Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note / Administrative History
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).
Collection Overview
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.
Organization and Arrangement
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
Administrative 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.
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.
Preferred Citation
Hoge Family Papers, RG 453, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Catalog Headings
Collection Inventory
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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 | |
1 | 3 | Moses Hoge correspondence to William Morrow, 1807 Oct. 25-1811 Mar. 22 | |
1 | 4 | Moses Hoge correspondence to Samuel Davies Hoge, 1813 Mar. 22-1813 Apr. 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 Dec. 19 | |
1 | 9 | James Hoge correspondence to Moses Hoge, 1813 Apr. 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 Sept. 9 | |
1 | 12 | James Hoge correspondence to Moses Drury Hoge, 1842 Jan. 9 | |
1 | 13 | James Hoge correspondence to Moses Drury Hoge, 1845 June 24 | |
1 | 14 | James Hoge correspondence to William James Hoge, 1842 Apr. 20 | |
1 | 15 | James Hoge correspondence to William James Hoge, 1848 Mar. 9-1850 Aug. 12 | |
1 | 16 | James Hoge correspondence to William S. Plumer, 1853 Mar. 10 [decade uncertain] | |
1 | 17 | John Blair Hoge correspondence to Moses Hoge, 1814 Dec. 5-1816 Jan. 18 | |
1 | 18 | John Blair Hoge correspondence to Samuel Davies Hoge, 1815 Mar. 18-1817 Feb. 21 | |
1 | 19 | John Blair Hoge correspondence to Moses Hoge, 1817 Feb. 22 | |
1 | 20 | John Blair Hoge correspondence to Samuel Davies Hoge, 1821 Mar. 20-1822 Dec. 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 Jan. 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 Feb. 10-1843 June 27 | |
1 | 26 | Moses Drury Hoge miscellaneous correspondence, 1840-1859 | |
1 | 27 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Martha Wilson, 1841 Jan. 8 | |
1 | 28 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Susan Watkins, 1841 June 15 | |
1 | 29 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from J. Horace Lacy, 1842 Sept. 8 | |
1 | 30 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Benjamin M. Smith, 1843 Nov. 14-1867 July 24 | |
1 | 31 | Moses Drury Hoge letter fragment, possibly from Drury Lacy, 1844 Dec. 11 | |
1 | 32 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to William James Hoge, 1845 Dec. 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 Aug. 1-1869 Oct. 13 | |
1 | 37 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Robert Lewis Dabney, 1863 Jan. 25-1866 Mar. 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 Oct. 10 | |
1 | 42 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from John R. Thompson, 1870 Jan. 31 | |
1 | 43 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from J.M. Hamilton, 1870 Dec. 17 | |
1 | 44 | Moses Drury Hoge miscellaneous correspondence, 1873 Oct. 16-1885 Aug. 5 | |
1 | 45 | Moses Drury Hoge, invitation to join Cliosophic Society of Princeton College, 1873 Mar. 27 | |
1 | 46 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Robert Lewis Dabney, 1877 Feb. 17 | |
1 | 47 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Robert Lewis Dabney, 1880 Aug. 7 | |
1 | 48 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Peyton H. Hoge, 1882 Apr. 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 Jan. 27 | |
1 | 52 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Peyton H. Hoge, 1890 Feb. 7-1890 Mar. 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 Nov. 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 Apr. 26-1892 Aug. 20 | |
1 | 57 | Moses Drury Hoge miscellaneous correspondence, 1892 Jan.-1898 Aug. 13 | |
1 | 58 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence about reporting Church Courts (incomplete), 1892 | |
1 | 59 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Peyton H. Hoge, 1893 Jan. 20-1893 Sept. 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 Jan. 11 | |
1 | 63 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from William Dinwiddie, 1897 Apr. 3 | |
1 | 64 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Walter W. Moore, 1897 Apr. 10 | |
1 | 65 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to William Dinwiddie, 1897 | |
1 | 66 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence to Peyton H. Hoge, 1898 Sept. 13 | |
1 | 67 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Evangelical Alliance, 1898 Feb. 24 | |
1 | 68 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Master Masons of Virginia, 1898 Nov. 17 | |
1 | 69 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Bland S. Smith, [year unknown] Jan. 17 | |
1 | 70 | Moses Drury Hoge correspondence from Henry Alexander, [year unknown] Mar. 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 and 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 Apr.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 Jan. 15 | |
1 | 84 | Moses Drury Hoge: Order of Worship for Memorial Service for Dr. Hoge, 1899 Feb. 5 | |
1 | 85 | Moses Drury Hoge: Chronicle of Second Presbyterian Church in Richmond, 1899 Mar. | |
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 Dec. 18 | |
1 | 91 | William James Hoge correspondence to Moses Drury Hoge, 1841 Feb.-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 Oct. 26 | |
1 | 95 | William James Hoge: record of dismissal from Ohio University, 1851 Aug. 5 | |
1 | 96 | William James Hoge correspondence to Moses Drury Hoge and others, 1851 Nov. 3-1852 | |
1 | 97 | William James Hoge, sermons, 1851-1856 | |
1 | 98 | William James Hoge correspondence from William S. Plumer, 1851 Nov. 28-1852 Feb. 27 | |
1 | 99 | William James Hoge correspondence to John Leyburn, 1854 Oct. 21 | |
1 | 100 | William James Hoge correspondence to Virginia Hoge, 1856 Apr. 17-1859 May 7 | |
1 | 101 | William James Hoge correspondence to Anne Lacy Marquess, 1858 June 18-1859 Dec. 20 | |
1 | 102 | William James Hoge partial letter of condolence, possibly to his father-in-law, 1859 Aug. 20 | |
1 | 103 | William James Hoge correspondence to Moses Drury Hoge, 1860 Apr. 4-1864 May 9 | |
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2 | 1 | William James Hoge: agreement regarding sale of printing plates and copyright of “Blind Bartimeus” to the American Tract Society, 1860 Nov. 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 Oct. 24 | |
2 | 5 | William James Hoge correspondence to Julia P. Ballard, 1861 Dec. 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 Aug. 30-1863 Sept. 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 Dec. 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 | |
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3 | 1 | Virginia Hoge correspondence from Benjamin Smith, 1864 July 7 | |
3 | 2 | Virginia Hoge correspondence to her sister, 1864 Aug. 30 | |
3 | 3 | Virginia Hoge correspondence from James H. Brookes, 1866 Mar. 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 Aug. 19-1892 Aug. 30 | |
3 | 7 | Peyton H. Hoge miscellaneous correspondence, 1898 July 29-1900 Mar. 20 | |
3 | 8 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence with publishers, 1899 Jan. 11-1903 July 3 | |
3 | 9 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence from R.H. Woodward Co., 1899 Jan. 19 | |
3 | 10 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence from James Tyler Hoge, 1899 Mar. 15 | |
3 | 11 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence to Elizabeth Hoge, 1899 Mar. 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 Mar. 30-1899 Apr. 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 Dec. 27-1903 Oct. 23 | |
3 | 17 | Addison Hoge correspondence from unknown writer, 1899 Oct. 15 | |
3 | 18 | Peyton H. Hoge correspondence from Mary R. Gilliam (incomplete), 1899 Aug. 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 and 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 | |
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4 | 1 | Moses Hoge correspondence to James Hoge, 1801 July 20 (see box 1, folder 1 for photocopy and transcript) |