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Title: I would readily supply Mr. Robinson, but the difficulty...necessitates me to excuse myself. Aug. 21 [1780]. Ezra Stiles
Names: Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795,
Date: 1780-08-21
Type: Handwritten ephemera
Pages: 2 images
Geography: Yale College (1718-1887), New Haven (Conn.)
Abstract: 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 Robinson].
Note: 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]
Part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Edward Robinson Collection
Identifier: yhm-spe-rob-n01i
Use/Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Title: President Stiles' Diary for 1780
Names: Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795
Date: 1780-01-12
Type: Diaries and journals
Pages: 4 images
Subjects: Congregational churches -- Clergy, Clergy -- Connecticut -- Southington -- Biography
Geography: Yale College (1718-1887), New Haven (Conn.)
Note: 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]
Part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Edward Robinson Collection
Identifier: yhm-spe-rob-n01c
Use/Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Title: Society's Votes etc. 1779
Names: Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795,
Date: 1778-03-25
Type: Membership records
Pages: 4 images
Subjects: Congregational churches -- Clergy
Geography: First Congregational Church (Southington, Conn.)
Abstract: N-1 1780, Jan. Diary of Ezra Stiles contains the sequence of events leading to the ordination of William Robinson. A copy of these pages was with William's papers and printed in Memoir, pp. 88-90.
Note: Documents connected with Southington Congregational Church, March 1778–April 1821, including the “Confession of Faith” [see Memoir of William Robinson, p. 88]
Part of: Hamilton College Library Digital Collections, Edward Robinson Collection
Identifier: yhm-spe-rob-n02a
Use/Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/