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Caesar Rodney Letter To His Son John Rodney, Dated 1817, Wilmington, Delaware., Caesar Augustus Rodney
Caesar Rodney Letter To His Son John Rodney, Dated 1817, Wilmington, Delaware., Caesar Augustus Rodney
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Cesar A. Rodney was a lawyer, politician, and diplomat from Delaware. His uncle, also Cesar Rodney, signed the Declaration of Independence. In 1817 he was sent on a special mission to South America by President Monroe to determine the propriety of recognizing the independence of the Spanish-American republics. This letter to his son (a midshipman on the Sloop Ontario) relates to this mission.