 collection

The War of 1812 collection is a miscellaneous collection of approximately 300 single items relating to the War of 1812. The papers cover many aspect of the war on both the American and British sides, including naval and military operations, regimental matters, trade issues, and state and national politics relating to the war.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-855war?rgn=main;view=text View

Rodney, Thomas, 1744-1811. Papers, [ca. 1784-1810?].

Title: Papers, [ca. 1784-1810?].

Autograph letter signed; autograph manuscripts signed; documents. Journal (1792-1800) discusses European political conflicts and Delaware politics involving Richard Bassett, John Dickinson, and Thomas McKean; contains biographical material particularly descriptions and interpretations of Rodney's visions; also remedies for illnesses.. Some poems are included in the journal. The manuscripts are miscellaneous essays; the notes are on court cases in Mississippi, on Delaware history, and miscellaneous subjects. All materials are authored by Thomas Rodney.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 72 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145430062 View

Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954,. The Longwood Manuscripts, 1438-1954.

Title: The Longwood Manuscripts, 1438-1954.

The Longwood Manuscripts comprise the manuscript collections of P.S. du Pont. They formed the core collection of the Longwood Library, established as an independent research library in the year of his death. In 1961 the Longwood Library merged with the Hagley Musuem, and the collection became known as The Longwood Manuscripts.

ArchivalResource: 1,065 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/164037874 View

Custis, John, 1678-1749. Letterbook, 1717-1741.

Title: Letterbook, 1717-1741.

Contains drafts of letters concerning health; medicine; tobacco; problems with goods ordered from England and Scotland; slave clothing; slave trade; courtships of family members; finances; Virginia political matters including Alexander Spotswood and appointments to Council; gardening and horticulture; lawsuits of Dunbar Parke (concerning Daniel Parke's estate); money from estate of Philip Ludwell I, and weather. Mention of epidemic "from Africa" [perhaps yaws (1742)], wigs (1725-1729), and Custis' opinion of newspapers (1726). Correspondents include: James Blair, William Byrd, Robert Cary, Mark Catesby, Peter Collinson, John Day, Richard Fitzwilliam, John Hanbury, Charles Higgs, Hugh Howard, Thomas Dunbar Parke, Evelyn Parke Pepper, Micajah Perry (d. 1721), Micajah Perry (d. 1753), Richard Perry, Sir John Randolph, Peyton Randolph, Caesar Rodney, John Starke, Boll & Dee and Loyd & Cooper.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. ; 35 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27057255 View

Du Pont, Eleuthère Irénée, 1771-1834. Papers, 1782-1838.

Title: Papers, 1782-1838.

This collection of the papers of E. I. du Pont was amassed by his descendant, Pierre S. du Pont (1870-1954). The main body of E. I. du Pont's papers descended through Henry Algernon du Pont to Henry Francis du Pont and now forms part of the Hagley Museum & Library's Winterthur Manuscripts.

ArchivalResource: 1.7 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86134169 View

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter and poem of Thomas Jefferson 1815 March 17.

Title: Letter and poem of Thomas Jefferson 1815 March 17.

Jefferson writes to General Dearborn congratulating him on his capture of York and Fort George during the War of 1812 which he contrasts with Hull's defeats. He comments at length on conclusions drawn from the Battle of New Orleans and his hopes for a settlement of issues in the Treaty of Ghent. Jefferson laments the political apostasy of Massachusetts; encourages Dearborn to visit at Monticello and hopes he will pick up Caesar Rodney on the way. The letter is accompanied by a note from "Emma," a descendant of Dearborn, giving the letter to "Edith and Harold" [Coolidge] as a Christmas present. The collection also contains a fragment of poetry in Jefferson's hand beginning "Let me to summer shades retire ...

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54953075 View

James Monroe Papers, 1758-1839

Title: James Monroe Papers 1758-1839

United States president, secretary of state, secretary of war, and diplomat; delegate to the Continental Congress from and governor of Virginia. Correspondence relating primarily to negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, the Monroe-Pinkney treaty with Great Britain, the War of 1812, the purchase of Florida, South American independence, and Virginia politics and a diary, an account book of memoranda and official and personal accounts, and other papers.

ArchivalResource: 5,200 items; 50 containers; 16 linear feet; 13 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009142 View