Brick from the Caesar Augustus Rodney house

c. 1803

Measurements

3-3/4 in x 8 in x 8 in

Materials

Red earthenware, wood, glass

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1499

Inscription

“BRICK FROM THE PARLOR FIRE PLACE / OF THE HOUSE OF / CAESAR AUGUSTUS RODNEY / IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE / BUILT IN 1803 / ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE U.S. / MINISTER TO SOUUTH AMERICA / BORN 1772 – DIED 1834. / HE WAS NEPHEW OF CAESAR RODNEY / SIGNER OF THE / DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.” is typed onto white paper placed atop the brick.

Comments

Caesar Augustus Rodney (1772-1824), born in Dover to Thomas and Elizabeth Fisher Rodney, was a nephew of Caesar Rodney, the Signer.  The younger Rodney served in various state offices and was the U.S. Attorney General from 1807 until 1811.  He served in the War of 1812.