Military Order, Brigadier General Caesar Rodney to unknown, 1777

Containers:
Box 2, Folder 34
Creator:
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784
Language:
English.
Extent:
1 pages
Scope and content:

Caesar Rodney, signer of the Declaration of Independence, writes to an unknown recipient, ordering "that the Guard be strengthened with a Captain and twenty four men to be furnished from all the Troops now in town proportion to their numbers". Autograph letter, signed. 1 page.

Dimensions:
16 x 12 cm

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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