N-1 1776, May 28 License for William Robinson to preach, authorized by the Association of the County of New Haven and signed by Benjamin Trumbull. Cited in Memoir, pp. 72-73. Note the date on the certificate is May 28, not May 29, as indicated at the end of the private Covenant (above) and printed in the Memoir.
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Items cited in Memoir of William Robinson by Edward Robinson: Sermon, Account book, Ordination papers, Address to the Senior Class at Yale College, Letter of 1782 on the death of Naomi Robinson, etc. [For William Robinson’s diploma from Yale College, see catalogue no. 2]
N-1 1776, May 28 License for William Robinson to preach, authorized by the Association of the County of New Haven and signed by Benjamin Trumbull. Cited in Memoir, pp. 72-73. Note the date on the certificate is May 28, not May 29, as indicated at the end of the private Covenant (above) and printed in the Memoir.
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Items cited in Memoir of William Robinson by Edward Robinson: Sermon, Account book, Ordination papers, Address to the Senior Class at Yale College, Letter of 1782 on the death of Naomi Robinson, etc. [For William Robinson’s diploma from Yale College, see catalogue no. 2]
C-6 1821, Aug. 28 Promissory note between E. R. and Amanda Norton. On a scrap of paper is written: "$30. Two years after date I promise to pay to Amanda Norton, administratrix of the estate of Seth Norton deceased, thirty dollars for value received with interest. August 28, 1821 / Edward [Robinson]." The "Robinson has been ripped off the paper. On the reserve side of this paper is written: E. Robinson . . . $30 / 2.10 + 1.05 + .35 = $3.40 + $30 = $33.40.
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1821, August 28 - Promissory note between Edward Robinson and Amanda Norton. One side reads $30, the other $33.40.
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.
This is a collection of materials related to banjos held by the Rare Books and Special Collections Department. Many of these items were acquired from the Robert Fraker Collection of Nineteenth-Century Banjo Instruction Manuals. This collection includes 36 banjo instruction manuals, three published dissertations on the banjo, two banjo music sales catalogs, one loose piece of sheet music, and 32 minstrel broadsides.
A handsome copy of Converse's final tutor, with the ownership signature "S[ister]r. Beatrice, OSB, 1893." Includes a generous selection of music; the final ads are for Converse's line of banjos, and include full page diagrams of his improvements in neck mounting and tail piece.
First edition. A major treatise by a leading manufacturer, marking the evolution of the instrument from minstrel stage to concert hall. This is an early issue with uncorrected textual errors e.g. "seemad" for "seemed" on p. 30, line 12, "audiance" for "audience", p. 14, line 12 from bottom, and "affect" for "effect" on p. 64, line 5 from bottom. Most notably, subsequent editions did not include the nine portraits of professional players, but only the portrait of Stewart.
Second edition; stamped "Complimentary Copy" on ffep [front free end paper], and with the pencilled block letters, "Danville School of Music. H. Q. Porter, Violin; H. A. Prior, piano; Park Hunter, Banjo," on the verso of the portrait. As noted, the textual errors are here corrected, and only the portrait of Stewart is retained.
16 letters written by Maj. (Baron) Friedrich von Steuben (1730-1794). Baron von Steuben, a native French speaker, served under Washington at Valley Forge, rose to the position of Inspector-General of the Continental Army in 1778 and later was a participant in the founding of the Hamilton-Oneida Academy, the predecessor of Hamilton College. Includes transcriptions and English translations of the French originals.