Description: Bibliotheca sacra, or, Tracts and essays on topics connected with Biblical literature and theology (Where to cite this periodical Robinson edits?) or ignore? (CS)
F-6 1828, July 15 Letter to E. R. from Geo. Ficknor in Berlin. Indicates that two young gentlemen, Wm. Barry and James Richmond, are setting out for Germany to pursue their theological studies. They plan to meet with E. R. at Ficknor's suggestion.
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1828, July 15 - Letter to Edward Robinson from George Ticknor, indicating that two young men, William Barry and James Richmond, plan to meet with Robinson in Germany.
H-2 1839, May 27 Letter to E. R. in Berlin from Elisabeth in Buffalo. Eagerly awaits his return. Hopes Theresa will find a residence in New York “more to her taste" than what she had in either Andover or Boston and that she will be "happier than formerly." Indicates E. R.'s letter of Dec. 12th never arrived. Harriet is recovering and baby Caroline is well. Describes her trip from New Haven to Buffalo in the company of Mrs. Church (daughter of Prof. Silliman): north river boat to Albany; the railroad from there to Utica; the packet from Utica to Rochester; by railroad to Buffalo. Mrs. Church told her that Col. Trumbull, on his visit to Wilkes-Barre, did not ascertain with any great certainty our descent from the Puritan John Robinson, but he is very sanguine in the belief that such is the fact. He brought home a cane that once belonged to that reverend man.
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1839, May 27 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elisabeth.
H-2 1839, Oct. 27 Letter to E. R. in Berlin from Elisabeth in Buffalo. Since E. R. is staying in Europe, she has decided to return to Detroit so she can be a friend and helper to Anna. She will have to depart very soon before all the boats are taken off Lake Erie for the winter months. The fall season has been exceptionally mild and pleasant, just like that of 1835 when she and Sophia visited E. R. in Boston. Elisabeth enjoyed her six weeks with Helen in Buffalo, but finds the city to be a business community where there is little literature and, of course, not such a state of things as would please a literary taste. Both Nancy Robinson and Aunt Mary in New Haven fell dangerously ill with lung fever and almost died.
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1839, October 27 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elisabeth.
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 1840, Jan. 2 Letter to E. R. in Berlin from Elisabeth in Detroit. Relays news from New Haven, namely that Nancy is too feeble to do very much. She has been downstairs but once since the birth of the baby [i.e. Oct. 30]. She and Charles are still deciding upon a name for the baby, either William Edward or Ernest, but Charles laments that one of these choices did not include his name. There is no gaiety in Detroit because of economic hard times and no public confidence. "Every man distrusts his neighbors. It is indeed a melancholy state of things." Elisabeth mentions that the price of flour is $5.50 and rents are very low, but even at reduced prices, people cannot afford such things.
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1840, January 2 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elisabeth.
H-2 1840, Jan. 31 Letter to E. R. in Berlin from Elisabeth in Detroit. She is glad her brother's situation is agreeable. Thinks that Therese is "far happier there than she would be in this country. This I infer from the circumstances of the case and because she never seemed to me well satisfied and contented here." Reports that Charles' son is named William Edward and looks like their son Charles (who died in infancy).
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1840, January 31 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elisabeth.
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.
H-2 1840, May 27 Letter to E. R. in Berlin from Elisabeth in Detroit. She plans to return home [ie. New Haven] in July. Says Charles decided not to attend the convention in Baltimore, but she does not know why. Suggests E. R. may be in London by the time her letter arrives in Berlin.
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1840, May 27 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elisabeth.
H-2 1839, Nov. 27 Letter to E. R. in Berlin from Elisabeth in Detroit. [very light ink and difficult to read] She writes the letter on the day preceding the annual festival of Thanksgiving proclaimed in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Illinois, but not in Michigan. Says "there is a political revolution in this state and Judge Woodbridge, whose wife is a Trumbull, is the Whig Governor." Gen. Scott and a regiment of soldiers is stationed in Dearborn because "rumor has it that the patriots might make trouble."
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1839, November 27 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elisabeth.
Letters to E. R. from members in the academic community, 1841–1859, including Richard H. Dana, Thomas H. Skinner, Stephen H. Syng, Samuel Turner, J. Horford Smith, I. W. Alexander, A. Guyot, George P. Marsh, and a professor in Berlin.
Letters to E. R. from members in the academic community, 1841–1859, including Richard H. Dana, Thomas H. Skinner, Stephen H. Syng, Samuel Turner, J. Horford Smith, I. W. Alexander, A. Guyot, George P. Marsh, and a professor in Berlin.