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Nathaniel Peabody Rogers miscellaneous papers

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Scope and Contents

Included are a genealogical chart of the Rogers family and a scrapbook with biographical information on N.P. Rogers and other Rogers family members; N.P. Rogers' diary, May-July 1840; holograph texts for speeches on slavery by Rogers; typed copy of letters from "The Old Men of the Mountain" and to the Herald of Freedom in 1846 by Rogers

Creator

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Biographical / Historical

Nathaniel Peabody Rogers (1794-1896) practiced law in New Hampshire. In 1833, he became interested in the antislavery movement and became the editor of the Herald of Freedom, an antislavery paper. He also spoke on the topic of antislavery.

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