MSS 0098, F0054 - John Dickinson and Thomas McKean letter to Caesar Rodney
Date
1779-07-22
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Publisher
University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
Abstract
Description
Letter from John Dickinson and Thomas McKean, delegates to the Continental Congress, to Caesar Rodney, then President of Delaware. Writing at the direction of Congress, Dickinson and McKean request Rodney appoint a sufficient guard to take custody of sixty-four prisoners captured aboard the British sloop-of-war Harlem.
Keywords
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817--Correspondence., Dickinson, John, 1732-1808--Correspondence., Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784--Correspondence.
Citation
MSS 0098, F0054, John Dickinson and Thomas McKean letter to Caesar Rodney, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.