07364cpcaa2201033 a 4500 mm 73038125 DLC 20260227111614.0 cr ||||||||||| 730620|||||||||||| eng mm 73038125 ms 70000970 DLC dacs DLC DLC C lcmd Rodgers family papers, 1740-1987 (bulk 1804-1932). 14,850 items. 74 containers plus 4 oversize. 28.4 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, 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. Letters 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). Correspondents 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. Most photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Members 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. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003026 Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833 Correspondence. Barron, Samuel, -1810 Correspondence. Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820 Correspondence. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935 Correspondence. Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843 Correspondence. Kimble, William, active 1813. Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 Correspondence. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Assassination. Macomb, Ella Chelle McKeldon Correspondence. Macomb, J. N. (John N.), 1810 or 1811-1889 Correspondence. MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 Correspondence. Meigs, Charles D. (Charles Delucena), 1792-1869 Correspondence. Meigs, Mary M. Correspondence. Meigs, Montgomery, 1847-1931 Correspondence. Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892 Correspondence. Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858 Correspondence. Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819 Correspondence. Peters, Minerva Macomb Correspondence. Peters, Thomas Willing Correspondence. Pinkney, Anne M. (Anne Maria) Correspondence. Porter, David, 1780-1843 Correspondence. Rodgers, Henry, -1854. Rodgers, John, 1812-1882 Correspondence. Meigs, Louisa Rodgers Correspondence. Southard, Samuel L. (Samuel Lewis), 1787-1842 Correspondence. Spence, Robert Traill, 1785?-1826 Correspondence. Stoddert, Benjamin, 1751-1813 Correspondence. Taylor, Mary Montgomery Meigs, 1843-1885 Correspondence. Trippe, John, 1785-1810 Correspondence. Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Correspondence. Meigs family Correspondence. Rogers family. Rogers family Correspondence. United States. Navy Officers. United States. Navy. Mediterranean Squadron. Albany (Sloop of war) Concord (Sloop of war) Constitution (Frigate) New York Naval Shipyard. North Carolina (Ship of the line) President (Frigate) Embargo, 1807-1809. Navy-yards and naval stations New York (State) Military topography New Mexico. Ranches Wyoming. Havre de Grace (Md.) Social life and customs. Sion Hill (Md. : Estate) Diplomatic and consular service, American Germany. United States History Tripolitan War, 1801-1805. United States History War of 1812. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs. Macomb family Correspondence. Macomb, Alexander, 1888-1970. Alexander Macomb papers. Macomb, Ann Minerva Rodgers, 1824-1916. Ann Minerva Rodgers Macomb papers. Macomb, Christina, 1861-1945. Christina Macomb papers. Macomb, Nannie, 1864-1952. Nannie Macomb papers. Rodgers, John, 1773-1838. John Rodgers papers. Rodgers, Minerva Denison, 1784-1877. Minerva Denison Rodgers papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003026 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003026.3 39261 39261