1866, February 28 - Letter to Edward Robinson, Jr. from William H. Seward, Department of State, thanking Robinson for sending a memorial of his late father.
1868, November 14 - Letter from Hon. E.D. Morgan from Department of State and signed by William Seward. Indicates that Edward Robinson, Jr. has been granted a two-month leave of absence from his position as U.S. Consul at Strasbourg.
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Autographs of famous people on documents and letters received by E. R. and his family from 1822 to the 1870s. Includes those of J. Q. Adams, J. Calhoun, R. Conkling, E. Everett, General Lafayette, H. W. Longfellow, W. Seward, H. Schoolcraft, and Gerrit Smith.
1822, September 4 - Certification that Edward Robinson has deposited his book titled "Homeri Illiadis Libri…" in the Office of the Department of State. Certificate granting copyright signed by John Quincy Adams. Adams's signature is also on the "envelope" side of the sheet addressed to Edward Robinson in Southington, Connecticut.
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Description: 1 page; Adams than Secretary of State. Robinson's first publication, a new edition of Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729-1812) commented Iliad.
1826, May 13 - Letter of introduction for Edward Robinson written on his behalf by Edward Everett to His Excellency, The Baron Niebuhr, Minister of his Prussian Majesty at Rome.
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Description: 1 page; Everett (1794-1865), politician, pastor, educator, diplomat, and mainly professor of Greek literature, studied (1815-19) in Europe, mainly Goettingen. Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776-1831), son of the Orient Explorer Carsten N. (1733-1815), historian and statesman, served from 1816 as Prussian Ambassador to Rome.
1867, March 2 -Letter to Edward Robinson, Jr. from Roscoe Conkling, House of Representatives.
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Autographs of famous people on documents and letters received by E. R. and his family from 1822 to the 1870s. Includes those of J. Q. Adams, J. Calhoun, R. Conkling, E. Everett, General Lafayette, H. W. Longfellow, W. Seward, H. Schoolcraft, and Gerrit Smith.