I would readily supply Mr. Robinson, but the difficulty...necessitates me to excuse myself. Aug. 21 [1780]. Ezra Stiles

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N-1 1780, Aug. 21 Brief note to William Robinson from Ezra Stiles, President of Yale College: "I would readily supply Mr. Robinson, but the difficulty of being absent from the Chapel on Sundays and the accumulation of college business necessitates me to excuse myself" [i.e., he could not preach for Show moreN-1 1780, Aug. 21 Brief note to William Robinson from Ezra Stiles, President of Yale College: "I would readily supply Mr. Robinson, but the difficulty of being absent from the Chapel on Sundays and the accumulation of college business necessitates me to excuse myself" [i.e., he could not preach for Robinson].
Items cited in Memoir of William Robinson by Edward Robinson: Sermon, Account book, Ordination papers, Address to the Senior Class at Yale College, Letter of 1782 on the death of Naomi Robinson, etc. [For William Robinson’s diploma from Yale College, see catalogue no. 2] Show less