J. H. Rogers Papers, 1903.

Summary

Creator:
Rogers, J. H. (John Henry), 1845-1911.
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.

Extent:
7 items
Language:
Materials in English
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Background

Scope and content:

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.

Acquisition information:

Received from William S. Lovell of Birmingham, Ala. in 1943 and John E. Tyler of Roxobel, N.C., in May 1996 (Acc. 96056).

Processing information:

Processed by: Linda Sellars, January 1997

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

Updated by: Dawne Howard Lucas, April 2021

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the J. H. Rogers Papers #2638-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
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