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William Barton Rogers and the Savage Family, ca. 1860
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William Barton Rogers and the Savage Family, ca. 1860

William Barton Rogers and the Savage Family
Courtesy MIT Museum

Clockwise: Emma Savage Rogers, William B. Rogers, James Savage, Jr. (Emma's brother); and James Savage (Emma's father).

In 1849, MIT founder William Barton Rogers married Emma Savage, who came from a family of abolitionists in Boston. Emma would later edit Life and Letters of William Barton Rogers with the assistance of William T. Sedgwick (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896).

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