G-5 1827, Oct. 13 Travel reservation for E. R. via "diligenza veloce" from Rhin to Prague. Document printed on one side in Italian and on the other side in German. A calling card bound with this item: Le Baron Pron, Préfet du Bao. Rhin.
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1827, October 13 - Travel reservation for Edward Robinson via "diligenza veloce" from Viennato Prague.
Documents connected with Southington Congregational Church, March 1778–April 1821, including the “Confession of Faith” [see Memoir of William Robinson, p. 88]
L-1 1852, Jan. 9 Envelope addressed to E. R. of New York care of J. Watson, 7 Am.... Square, Hempstead Road, London from W. Dickson. No letter enclosed.
C-3 1819, July 26 Letter to E. R. in Clinton from his father, William Robinson, Southington, CT. The letter consists of 2 folios, but folio 2r contains but seven lines of writing; the rest of the page has been cut (not torn) off and hence the closing remarks and signature are lacking. The missing part of the letter was found in another cache of letters dating from the 1830s. William wrote this letter to console E. R. on the death of his first wife, Eliza Kirkland. [This is the second letter E. R. received from his father concerning the death of Eliza. An earlier letter dated July 19 is in the Ham. College Archives.]
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1819, July 19 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his father, William Robinson.
I-4 [1842, July?] E. R. wrote letters to Prudhoe, Everett, and Hamilton to express his appreciation for the Royal Geographical Society's gold medal. The undated drafts for those three letters are preserved here.
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1842, July? - Letters from Edward Robinson to William Hamilton, Edward Everett, and Lord Prudhoe expressing appreciation for the Royal Geographic Society's gold medal.
Kirkland 181a W.T. Smith to Samuel Kirkland New York July 2d 1795 Dear Sir The Bearer of this, my very particular friend, George Embree , being called on by the Society of Friends to accompany the Commissioners of the State in the proposed meeting of the Indians in Your neighbourhood, I take the liberty of introducing him to your acquaintance civilities and friendship. Any favours and attention shown him will be a just tribute to merit and confer a particular obligation on your friend and milita Show moreKirkland 181a W.T. Smith to Samuel Kirkland New York July 2d 1795 Dear Sir The Bearer of this, my very particular friend, George Embree , being called on by the Society of Friends to accompany the Commissioners of the State in the proposed meeting of the Indians in Your neighbourhood, I take the liberty of introducing him to your acquaintance civilities and friendship. Any favours and attention shown him will be a just tribute to merit and confer a particular obligation on your friend and military companion in the campaign of 1779 under Sullivan . W. T. Smith . The Reverend Mr. Kirkland . Colonel Smith New York 1795 Show less
The bearer of this letter, George Embree, has been called on by the Society of Friends to accompany the State Commissioners in the proposed Indian meeting in Samuel Kirkland's area. Any favors shown Embree will be seen as a tribute to Kirkland's friend and military companion (Smith?).
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.