mixed material monographic eng 14,850 74 4 28.4 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. Open to research. 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 Macomb, Ann Minerva Rodgers, 1824-1916 Macomb, Christina, 1861-1945 Macomb, Nannie, 1864-1952 Rodgers, John, 1773-1838 Rodgers, Minerva Denison, 1784-1877 mm 73038125 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003026 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003026.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003026 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003026.3 Open to research. DLC 730620 20260227111614.0 mm 73038125