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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2009
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009191
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
The papers of the Charles H. Rogers family were deposited in the Library of Congress by Corwith Davis in 1996.
The papers of the Charles H. Rogers family were arranged and described in 1997. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the Charles H. Rogers family is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of the Charles H. Rogers family are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Charles H. Rogers Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Charles H. Rogers was born at Bridgehampton, New York, in 1806. As a young man he relocated to Galena, Illinois, where he became a merchant and interested himself in the lead mines and a banking house. It is in Galena that Rogers probably met the Grant family. Returning to New York a wealthy man, Rogers established himself in business and married Mary Post in 1836. He died on September, 20, 1880, at his residence in Ravenswood, New York.
The papers of the Charles H. Rogers family span the years 1858-1930, with the bulk of the material dated during the period 1858-1896. The papers are primarily those of Charles H. Rogers (1806-1880) and his wife and include calling cards, correspondence, military orders and passes, notes, and a photograph. Rogers was a New York financier and a friend of Ulysses S. Grant. The papers include personal correspondence from Grant, his wife Julia Dent Grant, and other members of the Grant family, including Ulysses S. Grant (1852-1929), Nellie Grant Sartoris, Fannie E. Grant, and Orvil L. Grant. The Grant correspondence primarily concerns family matters and social engagements during Grant's residency in the White House, 1869-1877, and his world tour, 1877-1879. Other correspondents are Orville Elias Babcock, Adam Badeau, Julia Sands Bryant, William Cullen Bryant, John A. Rawlins, J. C. Smith, and E. B. Washburne. Smith's correspondence details the Civil War activities of the Ninety-sixth Illinois Volunteer Regiment, in which he served as an officer. Other Civil War material includes a photograph of Grant and military passes authorizing Rogers and his son, John Rogers, passage and transportation within the Union military district.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
| Container | Contents | ||||||||||||
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| BOX 1 | Correspondence, 1858-1884, 1890-1896, 1913, undated | ||||||||||||
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| BOX 1 | Military passes, 1864 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Miscellany, 1864-1865, 1930, undated | ||||||||||||
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