F-5 1829, Dec. 14 Letter to E. R. from Moses Stuart in Andover. Communicates news of the faculty. Dr. Wisner declined the new professorship when the Board of Visitors dropped "Pastoral Theology" from the title, which now reads Prof. of Eccl. History. Trustees appointed Rev. Ralph Emerson of Norfolk, Ct to that position. Dr. Porter is very ill and is on leave, and Mr. Stowe is Stuart's assistant. Farrar is pursuing plans to design a position specifically for E. R. and has even reserved the house of a former colleague for E. R. and his family. Apparently the trustees are reluctant to appoint someone to a professorship who is not already "a Pastor,"and that may explain why E. R. was not selected. Stuart discusses his publications, comments on books received from E. R., and lists other titles needed for the library.
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1829, December 14 - Letter to Edward Robinson from Moses Stewart, communicating news of faculty at Andover, etc.
1831, March 4 - Letter to Edward Robinson from Daniel C. Blood, secretary of the Association for Inquiry Respecting Revivals in Religion. Robinson was elected an honorary member.
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Description: 1 page; the 'Society of Inquiry respecting Missions and the State of Religion' founded 1814 in Princeton Theological Seminary; the note is signed in Andover.
H-2 1840, April 20 Letter to E. R. in Berlin from Elisabeth in Detroit. She writes that "Charles has entered into political life with all his heart and mind and so devotes himself unsparingly to the furtherance of the Whig cause." The opposition has called Harrison the "Log Cabin candidate" and now his friends have taken the appellation and are making much of it. Log cabins are rising in many places--used for committee rooms, etc. Confirms that George is moving to Northampton in May. She expects her sister Sophia to come from Buffalo as soon as navigation on Lake Erie resumes. She says Detroit is so depressed that anyone who survives the present crises is sure to succeed in the future. Indicates that Theodore and Anna Tracy are doing well, live in a fine house, and have a garden with several varieties of grapes and plum trees.
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1840, April 20 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elisabeth, discussing Charles Robinson's political life.
H-2 1839, June 24 Letter to E. R. in Berlin from Elisabeth in Detroit. Charles was not nominated as a candidate for mayor because the Whigs thought he could not win against Flagg. Their candidate Hitchcock did win. Charles said the salary was a mere $200 and thought all turned out for the best. Mentions that a disease has denuded the elm trees in New Haven and the exceptionally cold weather has been very unpleasant for this time of year.
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1839, June 24 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elisabeth, discussing Charles's failure to be nominated for mayor.
Square ("New Green"). At a young men's convention in Hartford, attended by 5,000 to 7,000, Charles was elected a delegate to the National Convention in Baltimore in May. Charles is working to elect Harrison & Tyler. Gives news of the Woodruffs and the Tracys. Theodore Tracy (Anna's husband) was gone for 5 weeks on business in Philadelphia and Cleveland. Elisabeth makes the following observation about
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1840, March 23 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elisabeth.
states. She and Charles's family will dine with George's family. Details events coming from the recent election, in which the Whigs took many of the positions in New York, Massachusetts, etc., including Everett as Governor.
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1837, November 29 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elisabeth.
1830, September 8 - Letter to Edward Robinson from A.N. Skinner, corresponding secretary of the Phi Beta Kappa Society of New Haven. Society elected Robinson an honorary member of the Alpha of Connecticut.
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Description: 1 page; Yale Phi Betta Kappa, American first secret society and first fraternity, established 1876 as an intellectual debating society.