Isaac Rogers letters
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letters. Most of the items were written in New York but one was written in Council Bluffs, Iowa; one in Fort Hall, Oregon; and one in upper California. The items were addressed to Lester T. Rogers of Waterford, Connecticut. The letters deal largely with personal and family matters. Also included are patriarchal blessings given to Isaac Rogers and his wife Mary. Also includes "The farewell address of the Rev. John Rogers (the first Christian Martyr under Queen Mary of England) in poetic form written a short time previous to his death and a brief history of his ancestry and his children."
Dates
- 1837-1848
Creator
- Rogers, Isaac, 1793-1849 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Isaac Rogers letters must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
American pioneer and convert to the Mormon Church.
Extent
1 folder (0.1 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/VMSS776.xml
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
General
Materials were removed from the Thomas Nicholls Taylor collection, MSS 1664.
- Correspondence
- Latter Day Saints -- California -- Correspondence
- Latter Day Saints -- Idaho -- Fort Hall -- Correspondence
- Latter Day Saints -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs -- Correspondence
- Latter Day Saints -- New York (State) -- Correspondence
- Letters
- Material Types
- Rogers, Isaac, 1793-1849 -- Correspondence
- Rogers, Lester T. -- Correspondence
- Title
- Register of Isaac Rogers letters
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Leslie Evens
- Date
- 2011 November 21
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States