C-6 1819, Jan. 12 Promissory note between E. R. and Eli Bristoll. A scrap of paper on which is written: "$233.33. By the fifteenth day of April A.D. 1822, I promise to pay to Eli Bristoll two hundred & thirty three dollars & thirty three cents, for value received, with interest after the fifteenth day of April next. Clinton, Jan. 12, 1819 / Edward Robinson." on the other side is written: E. Robinson to Eli Bristoll / $233.33 + $49.39 (interest) = $282.72 / April 24th 1822. [In Mylar sheet]
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1819, January 12 - Promissory note between Edward Robinson and Eli Bristoll. One side reads $233.33, the other $282.72.
F-2 1832, Feb. 25 Agreement between E. R. and John Powell. E. R. agrees to provide Powell a warranty deed within four months. In the meantime, E. R. describes the 50 acres on which Powell has already taken possession, namely that it lies between the homesteads now or formerly owned & occupied by Josiah Noyes and Simeon Nelson, for which consideration Powell has already paid $2,500.
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1832, February 25 - Edward Robinson's declaration for the contract which will be used to sell the land of approximately 50 acres to John Powell.
F-2 1832, Feb. 25 E. R., in his own hand, draws up a contract which will be used to sell this land of approximately 50 acres (which he acquired from Mary Kirkland in July or August of 1821) to John Powell, with the closing to take place March 1, 1832. The specific boundaries of the land to be deeded are included in this contract. He also deducts the interest on the money which Powell, Parmelee, and Nelson put aside for the down payment. E. R.'s rough draft of this formal contract is also included (dated 24 Feb. 1832), and it contains the specifics of the financial transaction between E. R. and Powell.
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.
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.
A-3 1819, April 17 Lease negotiated in the presence of Samuel Farr between Gershom Wood and "the heirs of Samuel Kirkland for all the cleared land on the tract lying in Westmoreland between the parsonage lot (so called) and the land deeded by Samuel Kirkland to Roderick Morrison" for $15 payable either in stock or money. He further agrees to leave all fences in good repair. E. R. notes that $15 was received in full payment of the rent on 28 May 1819.
A journal of botanical information on the Hamilton College Root Glen kept by different members of the Root family (the handwriting changes at least once); it includes photographs copied for display in the Grant Garden.