Nathaniel Peabody Rogers collection

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, New Hampshire 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.

He married Mary Porter Farrand Rogers (1796-1890); they had eight children: Frances Farrand Rogers (1823-1866), George Stanton Rogers (1824-1835), Caroline Prentice Rogers (1826-1891), Daniel Farrand Rogers (1828-1919), Ellen Mulliken Rogers (1830-1890), Mary Porter Rogers (1832-1930), Charles Stuart Rogers (1835-1893), and Lucia Anne Kent Rogers (1837-1901). Mary Porter Farrand Rogers was the daughter of Daniel Farrand (1760-1825) and Mary Porter (1773-1812).

Information from: Old portraits and modern sketches/by John G. Whittier and OPAC.