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Ser. 1. Biographical and genealogical, 1803-1809, n.d.
Ser. 2. Family Correspondence, 1763-1915
Ser. 3. Quaker Manuscripts, 1691-1824
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An Inventory of the Rodman-Rotch Families Family Papers,
1763-1865
Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas
Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections
Libraries
1960
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Creator
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Rodman-Rotch Families |
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Title
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Family Papers,
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Dates:
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1763-1865 |
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Abstract:
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The Rodman and Rotch families were New
England Quakers. Samuel Rodman (1753-1835) married Elizabeth Rotch (1757-1856)
in 1780. He was a successful Nantucket and New Bedford, Massachusetts, whaling
merchant and clerk of New England Yearly Meeting. Elizabeth (Rotch) Rodman was
a birthright member of the Society of Friends, also from a family involved in
the whaling business, and active in philanthropic and reform causes. They had
nine children. The Rodmans and Rotches were closely intertwined by marriage;
three of the Rodman siblings married three of the Rotch siblings. The families
also had links to Philadelphia and English mercantile families. The collection
contains chiefly personal correspondence (1763-1865) of the extended Rodman and
Rotch families, along with travel journals (1805, 1807, 1809) and a manuscript
copy of the autobiographical memoir of William Rotch (1734-1828), the father of
Elizabeth Rotch Rodman, and some related material. The families had links to
Philadelphia and English mercantile families. Some of the letters have been
transcribed into typed copies. There are also a small number of Quaker
manuscripts, including accounts of Priscilla Cadwallader's sermon delivered at
Newport, R.I., in 1824; Samuel Spavold's Prophesy or Testimony in 1749; and
Robert Barrow's testimony at the funeral of George Fox. |
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1 box; 0.5 linear ft. |
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Identification:
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RG 5/132 |
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Location:
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For current information on the location of
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Location:
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The Rodman and Rotch families were New England Quakers. Samuel Rodman
(1753-1835) married Elizabeth Rotch (1757-1856) in 1780. He was a successful
Nantucket and New Bedford, Mass., whaling merchant and clerk of New England
Yearly Meeting. Elizabeth (Rotch) Rodman was a birthright member of the Society
of Friends, also from a family involved in the whaling business, and active in
philanthropic and reform causes. They had nine children. The Rodmans and
Rotches were closely intertwined by marriage; three of the Rodman siblings
married three of the Rotch siblings. The families also had links to
Philadelphia and English mercantile families and were related to the Fisher,
Waln, Morgan, Hussey and other families.
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The collection contains chiefly personal correspondence (1763-1865) of
the extended Rodman and Rotch families, along with travel journals (1805, 1807,
1809) and a manuscript copy of the autobiographical memoir of William Rotch
(1734-1828), the father of Elizabeth Rotch Rodman, and some related material.
The families had links to Philadelphia and English mercantile families. Some of
the letters have been transcribed into typed copies. There are also a small
number of Quaker manuscripts, including accounts of Priscilla Cadwallader's
sermon delivered at Newport, R.I., in 1824; Samuel Spavold's Prophesy or
Testimony in 1749; and Robert Barrow's testimony at the funeral of George
Fox.
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials
about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these
headings:
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The collection is divided into three series:
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Ser. 1. Biographical and genealogical, 1803-1809, n.d.
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[Rodman, Eliza?] Phila.
1803
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[Rodman, Eliza?]
1805
Includes visit to Stafford Springs, Conn. and visit to Shakers.
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[Rodman, Eliza?]
1807
Includes visit to Boston, Plymoth, and Sandwich.
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Rotch, Joseph: “Journal of a Southern Tour”
1809
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Rotch, William: "An autobiographical Memoir of William
Rotch written in the eightieth year of his age" Ms. copy
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Genealogical material, dealing with ancestors of Julia
W. Rodman
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Material on Rotch, Starbuck, Rodman, Prior, Haydock
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Chart of Robert & Susanna Heath's
family
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Chart of Tristram Coffin descendants
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Memo of Mary Prior to her children
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An exile from Home: Elizabeth Rotch.
An address by Alfred Rodman Hussey
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Ser. 2. Family Correspondence, 1763-1915
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Dean and Lydia Rotch (1770-1822) on death of Mother Rodman
1798 2mo. 27
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Dean and Lydia Rotch on death of Thomas Rodman
1809 5mo. 14
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Fisher, Hannah Rodman (1764-1819) correspondence
1781-1819
Includes 1 letter by Samuel Fisher on death of Hannah.
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Fisher, Mary Rodman (1781-1813) correspondence from Wakefield, [Mass.]
1807-1812
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Hazard, Anna Rodman (1761-1845) correspondence
1786-1837
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Robeson, Anna Rodman (1787-1848) correspondence
1809-1839
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Rodman, Benjamin (1794-1876) correspondence
1811-1857
Includes “Salutatory oration pronounced
before the trustees of the “Friends Academy”, New Bedford “...being the second
anniversary of the establishment of the Institution...” 5/21/1813.
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Rodman, Mary Borden (1729-1798) correspondence
1781-1794
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Rodman, Samuel (1753-1835) correspondence
1782-1819
Mostly to his wife, Elizabeth
Rotch Rodman.
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Rodman, Samuel, Jr. (1792-1876) correspondence
1809-1865
Also typed extracts of letters
written to S.R., Jr. while at school.
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Rodman, Sarah (1764-1793) correspondence
1787-1793
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Rodman, William Rotch (1786-1855) correspondence
1811-1836
Mostly concerning business.
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Rotch, Benjamin (1762-1839) correspondence
1768-1836
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Rotch, Charity Rodman (1766-1834) correspondence
1791-1823 2 typed copies
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Rotch, Elizabeth Barker (1764-858) correspondence
[1790]-1855
Written from Dunkirk,
Islington, Milford, Lowlands.
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Rotch, Elizabeth Rodman (1759-1828)
1779-1781
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Rotch, Mary (1777-1848)
1790-1813
Also includes copy of Epistle from New
England Y.M. (Women) to Philadelphia YM (Women) 1817, Mary Rotch,
clerk.
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Rotch, William (1734-1828)
1785-1813
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Rotch, William, Jr. (1759-1850)
1779-1842
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Miscellaneous correspondence
1763-1830
Filed chronologically.
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Bowne, Hannah to Elizabeth Rodman
[1805?] 12mo. 10, 1806 3mo. 10
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Emlen, Susannah to Hannah Prior
11 7mo. 12, 1815 1mo. 1. 1819 2mo.
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Fillers, Felix
1809-1815 3 ALsS
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Fisher, William L. to Samuel Rodman, Jr.
1814 3mo. 1
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Haydock, Hannah and/or Henry
[Attached to letter by
Eleanor Moode(?)]
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Haydock, Mary to Samuel Emlen
1791 7mo. 6
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Moode(?), Eleanor
1763 5mo. 31
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Newhall, Mary-Lynn, Troy
1817 6mo. 26, 1827 3mo. 25
To Samuel &
Elizabeth Rodman re religious controversy.
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Rodman, Eliza to Rodman, Samuel, Philadelphia,
1811 1mo. 11
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Rodman, H.H. to Elizabeth Rodman
1820 5mo. 20
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Rodman, Julia, Correspondence on meteorological
records
1915
Includes Rodman, T.P. to Harriet Amanda Holt, 1830 1mo. 24
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Shober, Samuel L. to Charles --, Philadelphia,
1820 12mo. 27
A theological
discussion.
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Ser. 3. Quaker Manuscripts, 1691-1824
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Fothergill, Samuel, testimony
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Hints for my Government externally & internally
(Rules of Conduct)
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Lines on the Death of -- by M.W.C. to Miss Lydia
Rodman
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Mary Newhall's testimony at Rochester
1818 1mo. 4
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[Pine Street Meeting] Account of a sermon by M.M.
n.d.
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Samuel Spavold's Prophesy or testimony at Sauterforth
"the 3d of ye 10th mo 1749"
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A Sketch of Priscilla Hunt's Discourse Delivered at New
Bedford
5/15/1824.
Cadwallader Priscilla 1786 1859)
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The testimony of Robert Barrow
at George Fox's
burial
1691 11mo. 16
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