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Regarding his son, Joseph B. Rodney, who is at the Academy; please send copies of prospectus. ; Very difficult to read; the date of the letter is tentative.

He has decided not to send for his son (Joseph B. Rodney) due to his declining health; sends money for his son's expenses. ; Transcription by Joseph Byrne. Transcriptions may be subject to error.

Partial receipt signed by C. A. Rodney. The manuscript is incomplete. ; This is a fragment only.

Places his son, Joseph B. Rodney, under Partridge's care. ; The letter is undated. Location of writer assumed.

Writes from Wilmington, Delaware that he wishes to place his son, Joseph B. Rodney, at the Academy; his friend also has a son, William H. Gordon, who he would like to place at the Academy. Please send copies of the prospectus as he may be able to interest others in South America; the writer, Caesar Augustus Rodney, was appointed as United States Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in 1823 and may have been preparing to leave for Argentina at the time the letter was written. ; Transcription by Joseph Byrne. Transcriptions may be subject to error.

The report of T. Bland, the third member of the commission, togetherwith other documents concerning South American affairs, was issued as House doc. 48, 15th Cong., 2d sess., and is not here reprinted. ; The English editor has added an "Introductory discourse", p. 3-60, and "Notes on the reports", p. 309-358. ; Includes reports of C. A. Rodney and J. Graham, two of the three commissioners sent to investigate affairs in the Spanish provinces of South America. Originally issued as "Message from the President of the United States at the commencement of the second session of the fifteenth Congress. November 17, 1818.Washington, Printed by E. De Krafft, 1818" [15th Cong., 2d sess. House doc. 2] ; Appendix A: Historical sketch of the revolution of the united provinces of South America, from the 25th of May 1810, until the opening of the National Congress, on the 25th of March 1816, written by Dr. Gregorio Funes. : p. [137]-215. ; Mode of access: Internet.