Guide to the Hoge Family Papers
Title
Hoge Family Papers
Inclusive Dates
1801-1903
Call Number
RG 453
Creator(s)
Creator100 Family
Hoge family.
Quantity
1.50 cubic feet (4 boxes)
Language
Materials in English
Restrictions on Access
Open for research.
Digital Content
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Repository
Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA
Biographical Note
Four generations of the Hoge family were Presbyterian ministers, including Moses Hoge (1752-1820); his sons James (1784-1863), John Blair (1790-1826), and Samuel Davies Hoge (1791-1826); grandsons Moses Drury Hoge (1818-1899) and William James Hoge (1825-1864); and great-grandson Peyton Harrison Hoge (1858-1940).
The Hoge Family Papers consists of the correspondence and sermons of four generations of Presbyterian ministers and other family members from 1801 to 1903. The collection contains the letters of Moses Hoge, 1801-1820, documenting family affairs and the early days of Union Theological Seminary in Virginia; letters of James Hoge, 1801-1859, including letters to William Swan Plumer regarding Negro colonization; letters of John Blair Hoge, 1814-1816, related to his European travels; and correspondence and sermons of Samuel Davies Hoge. Other materials include letters and sermons of William James Hoge relating to his work at Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City, and letters to his wife regarding his Civil War experiences; correspondence of Moses Drury Hoge, including letters from Benjamin Mosby Smith, Robert Lewis Dabney, and William James Hoge; and notes and correspondence of Peyton Harrison Hoge, along with other papers related to his civic and ecumenical activities.
Summary of Box Contents
Box 1: Correspondence of Moses Hoge, James Hoge, John Blair Hoge, Ann Kay Hoge, Moses Drury Hoge, Elizabeth Hoge, and William James Hoge, 1801-1899; and other papers of Moses Drury Hoge, including sermons given to him; speeches and addresses pertaining to Civil War memorials and veterans; biographical sketches; a commonplace book; clippings; and history of Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond, 1846-1899
Box 2: William James Hoge correspondence, 1860-1863; writings, sermons, and clippings, undated
Box 3: Correspondence of Virginia Hoge, Peyton H. Hoge, Addison Hoge, Mary R. Gilliam, Elizabeth Hoge, Mrs. Elizabeth Slaughter, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Hoge, Samuel Davies Hoge, Thomas P. Hoge, William James and Mary Hoge, W.H. and Anne Lacy Marquess, 1813-1903; and a photostat of a permit given Moses D. Hoge by Thomas J. Jackson to pass Confederate lines, 1862
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The William Smith Morton Library at Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., holds additional Hoge Family correspondence.
Acquisition Information
Received from Rev. Peyton H. Hoge in 1929, from Mrs. M.D. Hoge in 1929, and from John S. Haw in 1931 and 1944.
Processing Information
This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered beyond their original condition. A preliminary inventory is provided in this guide. Guide revised in 2009 by Jennifer Barr, Archives Intern.
Hoge Family Papers, RG 453, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Personal Name Subject
Hoge, Moses, 1752-1820.
Hoge, James, 1784-1863.
Hoge, John Blair, 1790-1826.
Hoge, Moses D. (Moses Drury), 1818-1899.
Hoge, William J. (William James), 1825-1864.
Hoge, Peyton Harrison, 1858-1940.
Hoge, Samuel Davies 1791-1826.
Corporate Subject
Second Presbyterian Church (Richmond, Va.)
Brick Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Tabb Street Presbyterian Church (Petersburg, Va.)
Union Theological Seminary in Virginia.
Topical Subject
African Americans--Colonization--19th century.
Sermons, American--19th century.
Presbyterian Church--United States--Clergy--18th century.
Presbyterian Church--United States--Clergy--19th century.
Genre-form
Correspondence. aat
Sermons. aat
Personal Added Name
Hoge, Moses, 1752-1820.
Hoge, James, 1784-1863.
Hoge, John Blair, 1790-1826.
Hoge, Moses D. (Moses Drury), 1818-1899.
Hoge, William J. (William James), 1825-1864.
Hoge, Peyton Harrison, 1858-1940.
Hoge, Samuel Davies 1791-1826.
Dabney, Robert Lewis, 1820-1898.
Plumer, William S. (William Swan), 1802-1880.
Smith, B. M. (Benjamin Mosby), 1811-1893.
| Box | Folder | Description | Alternative Formats |
| 1 | 1 | Moses Hoge correspondence to James Hoge, 1801 July 20 (photocopy and transcript) (see box 4, folder 1 for original letter) | |
| 1 | 1a | Hoge family tree | |
| 1 | 2 | Moses Hoge correspondence to George Washington et al, 1804 May 20 | Digital |
| 1 | 3 | Moses Hoge correspondence to John Morrow, 1807 October 25-1811 March 22 | |
| 1 | 4 | Moses Hoge correspondence to Samuel Davies Hoge, 1813 March 22-1813 April 6 | |
| 1 | 5 | Moses Hoge correspondence to Susanna Hoge, 1820 May 15 | |
| 1 | 6 | Moses Hoge letter fragment, undated | |
| 1 | 7 | Moses Hoge: cover page of a sketch of Moses Hoge, undated | |
| 1 | 8 | James Hoge correspondence to Moses Hoge, 1801 July 2-1810 December 19 | |
| 1 | 9 | James Hoge correspondence to Moses Hoge, 1813 April 9-1820 June 19 | |
| 1 | 10 | James Hoge correspondence to Moses Hoge, 1813 June 2 | |
| 1 | 11 | James Hoge correspondence to Moses Drury Hoge, 1841 September 9 | |
| 1 | 12 | James Hoge correspondence to Moses Drury Hoge, 1842 January 9 | |
| 1 | 13 | James Hoge correspondence to Moses Drury Hoge, 1845 June 24 | |
| 1 | 14 | James Hoge correspondence to William James Hoge, 1842 April 20 | |
| 1 | 15 | James Hoge correspondence to William James Hoge, 1848 March 9-1850 August 12 | |
| 1 | 16 | James Hoge correspondence to William S. Plumer, 1853 March 10 [decade uncertain] | |
| 1 | 17 | John Blair Hoge correspondence to Moses Hoge, 1814 December 5-1816 January 18 | |
| 1 | 18 | John Blair Hoge correspondence to Samuel Davies Hoge, 1815 March 18-1817 February 21 | |
| 1 | 19 | John Blair Hoge correspondence to Moses Hoge, 1817 February 22 | |
| 1 | 20 | John Blair Hoge correspondence to Samuel Davies Hoge, 1821 March 20-1822 December 18 | |
| 1 | 21 | John Blair Hoge correspondence to Samuel Davies Hoge, 1824 July 14 | |
| 1 | 22 | Ann Kay Hoge correspondence to Samuel Davies Hoge, 1826 May 22 | |
| 1 | 23 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Hoge family, 1836 January 12 | |
| 1 | 24 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to his mother, 1836 May 3-1840 July 14 | |
| 1 | 25 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Robert Lewis Dabney, 1840 February 10-1843 June 27 | |
| 1 | 26 | Moses Drury Hoge miscellaneous correspondence, 1840-1859 | |
| 1 | 27 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Martha Wilson, 1841 January 8 | |
| 1 | 28 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Susan Watkins, 1841 June 15 | |
| 1 | 29 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from J. Horace Lacy, 1842 September 8 | |
| 1 | 30 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Benjamin M. Smith, 1843 November 14-1867 July 24 | |
| 1 | 31 | Moses Drury Hoge letter fragment, possibly from Drury Lacy, 1844 December 11 | |
| 1 | 32 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to William James Hoge, 1845 December 2 | |
| 1 | 33 | Moses Drury Hoge: sermon by Donald McDonald, 1846 July | |
| 1 | 34 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Susan W. Hoge, 1853 May 17 | |
| 1 | 35 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from George W. Bethune, 1853-1854 | |
| 1 | 36 | Moses Drury Hoge miscellaneous correspondence, 1864 August 1-1869 October 13 | |
| 1 | 37 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Robert Lewis Dabney, 1863 January 25-1866 March 7 | |
| 1 | 38 | Moses Drury Hoge letter describing death of William James Hoge, 1864 July 6 | |
| 1 | 39 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence received after the death of William James Hoge, 1864 July 7-July 15 | |
| 1 | 40 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence received regarding a memorial for William James Hoge, 1866, 1873 | |
| 1 | 41 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Anne Lacy Marquess, 1867-1887 October 10 | |
| 1 | 42 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from John R. Thompson, 1870 January 31 | |
| 1 | 43 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from J.M. Hamilton, 1870 December 17 | |
| 1 | 44 | Moses Drury Hoge miscellaneous correspondence, 1873 October 16-1885 August 5 | |
| 1 | 45 | Moses Drury Hoge, invitation to join Cliosophic Society of Princeton College, 1873 March 27 | |
| 1 | 46 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Robert Lewis Dabney, 1877 February 17 | |
| 1 | 47 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Robert Lewis Dabney, 1880 August 7 | |
| 1 | 48 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Peyton H. Hoge, 1882 April 27 | |
| 1 | 49 | Moses Drury Hoge, introduction for unveiling of statue of Stonewall Jackson, 1885 July | |
| 1 | 50 | Moses Drury Hoge, lecture, "Memories, Hope and Duties of the Hour," 1886 June 13 | |
| 1 | 51 | Moses Drury Hoge, invitation to membership in the Victoria Institute, 1888 January 27 | |
| 1 | 52 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Peyton H. Hoge, 1890 February 7-1890 March 24 | |
| 1 | 53 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Peyton H. Hoge, 1890 May 2-1890 July 12 | |
| 1 | 54 | Moses Drury Hoge, invitation to open meetings of House of Delegates, 1891 November 27 | |
| 1 | 55 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Peyton H. Hoge, 1891 May 8-1891 July 20 | |
| 1 | 56 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Peyton H. Hoge, 1892 April 26-1892 August 20 | |
| 1 | 57 | Moses Drury Hoge miscellaneous correspondence, 1892 January-1898 August 13 | |
| 1 | 58 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence about reporting Church Courts (incomplete), 1892 | |
| 1 | 59 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Peyton H. Hoge, 1893 January 20-1893 September 27 | |
| 1 | 60 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from John L. Marye, 1895 June 11 | |
| 1 | 61 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Peyton H. Hoge, circa 1896 | |
| 1 | 62 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Peyton H. Hoge, 1897 January 11 | |
| 1 | 63 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from William Dinwiddie, 1897 April 3 | |
| 1 | 64 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Walter W. Moore, 1897 April 10 | |
| 1 | 65 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to William Dinwiddie, 1897 | |
| 1 | 66 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Peyton H. Hoge, 1898 September 13 | |
| 1 | 67 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Evangelical Alliance, 1898 February 24 | |
| 1 | 68 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Master Masons of Virginia, 1898 November 17 | |
| 1 | 69 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Bland S. Smith, [year unknown] January 17 | |
| 1 | 70 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Henry Alexander, [year unknown] March 13 | |
| 1 | 71 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Robert Lewis Dabney, [year unknown] June 28 | |
| 1 | 72 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Peyton H. Hoge, undated | |
| 1 | 73 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to W.S. Lacy, undated | |
| 1 | 74 | Moses Drury Hoge, address delivered to a veteran's group in Richmond, undated | |
| 1 | 75 | Moses Drury Hoge, biographical sketch of James Henley Thornwell, undated | |
| 1 | 76 | Moses Drury Hoge, brief argument in defense of Revelation, undated | |
| 1 | 77 | Moses Drury Hoge, epigrammatic sentence from Dr. Hoge's sermons, undated | |
| 1 | 78 | Moses Drury Hoge, prayers and clippings, 1877-1899, undated | |
| 1 | 79 | Moses Drury Hoge, commonplace book and Index Rerum, undated | |
| 1 | 80 | Moses Drury Hoge: Robert P. Kerr's correspondence to L.B. Turnbull, undated | |
| 1 | 81 | Moses Drury Hoge: Walter W. Moore's correspondence to Charles M. Chumbley, 1896 April 9 | |
| 1 | 82 | Moses Drury Hoge, prayer at Young Men's Christian Association lecture by Bethune, undated | |
| 1 | 83 | Moses Drury Hoge: sermon by Donald Guthrie, "A Present Lesson from a Past Life," 1899 January 15 | |
| 1 | 84 | Moses Drury Hoge: Order of Worship for Memorial Service for Dr. Hoge, 1899 February 5 | |
| 1 | 85 | Moses Drury Hoge: Chronicle of Second Presbyterian Church in Richmond, 1899 March | |
| 1 | 86 | Moses Drury Hoge: remembrance of Moses D. Hoge by unknown author, undated | |
| 1 | 87 | Moses Drury Hoge: R.A. Walter's remembrance of Moses D. Hoge at McCormick Seminary, undated | |
| 1 | 88 | Moses Drury Hoge: clippings, undated | |
| 1 | 89 | Elizabeth Hoge correspondence to her sister, undated | |
| 1 | 90 | Elizabeth Hoge correspondence from W.C. Gray, 1889 December 18 | |
| 1 | 91 | William James Hoge correspondence to Moses Drury Hoge, 1841 February-1849 July 22 | |
| 1 | 92 | William James Hoge, sermons, "Blind Bartimeus" (numbers 1-9), circa 1845 | |
| 1 | 93 | William James Hoge, address along with Miss Anne E. Tomkin before Sumner Division of the Sons of Temperance #20, 1847 May 22 | |
| 1 | 94 | William James Hoge correspondence to Moses Drury Hoge, 1850 May 9-1850 October 26 | |
| 1 | 95 | William James Hoge: record of dismissal from Ohio University, 1851 August 5 | |
| 1 | 96 | William James Hoge correspondence to Moses Drury Hoge and others, 1851 November 3-1852 | |
| 1 | 97 | William James Hoge, sermons, 1851-1856 | |
| 1 | 98 | William James Hoge correspondence from William S. Plumer, 1851 November 28-1852 February 27 | |
| 1 | 99 | William James Hoge correspondence to John Leyburn, 1854 October 21 | |
| 1 | 100 | William James Hoge correspondence to Virginia Hoge, 1856 April 17-1859 May 7 | |
| 1 | 101 | William James Hoge correspondence to Anne Lacy Marquess, 1858 June 18-1859 December 20 | |
| 1 | 102 | William James Hoge partial letter of condolence, possibly to his father-in-law, 1859 August 20 | |
| 1 | 103 | William James Hoge correspondence to Moses Drury Hoge, 1860 April 4-1864 May 9 | |
| 2 | 1 | William James Hoge: agreement regarding sale of printing plates and copyright of “Blind Bartimeus” to the American Tract Society, 1860 November 1 | |
| 2 | 2 | William James Hoge miscellaneous correspondence, 1861 May 13-1863 May 26 | |
| 2 | 3 | William James Hoge, address, "Farewell Discourse to the Brick Church," 1861 July 21 | |
| 2 | 4 | William James Hoge correspondence from C. Alexander, 1861 October 24 | |
| 2 | 5 | William James Hoge correspondence to Julia P. Ballard, 1861 December 2 | |
| 2 | 6 | William James Hoge correspondence to members of Brick Church after his resignation, 1861 | |
| 2 | 7 | William James Hoge correspondence to Virginia Hoge, 1861 August 30-1863 September 23 | |
| 2 | 8 | William James Hoge correspondence concerning call to Second Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Va., 1862 May 7-1863 May 6 | |
| 2 | 9 | William James Hoge correspondence to Robert Lewis Dabney, 1862 December 13 | |
| 2 | 10 | William James Hoge correspondence concerning call to Tabb Street Presbyterian Church, 1863 May 1 | |
| 2 | 11 | William James Hoge, call to Tabb Street Presbyterian Church, 1863 May 15 | |
| 2 | 12 | William James Hoge miscellaneous correspondence, undated | |
| 2 | 13 | William James Hoge, sermon, "Glorifying God," undated | |
| 2 | 14 | William James Hoge, sermons, A-N, undated | |
| 2 | 15 | William James Hoge, sermons, N-Z, undated | |
| 2 | 16 | William James Hoge: clippings, undated | |
| 3 | 1 | Virginia Hoge correspondence from Benjamin Smith, 1864 July 7 | |
| 3 | 2 | Virginia Hoge correspondence to her sister, 1864 August 30 | |
| 3 | 3 | Virginia Hoge correspondence from James H. Brookes, 1866 March 15 | |
| 3 | 4 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence from W.S. Lacy, 1890 May 6 | |
| 3 | 5 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence from Walter W. Moore, 1892 July 29 | |
| 3 | 6 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence to Moses Drury Hoge, 1892 August 19-1892 August 30 | |
| 3 | 7 | Peyton H. Hoge miscellaneous correspondence, 1898 July 29-1900 March 20 | |
| 3 | 8 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence with publishers, 1899 January 11-1903 July 3 | |
| 3 | 9 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence from R.H. Woodward Co., 1899 January 19 | |
| 3 | 10 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence from James Tyler Hoge, 1899 March 15 | |
| 3 | 11 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence to Elizabeth Hoge, 1899 March 23 | |
| 3 | 12 | Peyton H. Hoge, outline of Moses Drury Hoge biography, prepared by Peyton H. Hoge and W.S. Lacy, undated | |
| 3 | 13 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence concerning progress of Moses Drury Hoge biography, 1899 March 30-1899 April 13 | |
| 3 | 14 | Peyton H. Hoge: proof slip from Philip Schaff, undated | |
| 3 | 15 | Peyton H. Hoge: reviews of Moses Drury Hoge biography, undated | |
| 3 | 16 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence from readers of Moses Drury Hoge biography, 1899 December 27-1903 October 23 | |
| 3 | 17 | Addison Hoge correspondence from unknown writer, 1899 October 15 | |
| 3 | 18 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence from Mary R. Gilliam (incomplete), 1899 August 12 | |
| 3 | 19 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence from Elizabeth Hoge, undated | |
| 3 | 20 | Peyton H. Hoge, notes, undated | |
| 3 | 21 | Moses Drury Hoge: photostat of permit to pass Confederate lines by Thomas J. Jackson, 1862 | |
| 3 | 22 | Elizabeth Slaughter correspondence from Samuel D. Hoge and Mrs. Elizabeth 1818, 1823 | |
| 3 | 23 | Elizabeth R. Hoge correspondence from Henry and Elisha Ballentine, 1828-1836 | |
| 3 | 24 | Samuel Davies Hoge correspondence from J.B. Wilson, 1813 | |
| 3 | 25 | Samuel Davies Hoge correspondence to Thomas P. Hoge, 1819 | |
| 3 | 26 | Hoge family miscellaneous correspondence, 1856, 1899, undated | |
| 3 | 27 | William James and Mary Hoge correspondence from W.H. and Anne Lacy Marquess, 1840-1851 | |
| 3 | 28 | William James Hoge correspondence from Virginia Hoge, 1839 | |
| 3 | 29 | William James Hoge correspondence from Elizabeth Hoge, 1839-1847 | |
| 3 | 30 | William James Hoge miscellaneous correspondence, 1844-1851 | |
| 3 | 31 | Elizabeth Hoge correspondence from J.S. Rosen, 1844 May 15 | |
| 3 | 32 | Moses Drury Hoge: photograph, undated | |
| 4 | 1 | Moses Hoge correspondence to James Hoge, 1801 July 20 (see box 1, folder 1 for photocopy and transcript) |