Henry K. Hoff–Charles D. Meigs Presentation Copy · Worcester, Massachusetts
Inscribed to ‘Dr. C. D. Meigs’ ‘with best respects of Comd. Hoff. U.S.N.’ The recipient is Charles Delucena Meigs; the presenter is strongly identified as Henry Kuhn Hoff. William Evans Rogers’s armorial…
Presentation / Association
Inscribed to ‘Dr. C. D. Meigs’ ‘with best respects of Comd. Hoff. U.S.N.’ The recipient is Charles Delucena Meigs; the presenter is strongly identified as Henry Kuhn Hoff. William Evans Rogers’s armorial bookplate and Joanne S. Gill’s gift plate survive.
Provenance Chain
Philomathean Society / probably Henry Bainbridge Hoff → his father, Commander Henry K. Hoff → Dr. Charles D. Meigs → unresolved gap → William Evans Rogers → Joanne S. Gill → American Antiquarian Society A route through Hoff’s Philomathean son and a later Meigs–Rogers family transfer are supported by family relationships, but neither handoff is documented.
Sources and Documentation
American Antiquarian Society catalogue and copy photographs; Jefferson University Meigs materials; U.S. Navy officer registers; Penn catalogue, 1858–59; Philomathean membership history; Library of Congress Meigs chronology; AAS donation account.
People in This Copy
- Charles Delucena Meigs
- Henry Kuhn Hoff
- Henry Bainbridge Hoff
- William Evans Rogers
- Joanne S. Gill
