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Thomas Rodman estate settlement
No full textThis document concerns monies owed to Mary Rodman and her daughters after the death of Capt. Thomas Rodman in 1766, and Sarah Rodman, a daughter of Mrs. Rotch who died in 1793. Mary Rodman received 237 pounds 10 shillings, Anna Hazard, wife of Thomas Hazard received 72 pounds, 18 shillings. and 2 pence and so on. 8.5" x 9.9" (20.4 by 25.2 cm
Samuel Rodman to Mary Rodman, Nantucket, 10 mo 14, 1793
No full textIn this letter to his mother, Mary Rodman, Samuel Rodman describes his grief over the death of his sister, Sarah Rodman who died of a fever, perhaps small pox in Philadelphia and Newport, Rhode Island in 1793. 7.6" x 9" (19.4 by 23 cm
Mary Rodman letter to Samuel Rodman, Newport, 6 mo 3,1789
No full textMary Rodman discusses her various business ventures and local social events and illnesses in the Newport area with her son, Samuel Rodman. Charity Rodman adds a postscript on page two about asparagus being sent by boat from Newport to Nantucket. 7.82" x 12.20" (20 by 31 cm
Mary Rodman, personal documents
No full textMary Rodman writes that that she and her seven children left Newport, Rhode Island in search of security inland during the three year occupation of the town by British troops during the Revolutionary War that left much of the city in ruins. Mary Rodman notes that she returned to Newport in 1783 to find her house was intact, one of the few in the city to escape destruction. In the following year, 1784, she invited the Rotch family of Nantucket to stay with her family during the yearly Quaker meeting and it was on this occasion that Thomas Rotch(1767-1823) and Charity Rodman, Mary's youngest daughter (1766-1824) met for the first time as teens. They married in 1790 in the same Quaker meeting house in Newport. At the bottom of this note in Charity Rotch's hand is a note indicating that she left Newport with her husband for New Bedford, Massachusetts in August, 1793. 4.5" x 4.7" (10.3 by 12 cm
Samuel Rodman to Mary Rodman, Nantucket, 10 mo 6, 1793
No full textSamuel Rodman laments the death of his sister Sarah who succumbed to a fever in Philadelphia in 1793. 7.95" x 12.5" (20.1 by 32 cm
A copy of a testimonial to Hannah Rodman to Sarah Rodman
No full textSarah Rodman, daughter of Mary Rodman composed this testimonial of her faith "while we lived in Smithfield where we removed in the fall of the year 1775 and continued 10 months that my sister and self were about 13 years of age when we removed to Leicester" from Newport to escape the ravages of the Revolutionary War. 8" x 13
Rodman Accounts; Newport
No full textA note promising payment to Thomas Rodman of two hundred pounds on demand for value received. 7.8" x 3.25
Charity Rodman letter to Elizabeth Rodman, Newport, 11th mo 30, 1787
No full textIn a letter dated three years before her marriage to Thomas Rotch, twenty-one year old Charity Rodman congratulates her sister. Elizabeth Rodman, wife of Thomas Rotch's brother, William on the birth of a baby girl, Anna. (8" X 10" (20.32 x 25.4cm
Mary Rodman business and personal papers
No full textE-2-5 dated February 3, 1790 is a receipt for one pound four shillings for rents on two lots 147 and 148 on land apparently owned by Mary Rodman. see E-2-4 map. E-2-6 is a receipt of monies paid to John Shaw for services rendered to Mary Rodman of Newport, Rhode Island. Clark Rodman was a relative who may also have been the person designated to collect monies owed, hence 'Coltr' after his name. 6.4" x 2.5" (16 by 6.3 cm
Alex Rodman petition for release, 1899
No full textAlex Rodman, an inmate in Fort Smith, applied to be released on October 5, 1899. The letter was sent to U.S. Commissioner Armistad, and witnessed by F. R. McKibben. Rodman served 364 days per his sentence, and an additional 30 days to cover his fine of 250 dollars. His lack of property or much money required him to serve time in lieu of payment. He cited Section 1042 of the revised statutes of the United States.This letter does not mention the crime Rodman committed, but perhaps his release was granted after serving his time
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