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Abstract | John Henry Rogers, 1845-1911, was born in Bertie County, N.C.; moved to Mississippi in 1852; served in the Confederate army; studied law at the University of Mississippi; practiced law in Fort Smith, Ark., beginning in 1869; served as state district judge in Arkansas, 1877-1882; was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1882 and served until 1892; served as federal judge for the western district of Arkansas, 1896 until his death in 1911. Speech delivered at a reunion of Confederate veterans in New Orleans in 1903, by John H. Rogers, arguing the constitutional validity of Southern secession; a biographical sketch of Rogers; transcriptions of newspaper articles about Rogers; and a copy of a photograph of Rogers. |
Creator | Rogers, J. H. (John Henry), 1845-1911. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Speech delivered at a reunion of Confederate veterans in New Orleans in 1903, by John H. Rogers, arguing the constitutional validity of Southern secession; a biographical sketch of Rogers; transcriptions of newspaper articles about Rogers; and a copy of a photograph of Rogers.
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Papers |
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Copy of a photograph of Rogers |