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BOX I:16-22 Part I: Miscellany, 1799-1951
Biographical material, clippings, diaries, financial records, genealogical material, notebooks, photographs, recollections, and wills.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
BOX I:16 Appointment of Thomas Willing Peters as U.S. consul at Plauen, Germany, 1896
Biographical material
Memoirs
Rodgers, John (1773-1838), undated
Rodgers, Minerva D. (1784-1877), undated
(2 folders)
Miscellany, 1864-1921, undated
Calling cards and memorabilia, 1837, undated
Certificate of marriage, Ann Minivera ("Nannie") Rodgers Macomb (1824-1916) and John Navarre Macomb (1811-1889), 1850
Clippings, circa 1830s- circa 1940s
(1 folder)
BOX I:17 (2 folders)
Commission of John Rodgers (1773-1838) to Navy Board of Commissioners, 1827
Compilation of salutes, calls, and entertainments on the Detroit (light cruiser), 1927-1928
Copies of Rodgers family letters, 1799-1848
Deed, Minerva D. Rodgers (1784-1877) to Robert Smith Rodgers (1809-1892) conveying real estate in Harford County, Md., 1841
Diaries
Macomb, Ann Minvera ("Nannie") Rodgers (1824-1916), 1844, 1898
(2 folders)
BOX I:18 Macomb, Ella Chelle McKelden (1857-1946), 1879
Macomb, John Navarre (1811-1889), 1845-1850
Montgomery, Robert H., 1874-1876
Diploma, Hughes High School, Cincinnati, Ohio, Montgomery Meigs Macomb (1852-1924), 1869
Family history, undated
Financial papers, 1804-1931, undated
(6 folders)
BOX I:19 Fisher, A. H., 1865-1869
Gamble, Peter, estate of, 1815
Genealogy, 1863-1907, undated
(2 folders)
Gifts to historical societies, libraries, and museums, 1916-1950
(2 folders)
Jarvis, John Wesley, and portrait of Commodore John Rodgers (1773-1838), 1817-1918, undated
Kimble (or Kemble), William, account of his death, 1833, undated
Macomb home, New York, N.Y., 1880, 1948
Mathematical papers of John N. Macomb, undated
Military records, Augustus Canfield Macomb (1854-1932), 1879-1914
Montgomery, Robert H., war record, 1861-1865
Notebooks
Macomb, Ella Chelle McKelden (1857-1946), 1897-1928
Macomb, Minerva Henry Rodgers (1856-1898), 1874
Rodgers, John (1773-1838), 1826-1827
BOX I:20 Unidentified, 1858, 1875
Obituaries of John Navarre Macomb (1811-1889) and Montgomery Meigs Macomb (1852-1924), 1889, 1924
Photographs, maps, and prints, 1875, 1904, undated
(4 folders)
Play, unidentified, undated
Poetry
Macomb, Ella Chelle McKelden (1857-1946), 1896-1940, undated
(4 folders)
BOX I:21 Miscellany, 1826, 1930, undated
(2 folders)
Printed matter, 1864-1946, undated
Receipts re capture of Falcon (schooner), 1824
Recipes and knitting and sewing instructions, undated
Recollections
Macomb, Ann Minvera ("Nannie") Rodgers (1824-1916), undated
Macomb, Ella Chelle McKelden (1857-1946), circa 1880-circa 1900, undated
(3 folders)
Peters, Minerva Macomb (1856-1898), re trip from Philadelphia, Pa., to Wyoming in 1881, undated
Rodgers, Minerva D. (1784-1877), re Oliver Hazard Perry family and John Rodgers and the defense of Baltimore, Md., 1807, 1814
(2 folders)
Release allowing work by army engineers at Nicollet Island, Mississippi River, Minnesota, 1870
"Rosie--A Romp in Memory, An Impression of Franklin D. Roosevelt,” by Mary Veeder, 1942
San Juan River exploring expedition, topographical memoir, circa 1856- circa 1858
School papers
Macomb, Ann Minvera ("Nannie") Rodgers (1824-1916) and Christina (1861-1945), 1837-1905
Macomb, Nannie R. (1864-1952), 1881
BOX I:22 School papers and miscellaneous writings, Alexander Macomb (1888-1970), 1910-1912, undated
(2 folders)
Scrapbook, "In Papa's Memory," obituaries of M. W. Beveridge, 1897
Sion Hill, Harford County, Md.; Greenleaf Point, Washington, D.C.; and other property, 1828-1845, undated
Snag-boat patent, Edward M. Shield, 1869
Wills and estates, 1868-1945
Unidentified and fragments, 1814-1951, undated
(4 folders)
BOX II:1-2 Part II: Family Correspondence, 1804-1888
Primarily letters sent.
Arranged alphabetically by name of writer and chronologically thereunder.
BOX II:1 Denison, Henry (b. 1782), 1804-1810
Denison, Jerusha, 1820-1831
Forbes, Louisa Rodgers Meigs See Container II:2, Louisa Rodgers Meigs (1854-circa 1925)
Henley, Eliza Denison (1788-1856), to Rodgers family, 1813-1849
Macomb, John Navarre (1811-1889), letters received, 1861-1888
Macomb, Ann Minerva ("Nannie") Rodgers (1824-1916)
to mother, Minerva D. Rodgers (1784-1877), 1834-1862
to brothers, 1837-1850
to other family, 1850-1878
Meigs, John Rodgers (1842-1864), 1854
Meigs, Louisa Rodgers (1817-1869)
to parents, John Rodgers (1773-1838) and Minerva D. Rodgers (1784-1877), 1830-1875, undated
(3 folders)
to sister Ann Minerva ("Nannie") Rodgers Macomb (1824-1916), undated
to brothers, 1827-1850
to daughter, Mary Montgomery Meigs (1843-1930), 1869, 1875
Miscellaneous letters and papers, 1833-1840
BOX II:2 Meigs, Louisa Rodgers (1854-circa 1925), to grandmother, 1867-1868
Meigs, Montgomery (1847-1931) and Grace Lynde (1859-1893), to Macomb family, 1877-1878
Meigs, Montgomery C. (1816-1892), to wife, Louisa Rodgers Meigs (1817-1879), 1875
Miscellaneous letters, fragments of letters, and typed transcripts of letters, 1809-1870
(2 folders)
Rodgers, Augustus Frederick (1829-1908), 1845-1861
Rodgers, Frederick (1811-1828), appointment as midshipman, 1823
Rodgers, George Washington (1787-1832), 1813-1833
Rodgers, Henry ("Hal") (1822-1854)
to family, 1838-1850
Letters received, 1848
Rodgers, Jerusha Carolina (1819-1883) and Elizabeth (1815-1898), 1825-1844
Rodgers, John (1773-1838), to Minerva D. Rodgers (1784-1877), 1806-1827
(4 folders)
Rodgers, John (1773-1838) and Minerva D. (1784-1877)
to daughters, Elizabeth Rodgers (1815-1898) and Jerusha Carolina Rodgers (1819-1883), and son, John Rodgers (1812-1882), 1823-1851
to sons, Frederick Rodgers (1811-1828) and Augustus Frederick Rodgers (1829-1908), 1825, 1847
to son, Robert Smith Rodgers (1809-1892), 1825-1845
(2 folders)
Rodgers, John (1812-1882)
to family, 1832-1870
(2 folders)
Letters received, 1838-1847
Rodgers, Minerva D. (1784-1877)
to husband, John Rodgers (1773-1838), 1804-1825
(4 folders)
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