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Auction archive: Lot number 187

USN Archive Featuring Correspondence of Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers, Incl. Mexican War, Indian War, and Civil War Content

Estimate
US$30,000 - US$50,000
Price realised:
US$36,250
Auction archive: Lot number 187

USN Archive Featuring Correspondence of Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers, Incl. Mexican War, Indian War, and Civil War Content

Estimate
US$30,000 - US$50,000
Price realised:
US$36,250
Beschreibung:

Substantial and historically significant archive of more than 320 letters, most addressed to Rear Admiral Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers (1819-1892), a career naval officer who hailed from two of the most distinguished families in the history of the US Navy. Correspondence spans 1840s-1890s (bulk 1840s-1860s). Approximately 75 different correspondents with content describing naval activity of the Indian, Mexican-American, and Civil Wars as well as details relative to the private lives of the preeminent Perry and Rodgers families. Correspondents include over a dozen members of the Perry/Rodgers/Slidell families, approximately thirty identified naval officers, and some of the most famous names in nineteenth-century naval history, including Commodore Matthew C. Perry, Rear Admiral John Rodgers, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Rear Admiral Samuel F. DuPont, Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, and Admiral David Dixon Porter As the son of Captain George Washington Rodgers (1787-1832) and Anna Maria Perry (1797-1856), nephew to Com. Oliver H. Perry and Com. Matthew C. Perry, and grandson of Capt. Christopher Raymond Perry and Com. John Rodgers, Christopher Raymond Perry "C.R.P." Rodgers was all but destined to follow in the family tradition of service in the United States Navy. He was appointed midshipman on October 5, 1833, then went on to duty with the Pacific, Brazil, Mediterranean, African, and European Squadrons. He commanded the schooner Phoenix during the Seminole War, participated in the siege of Vera Cruz and the capture of Tabasco and Tuxpan by his uncle Com. Matthew C. Perry during the Mexican-American War, and was part of Samuel F. Du Pont's South Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the Civil War. His decades-long career was capped with a two-year tour as Commander of the Pacific Squadron and two separate appointments as Superintendent of the US Naval Academy. Like his uncle Matthew Perry, Rodgers was related by marriage to the influential Slidell family of Louisiana. Rodgers married Julia Slidell (1820-1889) in 1845. Correspondence addressed to her constitutes the bulk of letters in the collection that are not addressed to C.R.P. Rodgers. The earliest letters in the collection (26 total) span 1840-1842 when Rodgers was stationed at Key West during the Second Seminole War, serving first on board the USS Flirt and later commanding the USS Phoenix. Letters written to Rodgers during this period describe ongoing naval operations in the region and the unfolding issues related to the USN occupation of the remote outpost Indian Key (FL), site of an Indian raid in August 1840. Correspondents include H.D. Taliaferro, Asst. Surgeon on the Flirt, who describes difficulties with the men on Indian Key in a September 1840 letter, noting among other issues the good deal of trouble stirred up after a "grog shop" was opened on the wharf. George H. Terret, future Confederate officer who served as Lieut. of Marines at Indian Key, writes from Indian Key on November 4, 1840, and describes John Rodgers' efforts to find a missing schooner and the departure of Captain Jacob Houseman "one of the greatest rascals in existence." Passed Midshipman H.H. Lewis who served with Rodgers aboard the Flirt writes to Rodgers on January 28 [1841] requesting news since his departure, including discussion of army Col. William S. Harney's controversial attack on Seminole Indians encamped in the Everglades. Additional correspondents include naval officers Francis K. Murray, William Drayton, James S. Ridgely and more. The Mexican-American War features somewhat less prominently in the archive, however, numerous letters address heightened tensions with Mexico and the evolving military and political situation. Though most recognized for his naval service during the Civil War, Rodgers' younger brother George Washington Rodgers (1832-1863) was a young sailor at the outbreak of the Mexican-American War. Six letters in this collection date to G.W. Rodgers' service ab

Auction archive: Lot number 187
Auction:
Datum:
26 Jun 2020
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Substantial and historically significant archive of more than 320 letters, most addressed to Rear Admiral Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers (1819-1892), a career naval officer who hailed from two of the most distinguished families in the history of the US Navy. Correspondence spans 1840s-1890s (bulk 1840s-1860s). Approximately 75 different correspondents with content describing naval activity of the Indian, Mexican-American, and Civil Wars as well as details relative to the private lives of the preeminent Perry and Rodgers families. Correspondents include over a dozen members of the Perry/Rodgers/Slidell families, approximately thirty identified naval officers, and some of the most famous names in nineteenth-century naval history, including Commodore Matthew C. Perry, Rear Admiral John Rodgers, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Rear Admiral Samuel F. DuPont, Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, and Admiral David Dixon Porter As the son of Captain George Washington Rodgers (1787-1832) and Anna Maria Perry (1797-1856), nephew to Com. Oliver H. Perry and Com. Matthew C. Perry, and grandson of Capt. Christopher Raymond Perry and Com. John Rodgers, Christopher Raymond Perry "C.R.P." Rodgers was all but destined to follow in the family tradition of service in the United States Navy. He was appointed midshipman on October 5, 1833, then went on to duty with the Pacific, Brazil, Mediterranean, African, and European Squadrons. He commanded the schooner Phoenix during the Seminole War, participated in the siege of Vera Cruz and the capture of Tabasco and Tuxpan by his uncle Com. Matthew C. Perry during the Mexican-American War, and was part of Samuel F. Du Pont's South Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the Civil War. His decades-long career was capped with a two-year tour as Commander of the Pacific Squadron and two separate appointments as Superintendent of the US Naval Academy. Like his uncle Matthew Perry, Rodgers was related by marriage to the influential Slidell family of Louisiana. Rodgers married Julia Slidell (1820-1889) in 1845. Correspondence addressed to her constitutes the bulk of letters in the collection that are not addressed to C.R.P. Rodgers. The earliest letters in the collection (26 total) span 1840-1842 when Rodgers was stationed at Key West during the Second Seminole War, serving first on board the USS Flirt and later commanding the USS Phoenix. Letters written to Rodgers during this period describe ongoing naval operations in the region and the unfolding issues related to the USN occupation of the remote outpost Indian Key (FL), site of an Indian raid in August 1840. Correspondents include H.D. Taliaferro, Asst. Surgeon on the Flirt, who describes difficulties with the men on Indian Key in a September 1840 letter, noting among other issues the good deal of trouble stirred up after a "grog shop" was opened on the wharf. George H. Terret, future Confederate officer who served as Lieut. of Marines at Indian Key, writes from Indian Key on November 4, 1840, and describes John Rodgers' efforts to find a missing schooner and the departure of Captain Jacob Houseman "one of the greatest rascals in existence." Passed Midshipman H.H. Lewis who served with Rodgers aboard the Flirt writes to Rodgers on January 28 [1841] requesting news since his departure, including discussion of army Col. William S. Harney's controversial attack on Seminole Indians encamped in the Everglades. Additional correspondents include naval officers Francis K. Murray, William Drayton, James S. Ridgely and more. The Mexican-American War features somewhat less prominently in the archive, however, numerous letters address heightened tensions with Mexico and the evolving military and political situation. Though most recognized for his naval service during the Civil War, Rodgers' younger brother George Washington Rodgers (1832-1863) was a young sailor at the outbreak of the Mexican-American War. Six letters in this collection date to G.W. Rodgers' service ab

Auction archive: Lot number 187
Auction:
Datum:
26 Jun 2020
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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