P-1/2 1854 - 1859 Letters, papers, and documents acquired by E. R. to write the Memoir of William Robinson. Included in this cache of items are: the wills (originals or copies thereof) for John Robinson, William Robinson, and Ichabod Robinson; genealogy records for the Isaac Robinson and William Robinson families supplied by Amos Otis of Yarmouth, MA; genealogy of the Brown family printed in the Willimantic Journal for 25 April 1852; and more than 125 letters to E. R. with information about his father and relatives of same.
Robinson, William; Robinson, Edward O-1 1779, Dec. 12 Letter to Ichabod Robinson from John Robinson at Yale College. Writes to inform his father that his "Quarter bill" at Yale must be paid in "hard money" [i.e, silver] because the valuation of "Continental money" has fallen to its "lowest ebb."
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William Robinson (father of E. R.): more than 60 letters related to his family, 1770–1825.
