Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware (1728–1784), military officer, Continental congressman, and president of Delaware. Handwritten endorsement signed “Caesar Rodney, Recordr,” dated March 26, 1770, on a manuscript document, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 12.5, a land deed granting a tract of land in Kent County belonging to Andrew Hamilton and wife Mary to Samuel Chew for £800. The land transaction to which this deed refers was initiated in 1742, after the elder Andrew Hamilton's death, included land that was adjacent to or perhaps included in Hamilton's famous plantation ‘Whitehall.’ The document notes that a later assignment of this very land included "stock of Negroes and cattell corn grain hay and all other the goods chattels and things whatsoever of him the said Andrew Hamilton party hereto which are now upon or belonging to the said Whitehall plantation lands." Rodney’s endorsement reads, in part, “I do hereby certify that the above and foregoing instrument of writing is to be a true Copy of a Deed from Andw Hamilton and Mary his wife to Samuel Chew,” and signed at the conclusion by Rodney. In good condition, with scattered moderate toning and soiling, mounting remnants along both sides of hinge, some affecting final portion of Rodney’s title, reinforcement and repairs to partial fold separations and paper loss, chips to edges, and scattered dampstaining. The paper seal is worn, but intact. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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