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Title: Baltimore : its history and its people
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Hall, Clayton Coleman, 1847-1916 Lewis Historical Publishing Co
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Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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ambition and abiHty in young men, and was ready tofurther the endeavors of such to the full extent of his powers, industryand brains being the only aristocracy to which he accorded recognition. Inall he was simple and unassuming, and opposed to ostentation of allkinds. EDMUND LAW ROGERS It is no disparagement to the present generation of Baltimoreans tosay that the gentlemen of the old school is a type rapidly disappearingfrom our city. So numerous has it been among us in the past, this typewhich the more leisurely life of past days gave time to develop, that tocite a few examples which space permits would seem to slight the manyleft unmentioned. It is not very long since a few of these stately gentle-men still survived, recalling by their presence the traditions of a courtlypast, and of these not one has left a more vivid impression on the mindsof those whose privilege it is to remember him than has Edmund LawRogers, a lifelong and honored resident of the city of his birth. It is now
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# (^^^^rf^x4.^^^ac4r/0^^ HISTORY OF BALTIMORE 833 some fifteen years since Mr. Rogers was last seen among us, but thememory of him is cherished in many hearts. (I) Nicholas Rogers, a direct ancestor of Edmund Law Rogers, wasof Baltimore county, Maryland, and died in 1690. (II) Nicholas (2) Rogers, son of Nicholas (i) Rogers, married Eli-nor , and died in 1720. (III) Nicholas (3) Rogers, son of Nicholas (2) and Elinor Rogers,was one of the earliest settlers in Baltimore and owned the first ship thatplied between this city and foreign lands. He married Henrietta Jones,and died in 1758. (IV) Nicholas (4) Rogers, son of Nicholas (3 )and Henrietta (Jones)Rogers, was born in Baltimore, and was educated at Glasgow University,Scotland. He held the rank of colonel in the Continental army, was aideto General du Coudray and to Baron de Kalb, and served throughout theRevolutionary war. He was devoted to music, architecture and landscapegardening, taking pleasure in adorning his beautiful estate o

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