G-4 1830, Mar. 26 Letter to E. R. c/o Curtis & Porter in Paris from his sister Elisabeth in Southington. Refers to E. R.'s longing to return to his native land and kindred. Elisabeth notes that people in Southington are also inquiring about his return. For ex., Mr. Ogden, the local minister, would like to go to the Union College Commencement, if he could get a pulpit supply. Has asked Elisabeth when her brother is returning so that he might engage E. R. to fill the pulpit for him.
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1830, March 26/27- Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elisabeth.
G-3 1829, March 27 Letter from Elisabeth in Southington to her brother Edward (c/o Curtis & Porter in Paris, then forwarded to Milan). Elisabeth expresses her fervent desire to have her brother return from Europe and recounts how lonesome she felt when she bid him farewell in 1826. Tells him that she now has the leisure to read magazines, journals, and novels (The Fair Maid of Perth by Walter Scott). Also feels that the society of ladies has never been better though none are very literary. James Woodruff has asked for her opinion about female seminaries in New Haven and Hartford, for niece Ann will soon be enrolled in one of them. Mentions the establishment of a Temperance Society and says that "we practice total abstinence except when we feel sure indulgence will be beneficial and these cases have been of rare occurence." Exceptionally cold weather has delayed the arrival of Spring and the Hudson is frozen as far as Poughkeepsie.
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1829, March 27 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elizabeth.
G-4 1830, Mar. 5 Letter to E. R. c/o Curtis & Porter in Paris from his sister Elisabeth in Southington. Indicates that she had been away from Southington for 3 months, caring for Sarah. Has been back in CT for two weeks, returning to Southington with Gen. Cowles & family instead of with Charles. Third page difficult to read because after Elisabeth filled the page (horizontally), she turned the page sideways and wrote another paragraph directly over the other writing. She sends greetings to Therese and little Mary.
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1830, March 5 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elisabeth.
G-2 1828, Nov. 26 Letter to E. R. (c/o Curtis & Porter in Paris) from his sister Elisabeth in Southington, CT. She had returned from Catskill to New Haven after receiving news that Nancy was ill, but by the time she had arrived there Nancy was beginning to recover. She then proceeded to Southington. Indicates that plans for a new meeting house are under way and the building should be completed in Sept. of 1829.
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1828, November 26 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elisabeth.
G-3 1829, Nov. 6 Letter to E. R. c/o Curtis & Porter in Paris from his brother Charles in Southington, CT. Detailed the failure of the Eagle Bank and the consequences thereof in relation to his own financial situation. Third page is difficult to read because an extra paragraph has been written vertically over the initial horizontal writing. Elisabeth uses the outer folds of the "envelope" side to add a few words to E. R. Explains she will be in New Haven for Thanksgiving, then will travel to Mass. and N.Y. in early December.
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1829, November 6/7- Letter to Edward Robinson from his brother Charles, detailing the failure of the Eagle Bank, etc.
G-3 1829, Oct. 29 Letter to E. R. c/o Curtis & Porter in Paris from his sister Elisabeth in Southington, CT. Tells of how her brothers Charles and George convinced her to sell her stock to help Charles out of his financial disaster. She now regrets that her feeling of independence has been taken from her, but she wanted to help her brother. Mentions that Prof. Stuart and "his Lady" came to visit en route to New Haven and spent the night with them. Third page difficult to read because an extra paragraph has been superimposed vertically upon the initial horizontal writing.
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1829, October 29 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elisabeth
G-3 1829, Sept. 25 Letter to E. R. c/o of Curtis & Porter in Paris from his sister Elisabeth in Southington, CT. Forwarded to Halle. Difficult to read page 3 because the entire page has the contents of two pages, a vertical text superposed on a horizontal text. Inquires about the illnesses of both Therese and Edward.
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1829, September 25 - Letter to Edward Robinson from his sister Elisabeth, inquiring about the illnesses of both Therese and Edward.
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.
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.