ALS as president, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, April 14, 1809. Handwritten letter to Attorney General Caesar A. Rodney, in part: "Your favor on the subject of White was duly read. The Secy. of S. will have informed you of the intimation to Mr. Dallas that a Hol. pros: was thought not an eligible course. I have read a letter from Gen. Sinden on the case of Olmstead & inclose a copy of my answer. The proceedings of this Country as known in England in Jan'y had, with other events, made no slight impression there." Mounted, double-matted, and framed to an overall size of 16 x 18.5. In fine condition, with faint mottled toning.
The recipient, Caesar Augustus Rodney (1772–1824), a nephew of Declaration of Independence signer Caesar Rodney, served as a member of the House of Representatives from Delaware, as Attorney General under Jefferson and Madison, a Senator from Delaware, and as United States Minister to Argentina.
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