Diaries, 1779-1809.

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Diaries, 1779-1809.

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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.

9 v. ; octavo.

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