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John Rodgers (1773-1838), 1788-1941 (continued)
General Correspondence, 1803-1850 (continued)
Blake, George, to Smith Thompson, 1823, July 30
Bullus, Charlotte I., to Charles W. Goldsborough, 1823, Jan. 11 and Mar. 7
Du Val, E. W. to William Jones, 1814, Nov. 6
Epps, John W., to George Pearce, 1809, Mar. 4
Gregory, Francis H., to James Ramage, 1825, Nov. 10
Harrison, William Henry, to Matthew C. Perry, 1821, Apr. 16 and 1839, Sept. 5
Pettigrew, James Johnston, to Matthew F. Maury, 1850, Oct. 21
Jones, Thomas, to Matthew C. Perry, 1845, July 4
Langdon, John, to Samuel Nicholson, undated
Lewis, Morgan, to Oliver H. Perry, 1813, Apr. 20
Mason, John Young, to Matthew C. Perry, 1848, Nov. 14
Packett, John, to Daniel Turner, 1818, Aug. 10
Rush, Benjamin, to Matthew C. Perry, 1838, Oct. 9
Scott, Winfield, to Matthew C. Perry, 1847, Mar. 22
Sumner, Charles, to Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, 1843, Aug. 17
Warrington, Lewis, to Smith Thompson, 1820, Nov. 20
BOX 3-4 Miscellany, 1788-1941
Biographical and autobiographical material, official documents, miscellany concerning Matthew Calbraith Perry, and other miscellaneous items.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material.
BOX 3 Biographical file, circa 1870s
Rodgers, John, family biography
Rodgers, Minerva, autobiographical sketch
Rodgers Nannie, autobiographical sketch
Circulars, 1825-1832
Correspondence, 1882-1886, and journal, kept on board the USS Iroquois, 1864, of nephew, Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers
Correspondence of son-in-law, Montgomery C. Meigs, 1862-1867
Court-martial cases, 1825
Individual accounts, 1788-1825
Letter of grandson, Montgomery M. Macomb, 1916
Perry, Matthew C.
Commission from Millard Fillmore, 1852
Material concerning Perry's 1854 expedition to Japan, 1821-1824, and Battle of Lake Erie controversy, 1841
Statement of Samuel Horseley on Battle of Lake Erie, 1821
Statement of Santa Anna, 1847, Nov. 2
BOX 4 Memoir of Rodgers concerning his imprisonment in Cape Francois, manuscript and typed copy, 1802
Newspaper clippings and magazine, 1812-1832
Official documents
Appointment of U.S. vice consul at Paros, 1823
Frederick Rodgers's appointment as midshipman, 1823
Rodgers's disability certificate (War of 1812), 1837
Patent, 1822
Report of the Board of Navy Commissioners, typed copy, 1815
Scrapbook kept by Rodgers
Estimates for provisions, clothing, and money for ships in the Mediterranean, 1825
Newspaper clippings, 1804-1834
Notes
Signal book, circa 1809
Somers mutiny case, 1843
Survey of ships, 1827-1829
Verse and miscellaneous writings
BOX 5-32 John Rodgers (1812-1882), 1809-1897
BOX 5-20 Notebooks and Official Correspondence, 1828-1881
Orders to duty, letters sent and memoranda received, and general orders on the Florida Expedition, the North Pacific Surveying Expedition, the Civil War and the Asiatic Fleet.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 5 Personal notebooks, circa 1842 and 1873
Orders to duty, 1828-1881
Official correspondence
1839-1841
BOX 6 1842-1843
BOX 7 1852-1854
BOX 8 1854-1860
BOX 9 1861-1862
BOX 10 1863-1865
BOX 11 1865
BOX 12 1866
BOX 13 1867-1870, Aug.
BOX 14 1870
Sept.-Nov.
BOX 15 Dec.-1871, Jan.
BOX 16 1871
Feb.-Apr.
BOX 17 May-June
BOX 18 July-Oct.
BOX 19 1871, Nov.-1872, Feb.
BOX 20 1872, Mar.-1878, undated
BOX 21-29 Family and General Correspondence, 1809-1889
Letters sent and received between family members. Includes Hodge family correspondence.
Arranged by type of correspondence or name of correspondent.
Correspondence with his wife, Ann H. Rodgers
BOX 21 1854-1862, Sept.
BOX 22 1862, Oct.-1864
BOX 23 1865-1868
BOX 24 1870-1872, undated
BOX 25 Correspondence with his mother, Minerva D. Rodgers, 1831-1867
Correspondence with his son, William L. Rodgers, 1861-1880
Correspondence with other family members, 1827-1881
Letters of Sarah Major, 1839, Dec.-1840, Jan.
General correspondence, 1835-1854, 1860-1881
BOX 26 Correspondence with his father-in-law, William L. Hodge, 1861-1867, undated
Correspondence with his sister-in-law, Theodosia Maria Hodge, 1854-1872
BOX 27 Correspondence of Ann H. Rodgers, 1828-1889, undated
BOX 28 William L. Hodge, correspondence with his wife, Sarah Bayard Hodge, 1822-1865, undated
BOX 29 William L. Hodge and Sarah B. Hodge, correspondence with various family members, 1809-1867
BOX 30-32 Miscellany, 1843-1897
Biographical material, genealogy file, photographs, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
BOX 30 Biographical file
Calling cards, 1843-1872
Charts and plans, 1857-1877
Genealogy file
Hodge, Bayard
Rodgers, Denison
General miscellany
Marriage certificate of John Rodgers and Ann E. Hodge, 1857
BOX 31 Newspaper clippings, 1862-1879
Photographs
Printed matter, 1820-1871, undated
Receipts, 1866-1897
Specifications for the construction of a house for Ann H. Rodgers
Verse, 1862-1871, undated
BOX OV 32 Certificate as member of Academy of Science of U.S.A., 1863, Apr. 24
Chamber of Commerce of New York, commendation for service at Valparaiso, Chile, 1866, May 3
Commission as captain, 1863, Feb. 21
Personal nameplate
BOX 33-58 William Ledyard Rodgers (1860-1944), 1870-1944
BOX 33-56 Official, General, and Family Correspondence, 1874-1944
Journal, orders to duty, and letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 33 Journal, USS Pensacola, 1878-1879
Orders to duty, 1880-1923
General correspondence
1874-1919
BOX 34 1920-1922
BOX 35 1923-1944, undated
BOX 36 Family correspondence, 1877-1943
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