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Box 15

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Newspaper reports of the discovery of the "Rodney Urn" in Philadelphia and its return to Norfolk, where it was placed on display, 1947-1955

 Item — Box: 15, Folder: 12
Identifier: id187408
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents

4 items. Autograph draft. The "Rodney Urn" was a silver urn, given to Caesar Rodney, a former Attorney General of the U.S. who had defended James Barron at the Court of Enquiry without pay. The newspaper articles include the following: Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 10 January 1947; Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 14 November 1954; Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 1 January 1955.

Dates: 1947-1955