The Declaration of Independence
- History
- Drama
11/26/1938
17
Storyline
This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, so that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
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Cast
John LitelThomas Jefferson- Ted OsborneCaesar Rodney
Rosella TowneBetsy Kramer- Richard BondThomas Lynch Jr.
- Owen KingEdward Rutledge
- Lionel BelmoreThe Innkeeper (uncredited)
- Sidney BraceyCongress Clerk (uncredited)
- Tom ChattertonRichard Henry Lee (uncredited)
- Hal CraigMan Shooting at Rodney (uncredited)
- Henry HallJohn Hancock (uncredited)
- John HarronRodney's Messenger (uncredited)
- Boyd IrwinThomas McKean (uncredited)
- Charles Frederick LindsleyNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Wilfred LucasJohn Dickinson (uncredited)
- William OrlamondMatthew Kramer (uncredited)
- Bert StevensRatification Meeting Member (uncredited)