More on Nathaniel Henry Bouldin Who Died in Pelham's Confederate Prisoner of War Camp

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Though it seems hard to believe today, a Confederate prisoner of war camp once stood within the Town of Pelham during the final weeks of the Civil War.  The POW camp opened the very month the war ended as Union troops overran the Confederacy and sent waves of captured Rebel troops northward during the final weeks of the war. 

Pelham's prison opened in early April 1865 and operated until the last Confederate prisoners were released from the facility in July 1865.  Although some records misplace the location of the camp, we know that it stood on the north end of Hart Island (also known as Hart's Island) which, at the time, was part of the Town of Pelham.  The northern tip of the island was a lowland area. There, lightly-constructed prison "barracks" were built.  The barracks were basically open to the elements with open windows and a door on only one side of the building (to reduce avenues of possible escape from its rear). 

Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog provides additional research regarding one of the Confederate prisoners in the camp who died and was buried on Hart Island.  His name was Nathaniel Henry Bouldin.  I have a special interest in him.

Nathaniel Henry Bouldin was a Great-Great Grandfather of my wife.

I have written before, briefly, about Nathaniel Henry Bouldin.  See Mon., Mar. 29, 2010:  Nathaniel H. Bouldin, a Poor Confederate Prisoner of War Who Died in Pelham in 1865.  Private Nathaniel Henry Bouldin, who served in Company F of the 57th Regiment Virginia Volunteers during the entire Civil War, clearly was a brave man.  

Bouldin fell wounded on the field at Gettysburg during Pickett’s Charge which many consider to be the "high-water-mark" of the Confederacy. He was taken prisoner as a wounded soldier, but lived to fight again.  Indeed, after a prisoner exchange, he was wounded a second time. He lived to fight again. Subsequently, he was captured at the Battle of Five Forks near Petersburg, Virginia on April 1, 1865. He was sent north to a prisoner of war camp on Hart Island in Pelham, New York in the Long Island Sound. There, Bouldin was killed by a bigger foe: disease.  

Bouldin suffered “chronic diarrhea” during a cholera outbreak on Hart Island and died in De Camp General Hospital on Davids Island, just northeast of Harts Island off the shore of Pelham and New Rochelle, New York. He left behind his 35 year-old wife, Sally Ann Hundley Bouldin, and their children:  George William (my wife's Great-Grandfather), John Burrel, Mary Ann, and Martha Emerline.  The oldest, George, was thirteen at the time of his father's death.  The youngest, Mary Ann, was not yet eight years old.

Detail from 1884 United States Coast Guard Survey

Nautical Chart No. 361 Entitled "CITY ISLAND

HARBOR LONG ISLAND SOUND" Showing Hart

Island. Note the Many Buildings on the Island, Many

of Which Were Part of the Military Training Facility

During the Civil War.  NOTE: Click on Image to Enlarge.

On November 19, 1864, a popular national publication, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, published an article on the "new" Union military facilities constructed on Hart Island.  Significantly, the article included several important engravings of outdoor scenes (and one indoor scene) on the island.  The engravings, according to the article that accompanied them, were based on photographs of Hart Island taken by "Mr. Tyler, the well-known photographer."   I have written before of these engravings, a complete set of which may be found at:  Tue., Dec. 13, 2016:  Rare and Stunning Images of Civil War Pelham Engraved from Photographs Taken In 1864. 

"VIEW OF HART'S ISLAND."

NOTE: Click on Image to Enlarge.

The engraving immediately above shows the portion of Hart Island on which the military training facility was built.  In the waters on the right, in the foreground of the engraving, is a steamboat.  This likely depicts the steamboat John Romer.  It was the principal means of transportation to and from Hart Island at the time.  According to the article published with the engravings, passengers on the John Romer traveling to Hart Island typically were packed as thickly as sardines or figs in a "figdrum."  Indeed, if you pay close attention to the steamboat in the image, it is packed with passengers. 

Barracks and officers' quarters appear visible on the high ground of the island in the engraving above.  The prisoner of war camp was built on lowlands on Hart Island.  Close inspection of the image shows that in addition to the many buildings that appear to be painted white, there are many more that appear to be of unpainted wood that, though difficult to see in the image, are scattered all over the landscape.

"HART ISLAND, NEAR NEW YORK, A STATION FOR THE

DISBANDMENT OF THE FEDERAL ARMY." 1865 Engraving

Depicting the Military Facilities on Hart Island Only Months

After the Last Confederate Prisoners Left the Island in July.

Source: The Illustrated London News, Aug. 12, 1865, Vol.

47, No. 1328, p. 128. NOTE: Click on Image to Enlarge.

The prison's monthly sick reports for April, May, and June, 1865 suggest that the mean number of prisoners held in the camp was 3,031 during that three-month period. The reports further indicate that conditions were horrendous and cases of diarrhea and dysentery were rampant. Cf. Woodward, Joseph Janvier, THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HISTORY OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, Part II, Vol. I, p. 39 (Washington, D.C.: Gov’t Printing Office, 1879).

The men were confined in such close quarters that each had the equivalent of 102 cubic feet of air space -- the equivalent of less than five feet by five feet by six feet high. Digital images of the orders and prisoners' registers for the Confederate prisoner of war camp on Hart Island are freely available online. See FamilySearch.com, United States Records of Prisoners of War, 1861-1865: NY, Hart Island, Prison Camp - Orders, Prisoner Registers, 1865, v. 265-69 (259 pages; visited on Feb. 20, 2016). 

We know from an officer's memoir published well after the War that the prison, which was located at the northern end of Hart Island, was separated from the Union camp and military facilities on the remainder of the island by a "very strong twelve-foot fence." Entrance to the prison camp was through "a very strong and massive door or gate." The entire prison facility on the north end of the island was guarded by sentries stationed on land and guards in patrol boats that patrolled the island. See Roemer, Jacob, REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION 1861-1865 BY BVT.-MAJ. JACOB ROEMER, BATTERY L. SECOND N.Y. ARTILLERY, AND THIRTY-FOURTH N.Y.V.V. IND. LT. BATTERY, pp. 304-06 (Flushing, N.Y.: Estate of Jacob Roemer, 1897).

In late April, 1865, only weeks after being admitted into the POW camp, Nathaniel Henry Bouldin became violently ill with "chronic diarrhea."  On April 29, he was admitted to De Camp General Hospital on nearby Davids Island off the shores of New Rochelle and Pelham.  There, on May 1, 1865, he died and was buried on Hart Island the same day.  He was 33 years old at the time of his death.  Immediately below is an image of the Union Army's "RECORD OF DEATH AND INTERMENT" of Nathaniel Henry Bouldin.  

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During the 20th Century, the remains of Nathaniel Henry Bouldin and other Confederates who died in the POW camp on Hart Island were exhumed and moved to Cyprus Hills National Cemetery.  His remains are marked and are located at Cypress Hills National Cemetery, 625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11208, Section 1, Site 2677.  Immediately below is a map of the section where Nathaniel Henry Bouldin's remains rest, followed by a photograph of his gravestone and an example of one of his many muster roll records reflecting his war service.

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Example of Muster Roll Card Record for Nathaniel Henry Bouldin.

Source:  Confederate Muster Roll, Co. F, 57th Virginia Infantry, Pg. 01,

Nathaniel H. Bouldin.  Source:  Publication Title - The National Archives

and Records Administration, NARA M324.  Compiled Service Records

of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State

of Virginia, NARA Catalog ID 586957 (Carded Records Showing Military

Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations, 

compiled 1903 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1865; Record

Group 109, Virginia, Fifty-Seventh Infantry Regiment, Bouldin, Nathaniel H.).

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I have written before about the Confederate prisoner of war camp in the Town of Pelham. For examples, see: 

Mon., Feb. 22, 2016:  Report on Prisoner Deaths at the Confederate POW Camp in Pelham During the Civil War.

Wed., Oct. 21, 2015:  Ministering to Troops on Hart and Davids Islands During and Shortly After the Civil War. 

Thu., Jun. 12, 2014:  Eyewitness Account of Prisoner of War Concentration Camp That Once Stood in Pelham. 

Fri., May 21, 2010:  The Announcement of President Abraham Lincoln's Assassination in Pelham, NY on April 15, 1865. 

Mon., Mar. 29, 2010:  Nathaniel H. Bouldin, a Poor Confederate Prisoner of War Who Died in Pelham in 1865. 

Detail from 1867 Map Showing Hart Island on the Far Right.

The Northern End of the Island, on this Map, is Depicted as

Lowlands. Source: "Plan of East Chester, Pelham and New

Rochelle, Westchester Co." in Atlas of New York and Vicinity

From Actual Surveys by and Under the Direction of F. W.

Beers, Assisted by Geo. E. Warner & Others," p. 7 (NY, NY:

Beers, Ellis & Soule, 1867). NOTE: Click on Image to Enlarge.

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Claim that 49 of the 60 Men Pelham Sent to Fight in the Civil War Died

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One of the most glaring holes in Pelham history, long a Pelham history mystery, is the list of Pelham men who left the little town to fight in the Civil War and never returned.  Indeed, for many decades Memorial Day remembrances that involve reading the names of those from Pelham who died while serving their nation begin with reading the names of Pelham's dead during the Spanish-American War fought in 1898, more than thirty years after the War of the Rebellion.

There is no memorial to Civil War dead anywhere in Pelham.  The Office of the Historian of the Town of Pelham contains no definitive records reflecting the names of the Civil War dead of the Town, although there are some early Memorial Day remembrance materials listing thirteen or so Pelham residents who served in the war and are listed "In Memoriam."  Extensive research has revealed the names of many who enlisted in the Union Army "from" Pelham but the designation was used in many records to indicate the men were "mustered in" in Pelham -- where there was a massive mustering in facility on Hart's Island.  Thus, it has been extraordinarily difficult to cross-reference multiple census records, Civil War casualty records, mustering in records, and other such records to identify -- with certainty -- young men from Pelham who died in the Civil War.

Research has revealed a very brief newspaper reference suggesting that Pelham suffered heart-breaking and large casualties among the young men it sent off to fight in the War of the Rebellion.  According to the account, sixty men from the Town of Pelham fought in the War and forty-nine died:  an astounding 82% casualty rate.  The brief reference is transcribed in its entirety immediately below, followed by a citation and link to its source:

"The town of Pelham sent sixty men to the front in the Rebellion, only eleven of whom survived.  The town is now anxious to erect a soldiers' monument to commemorate the deeds of her sons.  The site contemplated is at the entrance of Pelham and Pelham Manor, on a large hill, overlooking the Sound."

Source:  [Untitled], New-York Tribune, Jul. 10, 1897, Vol. LVII, No. 18,500, p. 4, col. 4 (Note:  Paid subscription required to access via this link).

No such monument was erected.  Moreover, although research has revealed much about Pelham's history as it relates to the Civil War, no definitive list of Pelham's Civil War dead has yet been prepared despite extensive research.  

A few of the many previous Historic Pelham articles about Pelham and the Civil War include:

Fri., Jul. 07, 2017:  James Francis Secor, Builder of Union Monitors, Ironclads, and Drydocks During Civil War, Lived in Pelham.

Fri., Mar. 10, 2017:  Pelham Taxpayers Funded Westchester County Bonds to Pay Bounties During the Civil War.

Tue., Dec. 13, 2016:  Rare and Stunning Images of Civil War Pelham Engraved from Photographs Taken In 1864.  

Mon., May 02, 2016:  Additional Research on the Confederate Prisoner of War Camp During the Civil War on Hart's Island in the Town of Pelham.  

Thu., Mar. 17, 2016:  Did Pelham Residents Die Fighting for the Union During the Civil War?

Wed., Feb. 24, 2016:  What is Pelham's Connection to the Civil War Ironclad USS Monitor that Fought in the First Battle of Ironclads?

Mon., Feb. 22, 2016:  Report on Prisoner Deaths at the Confederate POW Camp in Pelham During the Civil War.

Wed., Oct. 21, 2015:  Ministering to Troops on Hart and Davids Islands During and Shortly After the Civil War.  

Mon., Jul. 07, 2014:  More About Pelham Residents Who Served Their Nation During the U.S. Civil War. 

Thu., Jun. 12, 2014:  Eyewitness Account of Prisoner of War Concentration Camp That Once Stood in Pelham. 

Fri., May 21, 2010:  The Announcement of President Abraham Lincoln's Assassination in Pelham, NY on April 15, 1865. 

Tue., Mar. 30, 2010:  Obituary of William McAllister Who Built Civil War Gunboats in Pelham. 

Mon., Mar. 29, 2010:  Nathaniel H. Bouldin, a Poor Confederate Prisoner of War Who Died in Pelham in 1865. 

Tue., Nov. 03, 2009:  Pelham Students Help Civil War Soldiers on Davids' Island in 1864. 

Fri., Nov. 18, 2005:  A List of Pelham Residents Who Served the Union During the Civil War. 

Mon., Jul. 11, 2005:  Pelham Cemetery on City Island. 

Fri., Jun. 3, 2005:  Davids' Island Off the Coast of Pelham Manor During the Civil War. 

Tue., Apr. 12, 2005:  Pelham and the Civil War Ironclad USS Monitor.

Programs for Pelham's early Memorial Day remembrance ceremonies, at first, seem to shed light on the issue of identifying Pelham's Civil War dead.  For example, the program for the 1949 Memorial Day Exercises of the Town of Pelham held at the Memorial High School Field provides "In Memoriam" lists for the "Civil War," "Indian Wars," "Spanish War," "World War I," and "World War II."  The Civil War "In Memoriam" section of the program lists the following (I have provided units where I have found them so far):

William Dorrance Beach 
Samuel D. Bertine 
William Dally - Company D, 133rd Infantry Regiment New York 
Patrick J. Gleason 
James C. Hazen 
William P. Hibler 
John T. Logan 
David Lyon 
Samuel E. Lyon 
William Mercer 
Peter McLaughlin 
William H. Valentine - Company D, 5th Veteran Infantry Regiment New York 
Charles A. Walker

At first blush, this might seem to be a list of thirteen Pelham men who died in the Civil War.  That does NOT appear to be the case, however.  Research suggests that most if not all of these men survived the war.  The list, instead, seems to be a list of Civil War veterans who died after the war and were honored during the 1949 remembrance exercises, although it remains possible that one or more were Civil War casualties.  In short, the issue of the identities of Pelham's Civil War dead remains muddled.

Did Pelham lose forty-nine of the sixty men who fought during the War, as claimed by the New-York Tribune in 1897?  Hopefully future research will reveal the names of those dead.  For now, their identities remain a "Pelham History Mystery."

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More on 19th Century Clothing Merchant Patrick Lawrence Rogers of Pelham

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Patrick Lawrence Rogers was born in Ireland in 1817.  His mother, Rose, bore him when she was 28-years-old.  He was married to Sarah Ann Mills by 1840 when he was 23-years-old.  It is not yet known when Rogers immigrated to the United States, but he arrived by 1840.  He and his wife had at least four sons and eight daughters between 1840 and 1853.  They lived for a time in Brooklyn, before moving to Pelham.

P. L. Rogers, as he was known, became a successful New York City clothier as a young man.  By the early 1840s, he operated a "Fashionable Tailoring Establishment" at 292 Grand Street.  His business grew until he outgrew his Grand Street space.  In about 1845, he moved his business to 102 Bowery, between Hester and Grand Streets and placed the following advertisement regarding the move:

"P. L. ROGERS' Fashionable Tailoring Establishment 102 Bowery, between Hester and Grand sts. would inform his old customers and the public in general, that having from his untiring exertions increased his business to such an extent, he has been compelled to change his place from 292 Grand-st. to the above place; he would call the attention of his customers and the public to a very well selected assortment of Fall and Winter Goods, embracing all the latest styles of French and English Cloths and Cassimeres, a very rich lot of Velvet Vestings, suitable for the coming season -- all of which will be made in a few hours' notice, at extraordinary low prices, and in the superiur [sic] style for which the establishment has been so long celebrated.  Employing the best workmen, he does not hesitate [to] challenge a comparison with any in point of style or elegance, in the city.  s18 6teodis*"

Source:  P.L. ROGERS' [Advertisement], New-York Daily Tribune, Sep. 25, 1845, Vol. V, No. 144, p. 3, col. 6.  

By 1849, P. L. Rogers had moved his establishment once again, this time to 76 Fulton Street at its intersection with Gold Street.  Once again, his advertisements emphasized the quality of his cloths, "Cassimeres," and "Vestings."  One advertisement stated:

"CLOTHING.
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THE BEST PLACE TO GET NEAT AND FASHIONABLE clothing made to order, or buy it ready made from the best material, is at the store of P. L. Rogers, 76 Fulton street, corner of Gold, where he is prepared to show his friends and the public an extensive and well selected assortment of cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings, which he will make up to be sure in the best and most fashionable style, and at the lowest possible price.

P. L. ROGERS,
76 Fulton street, corner of Gold."

Source:  CLOTHING -- THE BEST PLACE TO GET NEAT AND FASHIONABLE [Advertisement], The New York Herald, May 28, 1849, No. 5470, p. 5, col. 5.  

By 1850, P. L. Rogers seems to have expanded the nature of his business from tailoring and retail clothing to a combination clothing retailer and wholesaler.  Indeed, his advertisements became lengthier and contained more pricing information.  For example, the following advertisement appeared on May 31, 1850:

"CLOTHING.
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THE BEST PLACE TO BUY.

CLOTHING AT WHOLESALE OR RERAIL [sic], is at the Store of P. L. ROGERS, 76 FULTON - ST. at the sign of Gen. Taylor.  I assert, without hesitation, that my stock of Spring and Summer Clothing is the cheapest and most varied, both in style and prices, that has ever been offered for sale in the city.

Dress and Frock Coats, From French and English Cloths........$5 00 to 20
Office and Business Coats, from Cassimere, Cashmerett, Tweed, Alapacca, and Linen, &c.........$1 00 to 7 00
Vests from plaint and fancy Silks, Satin, and Marseilles...............75 to 5 00

BOYS' CLOTHING.

Boys' Frock and Sack Coats, from Cloth, Alapacca, Linen, &c........75 to 5 00 
Boys' Jackets and Pants, from ................. 62-1/4 to 2 00
Boys' Vests, from Silk, Satin and Marseilles....... 50 to 2 00
Also, a splendid assortment of Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings, constantly on hand, and made at the shortice notice.

P. L. ROGERS, 76 Fulton-st., cor of Gold.

A full suit of Summer Clothing for $2.      s20 2mMWFh"

Source:  CLOTHING -- THE BEST PLACE TO BUY [Advertisement], New-York Daily Tribune, May 31, 1850, No. 2847, p. 2, col. 5.  

The wholesale and retail clothing business of P. L. Rogers continued to succeed and grow.  In 1850, Rogers built a massive establishment to house his expanding business.  It was named the "Union Hall Wholesale and Retail Clothing Warehouse," an immense establishment for its time.  It was a six-floor warehouse that stood on the corner of Fulton and Nassau Streets opposite the famed Sun and Herald newspaper buildings.  The new facility opened in November, 1850.  Each of the six floors housed a different department of the clothing "Emporium" specializing in "ready-made clothing."

This was a massive establishment for its time.  Irish immigrant P. L. Rogers employed about 1,000 people at his Emporium -- mostly Irish.

A lengthy advertisement published on November 1 of that year trumpeted the new facility.  It said:

"UNION HALL Wholesale and Retail CLOTHING WAREHOUSE, Corner of Fulton and Nassau-sts., (opposite the Sun and Herald Buildings.)

This immense establishment, built expressly for the proprietor, P. L. ROGERS, and opened in November, 1850, consists of SIX FLOORS, each of which is, of itself, a COMPLETE DEPARTMENT; the whole combined forming one of the most perfect and comprehensive Wholesale and Retail Clothing Emporium to be found in the CITY OF NEW-YORK; embracing a stock of some TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS' WORTH OF READY MADE CLOTHING, in every variety, of the cheapest and most desirable style of goods, of our own importations, and from manufacturer's agents suited to all markets.

Particular attention is paid to the manufacture of BOYS' CLOTHING, under the immediate supervision of an experienced cutter and a large assortment constantly on hand.

P. L. R. has just completed his FALL AND WINTER STOCK, which he confidently offers to the public as unsurpassed in extent, variety, style, material, workmanship and cheapness.

P. L. ROGERS,
Union Hall Clothing Warehouse,
Corner of Fulton and Nassau-sts. N. Y.

013 2mTuTh&8*"

Source:  UNION HALL Wholesale and Retail CLOTHING WAREHOUSE [Advertisement], New-York Daily Tribune, Nov. 1, 1851, Vol. XI, No. 3289, p. 2, col. 3.  

Patrick Lawrence Rogers and his family (including his mother, Rose) continued to live in Brooklyn in the 1850s and can be found there in 1855 as reflected in the New York State Census that year.  His business, known as "Union Hall," continued to thrive.  Indeed, despite opening the newly-constructed six-story Union Hall only a few months before, by May 1852, Rogers had taken over the adjoining building further to expand his business.  With the success of his massive wholesale and retail clothing emporium, however, at some point thereafter Rogers and his family purchased a 175-acre estate and home along today's Shore Road in the Town of Pelham.  

On Monday, July 4, 1864, Patrick Lawrence Rogers was involved in a carriage accident.  He was thrown from his vehicle and badly injured.  He was carried to his Pelham residence along Shore Road where he lingered for two days.  He died on Wednesday, July 6, 1864.  His funeral was held on Saturday, July 9 at St. Stephen's Church in Manhattan at the corner of East 28th Street and Lexington Avenue.  Although the obituary in The New York Times stated he was 50 years old, he actually was 47.

His widow, Sarah Rogers, and other executors of his will quickly had the will proved and probated.  See Thu., Sep. 07, 2017:  Patrick L. Rogers of Pelham and His Estate Along Shore Road in the 19th Century.  In 1869, the executors of the will of P. L. Rogers held a peremptory auction of a portion of his 175-acre estate in Pelham.  The auction was held on Saturday, April 3, 1869 at the Mott Haven Railroad Depot.  See id.  It appears that a small portion of the lands that belonged to Rogers were sold.  His home was not sold.  Indeed, it appears that his wife, younger children, and his mother continued to live in the home.

Only months after his death, P. L. Rogers' mother died.  Rose Rogers died in the family home at Pelham on Saturday, March 4, 1865.  Her brief obituary read:

"MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
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Died. . . . . 

ROGERS.  --  At Pelham, Westchester county on Saturday, March 4, in the 76th year of her age.  Mrs. Rose ROGERS, mother of the late P. L. Rogers.

The funeral services will take place at St. Matthews church, New Rochelle, on Monday morning at eleven o'clock."

Source:  MARRIAGES AND DEATHS -- Died. . . . ROGERS, N.Y. Herald, Mar. 5, 1865, Whole No. 10,415, p. 2, col. 6.

The wife of P. L. Rogers, Sarah, continued to live in the family home in Pelham until the late 1870s.  By about 1877, it seems that she suffered some form of difficulty -- likely financial difficulty.  A plaintiff sued her in New York Supreme Court and obtained a writ of execution against the Rogers estate in Pelham which, by then, consisted of only about 101 acres of the original 175-acre tract.  In 1878, the Sheriff of Westchester County levied upon and took the Rogers estate from Sarah Rogers and offered it at a Sheriff's Auction to the highest bidder at an auction held at the County Courthouse in White Plains on April 17, 1878 at 11:00 a.m.  So far, research has not revealed the outcome of the auction, although it seems readily apparent that Sarah Rogers and her family lost the land at that time.

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I have written before about Patrick Lawrence Rogers and his estate in Pelham.  See:

Mon., Jul. 31, 2006:  Sale at Auction of P. L. Rogers Estate on Mainland Across from Hunter's Island in Pelham in 1869.

Thu., Feb. 18, 2010:  1869 Advertisement for Auction of Portion of 175 Acres in Town of Pelham Owned by P.L. Rogers.

Thu., Sep. 07, 2017:  Patrick L. Rogers of Pelham and His Estate Along Shore Road in the 19th Century.  

Detail From 1868 Beers Map Showing Location of the P. L. Rogers Estate

Along Today's Shore Road, A Portion of Which Was Offered for Sale at a

Peremptory Auction Held on Saturday, April 3, 1869.  Source:  Beers,

Frederick W., "City Island, Pelham Township, Westchester Co., N.Y. [with]

Town of Pelham Westchester Co. N.Y." in Atlas of New York and Vicinity from

Actual Surveys by and Under the Direction of F. W. Beers, Assisted by A.B.

Prindle & Others, p. 35 (NY, NY:  F. W. Beers, A.D. Ellis & G.G. Soule, 1868).

NOTE:  Click on Image to Enlarge.

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Below is the text of a number of other advertisements and other items that are not quoted in their entirety above that form bases for today's Historic Pelham article.  Each is followed by a citation and link to its source.

"THE FALL CAMPAIGN OPENED at Gen. Taylor's Head-Quarters, No. 76 Fulton-st., corner of Gold. -- P. L. ROGERS, Commissary General of the above well-known establishment, desires to acquaint his patrons and the public, that he is now prepared to offer them an assortment of FALL and WINTER CLOTHING (made of superior materials, and by experienced workmen) at wholesale and retail, cheaper and more varied in style than can be found at any other house in this city.  The entire establishment is under the supervision of Mr. J. SOUDER, who will specially attend to the custom department, thereby guaranteeing a perfect fit to all who patronize him.  Remember, 76 Fulton-st., corner Gold -- Gen. Taylor's Head Quarters.     s16 1m*"

Source:  THE FALL CAMPAIGN OPENED [Advertisement], New-York Daily Tribune, Oct. 2, 1851, Vol. XI, No. 3263, p. 2, col. 4.  

"UNION HALL
Wholesale & Retail Clothing Warehouse, CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STREETS, Opposite the Sun and Herald Buildings, New York.

THIS SPLENDID EDIFICE, SIX STORIES IN HEIGHT, was built expressly for P. L. ROGERS, and opened in November, 1850.  So great has been the increase of business in this short space of time, that the Proprietor has been compelled to add the adjoining building to his establishment, and now possesses one of the largest and most complete wholesale and retail CLOTHING EMPORIUMS in the country.

UNION HALL is situated on one of the great business thoroughfares, corner of Nassau and Fulton streets, and is one of the most central locations in the city.  The building contains SIX FLOORS, each of which is, of itself, a complete department.

The First Floors are devoted to the retail business exclusively, and a number of polite salesmen are always in attendance.

The Second Floors are the custom departments, replete with all the latest and most desirable styles of goods, of our own importations, and from manufacturers' agents, where all who desire their garments made to order, in the best style, and for reasonable prices, will be promptly served.

The Third and Fourth Floors are devoted to the wholesale branch; and wholesale buyers will find, in this department, an extensive variety of the garments suited to all markets.

The Fifth and Sixth Floors are occupied exclusively for manufacturing.

The Spring and Summer Stock for 1852 is perhaps the largest ever exhibited before by any establishment, and embraces the most fashionable and substantial wearing apparel of every description, SUITABLE FOR ALL CLASSES, of every variety of material, at the lowest prices ever before known in the trade.  Buying his Goods in immense quantities, the Proprietor is thereby enabled to effect a GREAT SAVING in cost, which results to the benefit of the purchaser.  His stock of CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND VESTINGS, from the best manufactories in EUROPE AND AMERICA, manufactured and imported to order, and embrace all of the richest fabrics and most beautiful styles.

The attention of COUNTRY MERCHANTS and purchasers generally, is particularly invited to an examination of this IMMENSE STOCK of some Two Hundred Thousand Dollars' Worth of Ready-Made Clothing, Manufactured by competent workmen, and cut in the most elegant and modern style.  Also, every variety of Boys' Clothing.

A separate department is manged by a gentleman of experience and taste, and supplied with every material in use, imported and of home manufacture.

P. L. ROGERS,
Union Hall Clothing Emporium,
corner of Fulton and Nassau sts.,
opposite the Sun and Herald offices.

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Source:  UNION HALL Wholesale & Retail Clothing Warehouse [Advertisement], The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 20, 1852, p. 3, col. 4 (Note:  Paid subscription required to access via this link).  

"THE PRIZE CARRIAGE FOR UNION HALL.  --  The following communication from Mr. P. L. ROGERS, the well-known Clothier of Union Hall, is in reply to a letter, signed 'An Artist,' which appeared in the DAILY TIMES of Saturday:

UNION HALL CLOTHING WAREHOUSE,              }
Cor. of Fulton and Nassau-sts., Friday, March 18.  }

To the Editor of the New-York Daily Times:

MR. EDITOR:  I have the pleasure to state, in answer to the communication of 'An Artist, that the prize of $100 for the best design of a commodious and elegant business vehicle for Union Hall, has been awarded to Mr. N. H. Hoyt, of No. 230 Ninth-avenue, (the artist and architect employed by Mr. Kipp, the well-known stage proprietor,) for a most superb and beautiful model from which he is now engaged in manufacturing the Prize Carriage.  It will be completed is time for the World's Fair, and will run to and fro between our establishment and the Crystal Palace.  The vehicle, harness and horses will form, together, the most magnificent business 'turn out' ever seen in New-York.  Yours respectfully, P. L. ROGERS."

Source:  THE PRIZE CARRIAGE FOR UNION HALL, N.Y. Times, Mar. 21, 1853.  

"DIED . . . 

ROGERS.  --  On Wednesday, July 6, at his residence, at Pelham, Westchester County, N.Y., P.L. ROGERS, from injuries sustained by being thrown from his carriage, on the 4th inst., aged 50 years.

The funeral Will take place from St. Stephen's Church, corner of East 28th-st. and Lexington-av., on Saturday morning, at 10 1/2 o'clock.  The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, without further notice."

Source:  DIED . . . ROGERS, N.Y. Times, Jul. 8, 1864.  

"Legal Notices.
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SHERIFF'S SALE. -- By virtue of a certain writ of execution issued out of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and to me directed and delivered, I have levied upon and taken -- which I shall expose for sale, as the law directs, at the Court-House in the village and town of White Plains, county of Westchester, and State of New York, on Wednesday, the seventeenth day of April, 1878, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of that day -- all the right, title, and interest of Sarah A. Rogers, individually and as executrix of and trustee under the last will and testament of P. L. Rogers, deceased, which she had on the 20th day of February, 1877, or at any time thereafter, of, in, and to the following described premises, to wit:

All that certain tract, piece, or parcel of land situate lying and being in the town of Pelham, county of Westchester, and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:  Beginning at high water mark on the shore of Long Island Sound, at the boundary line between the premises hereby intended to be conveyed and land of Aaron Raymond (formerly of the said Patrick L. Rogers); and running thence along said Raymond's land north, twelve degrees fourteen minutes west (N., 12 deg. 14 min. W.), seven hundred and sixteen (716) feet, crossing the highway known as the Boston road, to the northerly side of said road; thence along the northerly side of said road south, seventy-three degrees twenty-six minutes west (S., 78 deg. 26 min. W.), sixty-one (61) feet, to the other land of said Raymond; thence along said Raymond's land north, twenty-two degrees fifty-three minutes west (N., 22 deg. 53 min. W.), five hundred and eighty (580) feet; thence north, sixty-eight degrees thirty four minutes east (N., 68 deg. 34 min. E.), twenty (20) feet; thence north, twenty-two degrees five minutes west (N., 22 deg. 5 min. W.), four hundred and sixty-five (465) feet six (6) inches; thence south, sixty-eight degrees thirty-four minutes west (S., 68 deg. 34 min. W.), four hundred and eighty (480) feet; thence south, twenty-two degrees fifty-one minutes east (S., 22 de. 51 min. E.), four hundred and sixty-five (465) feet six (6) inches, to land of Doctor Morris; thence along said Morris's land south, sixty-eight degrees thirty-four minutes west (S., 68 deg. 34 min. W.), eight hundred and ten (810) feet, to land of M. L. Bartow; thence along said Bartow's land north, thirty-eight degrees fifty-eight minutes west (N., 38 deg. 58 min. W.), seven hundred and twenty-six (726) feet; thence north, forty-nine degrees twenty-seven minutes east (N., 49 deg. 27 min. E.), one hundred and seventy-eight (178) feet; thence north, thirty-eight degrees six minutes west (N., 38 deg. 6 min. W.), two hundred and fifty-two (252) feet; thence north, sixteen minutes east (N., 16 min. E.), one hundred and thirty-six (136) feet; thence north, fifteen degrees seventeen minutes east (N., 15 deg. 17 min. E.), five hundred and twenty-nine (529) feet; thence south, eighty degrees twenty-six minutes east (S., 80 deg. 36 min. E.), three hundred and eighty-six (386) feet; thence north, sixty-seven degrees sixteen minutes east (N., 67 deg. 16 min. E.), one hundred and six (106) feet; thence north, thirty-six degrees seven minutes west (N., 36 deg. 7 min. W.), eight hundred and forty-eight (848) feet; thence north, sixty-six degrees forty-four minutes east (N., 66 deg. 44 min. E.), sixty-six (66) feet; thence north, sixty degrees, forty-four minutes east (N., 60 deg. 44 min. E.), eight hundred (800) feet thence north, seventy degrees thirty-six minutes east (N., 70 deg. 36 min. E.), eighty-six (86) feet; thence north, sixty degrees forty-four minutes east (N., 60 deg. 44 min. E.), two hundred and eighty-five (285) feet; thence north, forty-four degrees two minutes east (N., 44 deg. 2 min., E.), one hundred and seventy-one (171) feet; thence along land of Peter Van Cortlandt south, sixteen degrees twenty-three minutes east (S., 16 deg 23 min. E.), eight hundred and twelve (812) feet; thence south, thirteen degrees eleven minutes east (S., 13 deg. 11 min. E.) seven hundred and thirty-one (731) feet six (6) inches; thence north, seventy-six degrees fifteen minutes east (N., 76 deg. 15 min. E.), seventeen (17) feet, to land of Mary C. Worster; thence along said Worster's land south, twenty-one degrees twenty-four minutes east (S., 21 deg. 24 min. E.), nine hundred and sixty-one (961) feet six (6) inches; thence still along said Worster's land and land of Charles A. Trowbridge north, sixty-nine degrees thirteen minutes east (N., 69 deg. 13 min. E.), six hundred and twenty-one feet, to land of Peter Van Cortlandt aforesaid; thence along said Van Cortlandt's land south, seventeen degrees thirty minutes east (S., 17 deg. 31 min. E.), five hundred and fifty-three (553) feet, to the northerly side of the Boston road aforesaid; thence sought, twenty-seven degrees eight minutes east (S., 27 deg. 8 min. E.), forty-six (46) feet six (6) inches, to the southerly side of said road; thence still along said Van Cortlandt's land south, eighteen degrees east (S., 50 deg. E.), one hundred and forty-three (143) feet to high water mark on the shore of Long Island Sound; and thence along said shore, at high water mark, in a general westerly direction, to the place of beginning; together with all the right, title, and interest of the said Patrick L. Rogers, deceased, and of the party hereto of the first part (Sarah A. Rogers), in and to the land under water, and all water rights and privileges in front of, adjacent, and appertaining to the premises above described:  being the same premises above described; being the same premises shown on a map or diagram surveyed for Audley W. Gazzam by Rudolph Ross, surveyor, August 27th, 1875, recorded in the Westcheter County Register's office, in Liber 676 of Mortgages, page 124, &c., September 6, 1875: excepting and reserving however, from the premises above described the land of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company, shown in said diagram; also excepting a certain parcel of land containing two acres, shown in said diagram, and marked 'A;' and a certain other parcel of land containing one acre, shown in said diagram and marked 'B' thereon -- the premises hereby intended to be conveyed containing, exclusive of the exceptions and reservations above mentioned, and exclusive of the highway known as Boston road, one hundred and one acres and one-tenth of an acre of land.  --  Dated February 26, 1878.

ROBERT F. BRUNDAGE, Sheriff.
HORATIO F. AVERILL, Plaintiff's Attorney,
120 Broadway, N. Y.               46w7"

Source:  Legal Notices -- SHERIFF'S SALE, Eastern State Journal [White Plains, NY], Mar. 15, 1878, Vol. XXXIII, No. 48, p. 4, col. 1.

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