Ravaud Kearney Rodgers papers, 1671-1879
Correspondence and scrapbook documenting New Jersey Presbyterian minister Ravaud K. Rodgers from 1671 to 1879.
More About This Collection
Creator
Read, Keith M., 1880-1940
Date of Original
1732/1905
Subject
Clergy--New Jersey
Missionaries
Presbyterian Church in America
Presbyterians--New Jersey
Schuyler family
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Location
United States, New Jersey, Morris County, Morristown, 40.79677, -74.48154
United States, New York, Albany County, Albany, 42.65258, -73.75623
Medium
scrapbooks
clippings (information artifacts)
correspondence
Type
Text
Description
The collection consists of papers of Rev. Ravaud K. Rodgers dating 1671-1879. The papers include a scrapbook containing clippings documenting Rodgers' ministerial career in New Jersey as well as autographs collected by Rodgers. The collection also consists of items, mainly correspondence, collected by Rodgers including several letters relating to the Revolutionary War, documents pertaining to the Schuyler family, and "A memorial of Rev. Ravaud K. Rodgers, D. D., [Re-printed by the Society's proceedings]." Of particular interest is a letter (dated July 17, 1776) describing the celebration at Fort Monmouth (N.J.) upon the declaration of independence., Ravaud Kearney Rodgers (1796-1879), Presbyterian minister of the Jersey City Presbyterian Church, Bound Brook, New Jersey. He died in Athens, Ga., January 12, 1879.
Language
eng
Holding Institution
Hargrett Library
Rights
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