Caesar Rodney (1728-1784)

(Updated June 24, 2025)

Caesar Rodney (1728-1784) was an American Founder who served as the President of Delaware, and signed the Declaration of Independence.

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Letters

Caesar Rodney, To Thomas Rodney (September 11, 1776)¹

The Israelites—the chosen people of God—met with crosses and disappointments in their journey from the land of bondage to that of liberty, but by a steady perseverance and Divine assistance they at length possessed the Promised Land [Joshua 15-24]…[And] though He permitteth temporary obstructions [2 Cor. 4:17; 1 Pet. 4:12], will on day (with a firm reliance on Him) crown his virtuous endeavors with success [2 Tim. 4:8] and cause the modern Pharaohs with their hosts be buried in the sea of their Toryism, as He did the ancient Pharaoh in the Red Sea [Ex. 14].

Footnotes

1. Paul H. Smith, ed., Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789, Vol. 5 (Washington: Library of Congress, 1979), 133-34. ↩︎