Scope and Contents of the Papers From the Collection: The Denison-Rodgers Family Papers, comprising 40 Hollinger document boxes of manuscript material and 27 volumes, are organized into three major sections: (I) Gideon Denison Papers, (II) Henry Denison Papers and (III) Rodgers Family Papers. Section I (22 boxes) contains the business and personal records of Gideon Denison, a merchant, businessman and land speculator, born at Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1753. He operated stores in Connecticut, Georgia and Tennessee, and did business...