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Box 1

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Correspondence regarding Moncure Robinson Papers, further gift of some 6,000 pieces, between A.D. Chandler, President, and Wm. G. Harkins, Librarian at the College of William and Mary, Irwin L. Gordon, Philadelphia, Pa., and Moncure Biddle, Haverford, Pa., 1953 March-December

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id80254
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Personal and professional papers of Moncure Robinson dealing mostly with management of Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad in which he held controlling interest. Prominent correspondents include James Buchanan, Washington Irving, Dennis Hart Mahan, Winfield Scott and Abel Parker Upshur. Also included is the correspondence of his father, John Robinson (including letters from William C. C. Claiborne), his brothers, Cary, Edwin, Conway and Eustace Robinson and his brother-in-law John...
Dates: 1953 March-December