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Box 2

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Contains 1 Result:

Moncure Robinson, Paris, to his father, John Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1825 November 20

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Identifier: id80920
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Recounts his hospitable reception in Holland, where he visited Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Antwerp; he met Lefevre, a distinguished Civil Engineer of Lyon, and received a letter of introduction to Baron Dupin, the author of the famous work on the institutions and public works of England; he describes the work of Napoleon in cutting a new channel for the Rhine River to the sea.

Dates: 1825 November 20