A gentleman as well as a Whig
Subtitle: Caesar Rodney and the American Revolution
By: Jane Harrington Scott ; National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Delaware.
Contributors: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Delaware.
Series: Cultural studies of Delaware and the Eastern Shore
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Newark; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784.; United States. -- Signers -- Biography.; United States. Continental Congress -- Biography.; Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.; Legislators -- Delaware -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.; Delaware -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.; Kent County (Del.) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Caesar Rodney grew up near the town of Dover, Delaware. He began his public career as a loyal member of the Colonial Government, serving, among other offices, as Kent County sheriff, judge, and member of the colonial Assembly. However, while still in his thirties, he became a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress in New York, and, with his compatriots George Read and Thomas McKean, was assigned the task of explaining to the King why this tax was so hated in Delaware.

He went on to become a leading Whig in Delaware's fractured Assembly, a brigadier in a militia reluctant to fight, and, finally, chief executive of a state plagued by Tory sympathizers."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-256) and index.