51Caesar A. Rodney to Thomas Jefferson, 19 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
It has been so long since I had the pleasure of hearing from you, that I feel anxious to know whether in the tranquil scenes of retirement you continue to enjoy your usual good health, for I know you must enjoy, unclouded, except by sickness, that serenity of mind, which is the constant companion of a pure conscience: The diadem of the a man, who can repeat with truth, the sentiment of the...
52Caesar A. Rodney to Thomas Jefferson, 8 August 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return home, after an absence of many months, I am naturally led to enquire, after the health & happiness, of those, who are the constant objects of my respect regard & solicitude. Among the first in my affections, is the sincere & uniform friend of my youth to whom I have always been personally & politically attached. The people, of S. America whom I have lately visited, resemble in...
53Caesar A. Rodney to Thomas Jefferson, 19 December 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I must beg you to accept the copy of my friend Brackenridge ’s “ Voyage to S. America ,” herewith transmitted, as a small token of my undiminished attachment to your person, and my unfeigned veneration for your character. I have only to regret that it is not bound in a style more worthy of being presented to the author of the first Declaration of American Independence . But having waited...
54Caesar A. Rodney to Thomas Jefferson, 1 October 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I lamented extremely that my time, did not allow me to stay longer with the best of friends, on my late visit to Monticello . I had intended to leave home the last of June, instead of July, but was unfortunately prevented by an attack of Lumbago, which confined me to my house for a month nearly. This delay, made the period of my departure approach near the commencement of our Court of Chancery...
55Caesar A. Rodney to Thomas Jefferson, 24 February 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I have lately recovered from a severe attack of fever, which confined me to my bed for ten days; & I propose to visit Philad a , tomorrow, where I shall see my old friend S. Gerard , & procure from him some of the genuine Maldonado Pumpkin seed, for yourself. I prefer his, because he has taken more pains in the cultivation of this fine vegetable, & has kept it far separated from any other of...
56Caesar A. Rodney to Thomas Jefferson, 10 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
It is with deep regret I have observed a malevolent attempt, to disturb the repose of your old age, by obtruding on the tranquility of your retirement, with an attack as unfounded & untrue, as it is unjust & ungenerous. Such is the fell Hydra of party, that all its heads cannot be rendered inoffensive, tho’ they may be harmless. In this instance (as in all others) you have obtained a complete...
57To Thomas Jefferson from Caesar Augustus Rodney, 18 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
When I had the pleasure of visiting you at Monticello, I mentioned a letter from the late Governor Milton to me, relating to rumours, on the day that Congress adopted the Declaration of Indepence, which I had sent to M r Rives, who, unfortunately mislaid it. The other day he was lucky enough to find it, & to deliver it to me; and I now enclose you, agreeably to my promise, a copy of the...