| LC control no. | n 85141058 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 |
| See also | Delaware. President (1778-1781 : Rodney) Family: Rodney (Family : 1728-1846 : Del.) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Dover (Del.) |
| Birth date | 17281007 |
| Death date | 17840626 |
| Place of birth | Dover (Del.) |
| Place of death | Dover (Del.) |
| Field of activity | Agriculture Law Legislation politics legislature government |
| Affiliation | Kent County (Del.). Sheriff Delaware. Kent County Militia United States. Continental Army. Delaware Regiment United States. Continental Congress United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers Delaware. General Assembly Delaware. Supreme court |
| Profession or occupation | Farmers Generals Judges Justices of the peace Legislators Politicians Founding Fathers of the United States |
| Found in | Bayard, T.F. Proceedings on unveiling the monument to Caesar Rodney, 1889. LC in OCLC, 5-1-86 (hdg.: Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784) Delaware. President (1778-1781 : Rodney). By His Excellency Cæsar Rodney, Esq; president ... A proclamation. Whereas by an act of the General Assembly of the said state, intitled, 'An act to prohibit the exportation of provision from this state, 1779: t.p. (Cæsar Rodney; President of Delaware) DAB (Rodney, Caesar; served in Continental Congress; elected president of Delaware, Spring, 1778 and served until Nov., 1781; b. 1728; d. 1784) Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Caesar Rodney, born Dover, Del., October 7, 1728; completed preparatory studies; engaged in agricultural pursuits; high sheriff of Kent County 1755-1758; justice of the peace; judge of all lower courts; captain in the Kent County Militia in 1756; superintendent of the printing of Delaware currency in 1759; member of the state assembly 1762-1769; superintendant of the loan office in 1769; associate justice of the Delaware Supreme Court 1769-1777; member of the Continental Cogress 1774-1776; a signer of the Declaration of Independence; served in the Revolutionary Army as a brigadier general; elected President of Delaware and served from 1778 to 1782; elected to the Continental Congress in 1782-1783 but did not serve; died in Dover, Del., June 26, 1784; interment on his farm, "Byfield," near Dover; reinterment in Christ Churchyard, Dover, Del.) |
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