January 25, 2024
1849 & 1852 New Castle DELAWARE letters stampless FORMER CONGRESSMAN RODNEY
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Here's two stampless letters written by George Brydges Rodney, who was a former Congressman, and working as a lawyer, when he wrote these. The 1849 folded lettersheet / stampless letter has a red circular date stamp for NEWCASTLE DEL. JUL 20, a 5 cents rate, and is addressed to Cantwells Bridge, and is a brief letter written by Geo. B. Rodney. The dateline is New Castle, July 20, 1849. He writes about having a deed sent down by boat. The 1852 folded lettersheet / stampless letter has a blue circular date stamp for NEWCASTLE Del. SEP 6, a matching PAID 3 in a circle, and is addressed to Cantwell Bridge, and is an approximate one page letter written by G.B. Rodney. The dateline is New Castle, Sept 6, 1852. From his Congressional biography: "RODNEY, George Brydges, (cousin of Caesar Rodney, Caesar Augustus Rodney, and Thomas Rodney), a Representative from Delaware; born in Lewes, Del., April 2, 1803; received a liberal education and was graduated from Princeton College in 1820; register in chancery and clerk of the orphans’ court of Sussex County 1826-1830; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1828 and engaged in practice in New Castle; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1845); resumed the practice of law; delegate to the peace convention held in Washington, D.C., in 18
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