Valuable autograph letters and historical documents : embracing signers of the Declaration of Independence, members of the Continental Congress, generals and other officers in the revolution, officers in the Navy, Revolutionary Muster Rolls, Resolves of Congress, &c. : Being the papers of Caesar Rodney, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Rodney, member of the Continental Congress, and Caesar A. Rodney, Attorneys General of the United States, sold by order of H.N. Twells, administrator, nearly ever letter of the most vital historical importance.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stan. V. Henkels (Firm)

Contributor:

Rare Books Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Series:

Stan. V. Henkels (Firm). Catalogue no. 960.

Catalogue / Stan. V. Henkels ; no. 960

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rodney, Thomas, 1744-1811--Correspondence.

Rodney, Thomas.

Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784--Correspondence.

Rodney, Caesar.

Rodney, C. A. (Caesar Augustus), 1772-1824--Correspondence.

Rodney, C. A.

United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers.

United States.

Autographs--Collections.

Autographs.

Portrait miniatures--United States--Catalogs.

Portrait miniatures.

Physical Description:

viii, 162 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill., ports., facsims. ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Stan. V. Henkels, 1919.

Notes:

"Also, oil portrait of Caesar A. Rodney, by Chas. Willson Peale, oil portrait of Genl. Washington, by Anna Claypoole Peale, ivory miniature of andrew Jackson, by Anna Claypoole Peale, ivory miniature of Captain Rufus Green, &c., &c. to be sold Friday afternoon and evening, June 13rh, 1919, at 2.30 and 7.00 o'clock, p.m."

Title on cover: The great historical sale, the papers of Caesar Rodney, of Delaware ... Thomas Rodney, of Delaware ... Caesar A. Rodney, of Delaware...

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Robert L. Raley.