Autograph letter signed : to Caesar Rodney, 1777 Sept. 13.

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Autograph letter signed : to Caesar Rodney, 1777 Sept. 13.

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Concerning an attack upon the Hessians at Wilmington.

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784

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