Letter to [Thomas Rodney] and portrait, 1776 May 17 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Rodney writes his brother that he is enclosing a printed copy of the [May 15] Resolution of Congress [that the colonies be put in a state of military readiness.] He comments that those "termed the "Cool, Considerate Men think it amounts to a Declaration of Independence. It certainly savours of it ..."