Nathaniel Peabody Rogers Collection HC.Coll.806 Finding Aid Prepared by Diana Franzusoff Peterson
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Nathaniel Peabody Rogers collection HC.Coll.806 Finding aid prepared by Diana Franzusoff Peterson This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit November 22, 2013 Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 370 Lancaster Ave Haverford, PA, 19041 610-896-1161 [email protected] Nathaniel Peabody Rogers collection HC.Coll.806 Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3 Biographical/Historical note.......................................................................................................................... 5 Scope and Contents note............................................................................................................................... 5 Arrangement note...........................................................................................................................................5 Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................6 Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6 - Page 2 - Nathaniel Peabody Rogers collection HC.Coll.806 Summary Information Repository Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections Creator Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 Creator Clark, Mary Creator Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 Creator Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 Creator Pease, Elizabeth Creator Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898 Creator Rogers, Nathaniel Peabody, 1794-1846 Creator Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 Title Nathaniel Peabody Rogers collection Date [inclusive] 1800-1911 Extent 3.0 Boxes Language English Abstract A collection relating to the work of anti-slavery advocate and worker, Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, and the circle of others involved, including John Greenleaf Whittier, William Lloyd Garrison and Susan B. Anthony. There are a number of issues of the Herald of Freedom of which Rogers was the editor. - Page 3 - Nathaniel Peabody Rogers collection HC.Coll.806 Preferred Citation note Haverford College Library, Haverford, PA, Special Collections, Quaker Collection, Nathaniel Peabody Rogers collection, Coll. No. 806 - Page 4 - Nathaniel Peabody Rogers collection HC.Coll.806 Biographical/Historical note Nathaniel Peabody Rogers (1794-1846) was educated at Dartmouth College and studied and practiced law in New Hampshire. In approximately 1833, Rogers became interested in the antislavery movement. He gave up his law practice and became editor of the Herald of Freedom, an antislavery paper which had been started some three or four years prior. He was an editor of the National Antislavery Standard from June 1840-May 13,1841 and author of "Southern slavery and northern religion: two addresses," delivered in Concord, New Hampshire, February 11,1844, as reported in Concord, N. H. Herald of Freedom, February 16, 1844; the addresses were published in Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave: with related documents / written by himself;edited with an introduction by David W. Blight. Publisher Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's,c 2003.Information from:Old portraits and modern sketches/ by John G. Whittier and OPAC Scope and Contents note Letters of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers (1794-1846), American abolitionist, to his wife, Mary Porter Farrand Rogers, and members of his family; also, to friends interested in the anti-slavery movement. Writers of letters to Nathaniel P. Rogers include: Mary Clark, William Lloyd Garrison, Isaac Tatem Hopper, Elizabeth Pease, George Thompson, Richard Davis Webb, John Greenleaf Whittier, and others. There are two letters from Sen. Charles Sumner to Sen. McPhail, three letters from Parker Pillsbury to Mary Rogers, a letter from Susan B. Anthony to Mary Rogers and a copy of a Frederick Douglass letter (1892 2/18) to Marshall Pierce. The collection also includes deeds, receipts, and other legal documents, as well as drafts of editorials, letters to newspapers,articles by N.P. Rogers and a signed photograph of John G. Whittier. There is the original constitution of the Plymouth Anti-Slavery Society. In addition, there are letters about Nathaniel P. Rogers and a proposed memorial to be erected by his grandchildren in Concord, N.H. As well, there are over 100 issues of the Herald of Freedom. Arrangement note List of materials in boxes available in box 1. - Page 5 - Nathaniel Peabody Rogers collection HC.Coll.806 Administrative Information Publication Information Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections Conditions Governing Access note This collection is open for research use. Conditions Governing Use note Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material. Immediate Source of Acquisition note Gift of Joshua L. Baily Jr., 1949, except Whittier letters and Quaker materials purchased by Haverford College, all through purchase from Hillcrest Book Shop Related Materials Related Archival Materials note See also the M.A. thesis by Robert Stanley Arthur, written in 1951:"Nathaniel Peabody Rogers,1794 - 1846: New Hampshire abolitionist." in the Haverford College archives: HCV R9 Ib andCollection no. 1220 "Joseph S. Elkinton Collection" for additional N.P. Rogers materials. Controlled Access Headings Personal Name(s) • Baily, Joshua L. (Joshua Longstreth), 1926-1916 - Page 6 - Nathaniel Peabody Rogers collection HC.Coll.806 Subject(s) • Abolitionists -- United States -- 19th century • Antislavery movements -- United States - Page 7 -.