MARC Record from Library of Congress

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245 00 $aRodgers family papers,$f1740-1987$g(bulk 1804-1932).
300 $a14,850$fitems.
300 $a74$fcontainers plus$a4$foversize.
300 $a28.4$flinear feet.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, diaries, journals, accounts, notebooks, military records, financial papers, biographical and genealogical material, scrapbook, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to John Rodgers's naval service and to family affairs. Documents Rodgers's command of the naval squadron in the Mediteranean Sea during the Tripolitan War and again in 1826-1827, his command of the New York Naval Shipyard and of the flotilla enforcing the embargo along the East coast (1807-1810), and naval encounters during the War of 1812. Includes ship's papers from Rodgers's command of the frigate Constitution, ship-of-the-line North Carolina, and frigate President, as well as from Matthew C. Perry's command of the sloop-of-war Concord. Also includes an account of the sickness and death of William Kimble, a seaman on the President in 1813, who was said to have awakened from death twice during the course of his final illness.
520 8 $aLetters from Minerva Rodgers pertain primarily to family life on the Rodgers's estate, Sion Hill, Havre de Grace, Maryland, and in their Washington, D.C., homes. Subjects include the loss of her son Henry Rodgers with the sloop-of-war Albany in 1854 and sentiment in Washington, D.C., following President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Other family correspondents relate their experiences as a U.S. Army topographical engineer in New Mexico in the 1850s and during the Civil War, cattle ranchers in Wyoming in the 1880s, a member of the consular service in Germany in the 1890s, and in ports around the world as a naval officer in the 20th century. Also includes a diary of Nannie Macomb chronicling Washington, D.C., social life (1883-1888).
520 8 $aCorrespondents from the related Macomb, Meigs, and Rodgers families include Ella Chelle McKeldon Macomb, John N. Macomb, Charles D. Meigs, Mary M. Meigs, Montgomery Meigs (1847-1931), Montgomery C. Meigs, Minerva Macomb Peters, Thomas Willing Peters, John Rodgers (1812-1882), Louisa Rodgers Meigs, and Mary Montgomery Meigs Taylor. Other correspondents include William Bainbridge, Samuel Barron, Stephen Decatur, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Isaac Hull, Tobias Lear, Douglas MacArthur, Matthew Calbraith Perry, Oliver Hazard Perry, Anne M. Pinkney, David Porter, Samuel L. Southard, Robert Traill Spence, Benjamin Stoddert, John Trippe, and Daniel Webster.
541 $cChiefly gifts and deposits converted to gifts,$aRodgers family members,$d1918-1999.
544 $3Most photographs$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 $aMembers of the Rodgers (Rogers) family represented in the collection include John Rodgers and his wife Minerva Denison Rodgers; their daughter Nannie (Ann Minerva Rodgers Macomb); their granddaughters, Christina and Nannie Macomb; and their great-grandson, Alexander Macomb.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003026
600 10 $aBainbridge, William,$d1774-1833$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBarron, Samuel,$dd. 1810$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDecatur, Stephen,$d1779-1820$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHolmes, Oliver Wendell,$d1841-1935$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHull, Isaac,$d1773-1843$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKimble, William,$dfl. 1813.
600 10 $aLear, Tobias,$d1762-1816$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLincoln, Abraham,$d1809-1865$xAssassination.
600 10 $aMacomb, Ella Chelle McKeldon$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMacomb, J. N.$q(John N.),$d1810 or 11-1889$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMacArthur, Douglas,$d1880-1964$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMeigs, Charles D.$q(Charles Delucena),$d1792-1869$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMeigs, Mary M.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMeigs, Montgomery,$d1847-1931$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMeigs, Montgomery C.$q(Montgomery Cunningham),$d1816-1892$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPerry, Matthew Calbraith,$d1794-1858$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPerry, Oliver Hazard,$d1785-1819$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPeters, Minerva Macomb$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPeters, Thomas Willing$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPinkney, Anne M.$q(Anne Maria)$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPorter, David,$d1780-1843$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRodgers, Henry,$dd. 1854.
600 10 $aRodgers, John,$d1812-1882$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMeigs, Louisa Rodgers$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSouthard, Samuel L.$q(Samuel Lewis),$d1787-1842$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSpence, Robert Traill,$d1785?-1826$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aStoddert, Benjamin,$d1751-1813$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTaylor, Mary Montgomery Meigs,$d1843-1885$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTrippe, John,$d1785-1810$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWebster, Daniel,$d1782-1852$vCorrespondence.
600 30 $aMeigs family$vCorrespondence.
600 30 $aRogers family.
600 30 $aRogers family$vCorrespondence.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy$xOfficers.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy.$bMediterranean Squadron.
610 20 $aAlbany (Sloop of war)
610 20 $aConcord (Sloop of war)
610 20 $aConstitution (Frigate)
610 20 $aNew York Naval Shipyard.
610 20 $aNorth Carolina (Ship of the line)
610 20 $aPresident (Frigate)
650 0 $aEmbargo, 1807-1809.
650 0 $aNavy-yards and naval stations$zNew York (State)
650 0 $aMilitary topography$zNew Mexico.
650 0 $aRanches$zWyoming.
651 0 $aHavre de Grace (Md.)$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aSion Hill (Md. : Estate)
650 0 $aDiplomatic and consular service, American$zGermany.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yTripolitan War, 1801-1805.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yWar of 1812.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 $aWashington (D.C.)$xSocial life and customs.
600 34 $aMacomb family$vCorrespondence.
700 1 $aMacomb, Alexander,$d1888-1970.$tAlexander Macomb papers.
700 1 $aMacomb, Ann Minerva Rodgers,$d1824-1916.$tAnn Minerva Rodgers Macomb papers.
700 1 $aMacomb, Christina,$d1861-1945.$tChristina Macomb papers.
700 1 $aMacomb, Nannie,$d1864-1952.$tNannie Macomb papers.
700 1 $aRodgers, John,$d1773-1838.$tJohn Rodgers papers.
700 1 $aRodgers, Minerva Denison,$d1784-1877.$tMinerva Denison Rodgers papers.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003026
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003026.3