Letter, 1773 Oct. 25, New Castle, Del.

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Letter, 1773 Oct. 25, New Castle, Del.

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Acknowledges the receipt of a copy of the Virginia House of Burgesses' resolution proposing the establishment of intercolonial committees of correspondence, and sends a copy (not present) of the minutes and proceedings of the Delaware House in response. The letter is signed by Caesar Rodney, speaker of the house, and addressed to an unnamed individual, perhaps Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, or Richard Henry Lee, who formed the committee that drew up the Virginia resolution.

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Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784

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Caesar Rodney (October 7, 1728 – June 26, 1784) was an American Founding Father, planter, lawyer, and politician from Kent County, Delaware. He was an officer of the Delaware militia during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a signer of the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence, and President of Delaware during most of the American Revolution. Born on his family's farm, "Byfield", on St. Jones Neck in East Dover Hu...

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