Scope and Contents Prominent correspondents: Eustace Robinson, brother; Octavia Robinson, sister; Nicholas Mills, President, Chesterfield Rail Road Co.; George W. Mordecai, President, Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, the North Carolina Railroad; Anna Jane Robinson, sister; Nicholas Biddle, banker and financier; Merritt M. Robinson, relation; G. A. Myers, Richmond attorney; James Ford Rhodes, President, Richmond and Petersburg Rail Road Co. ALS dated October 18, 1816 from Frances Powell to John Robinson ALS dated...

Scope and Contents Prominent correspondents: Nicholas Biddle, banker and financier; G. A. Myers, Richmond attorney; J. C. R. Taylor, brother-in-law; Moore Robinson, brother; Lewis Warrington, Secretary of the Navy. ALS dated April 23, 1840 from E. Caylus ALS dated April 29, 1840 from E. Caylus ALS dated May 23, 1840 from James King ALS dated August 5, 1840 from Nicholas Biddle ALS dated September 23, 1840 from J. C. R. Taylor ALS dated March 2, 1842 from Moore Robinson ALS dated March 27, 1842 from G. A. Myers...

Scope and Contents Prominent correspondents: G. A. Myers, Richmond attorney; Agnes Robinson, sister; John Robinson, brother; Edmund R. Robinson, son; MooreRobinson, brother; Lewis Warrington, Secretary of the Navy; CorneliaRobinson, sister; Cary Robinson, brother, Conway Robinson, brother; A. Homer, Secretary, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore R. R. Co. ALS dated November 19, 1842 from Moore Robinson ALS dated December 18, 1842 from Cornelia Robinson ALS dated August 21, 1842 from Cary Robinson to Conway...

Scope and Contents Prominent correspondents: Agnes Robinson, sister; John Robinson, brother; Edmund R. Robinson, son; MooreRobinson, brother; CorneliaRobinson, sister; C. B. R. Robinson, brother; John Robinson III, father; Eustace Robinson, brother; Hillary Baker, clerk, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Co. AL (fragment), not dated from Moncure Robinson to one of his children, not identified ALS dated February 14 (no year) from Cornelia Robinson ALS dated April 26, 1825, correspondent unidentified ALS...

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ALS dated March 2, 1861 from Thomson Hankey ALS dated April 20, 1861 from Thomson Hankey ALS dated May 6, 1861 from Thomson Hankey ALS dated May 23, 1861 from Thomson Hankey ALS dated June 1, 1861 from Thomson Hankey ALS dated June 14, 1861 from Thomson Hankey ALS dated June 29, 1861 from Thomson Hankey ALS dated August 9, 1861 from Thomson Hankey ALS dated August 29, 1861 from Thomson Hankey

Scope and Contents ALS dated November 9, 1832 from E.  R. Biddle ALS dated July 28, 1836 from Moncure Robinson to the Members of the Board of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road ALS dated January 6, 1837 from Moncure Robinson to Elihu Chauncey Resolution of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road dated January 13, 1837 granting Robinson, as Chief Engineer, the authority to negotiate a loan for the line ALS dated January 21, 1837 from Moncure Robinson to Conway Robinson ALS dated January 21, 1837 from Gowan...

Scope and Contents Design document for the “Black Rock Tunnel, near Phoenixville, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. 1835” ALS dated March 13, 1835 from Moncure Robinson “to the President & Managers of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Co.”  Typewritten transcription attached. ALS dated July 9, 1835 from Moncure Robinson to R. P. Lardner, Treasurer, Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Co. Surveys made for the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road presented to the President and Managers by Moncure Robinson...

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AM-Diary dated March 20, 1825 to October 6, 1827. AM-book of notes accompanying diary. TM-transcription of said diary. AM-Diary dated August 15, 1865 to June 13, 1870

Scope and Contents Photographs (3) of Moncure Robinson, not dated. Photograph (with negative) of Robinson private graveyard, Richmond Photograph (with negative) of wall at Robinson private graveyard, Richmond, VA Photographs (2) of “Wm. Russell House, father of Anthony Robinson, Williamsburg, VA” TD titled “Will of Moncure Robinson, filed at Philadelphia, Nov. 15. 1879.” Copies (2) included. TD titled “Copy of Last Will and Testament dated ______ and Codicils thereto dated ______ of Moncure Robinson, Senior”...

Scope and Contents Certificate of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects recognizing the election of Moncure Robinson as a member of the organization, dated July 29, 1853 Envelope titled “Extracts from newspapers during war-“ written in Moncure Robinson’s hand and containing clippings during the Civil War from various newspapers Ticket to the opening Ceremony of the Paris Exposition of 1867 Line drawings, n. d. of the “Richmond home of John Robinson” and “Rich Hill near Port Tobacco, Md. Home...

Scope and Contents TL dated November 8, 1968 from George M. Hart to Roderick Craib, Director of Public Relations, The Reading Company containing a list of chapter headings for a biography of Moncure Robinson with the proposed title “The Incredible Robinson.” “NOTES” of George M. Hart concerning the suggesting alternate titles of the biography and other aspects of the work TD by George M. Hart containing chapter headings for the proposed biography with manuscript copy attached written by George M. Hart, n. d....