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Box 3

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Contains 111 Results:

Box 3, 1831-1837

 File — Box: 3
Identifier: id82641
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: 1831-1837

DH Mahan, West Point, N Y , to Moncure Robinson, Port Clinton, Pennsylvania, 1831 March 28

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: id82642
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents An absurd plan of a certain colonel in a civil engineering project; and of the progress of Eustace, brother of Moncure Robinson, at the academy.

Dates: 1831 March 28

Moncure Robinson to Cary Robinson, 1831 March 31

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Identifier: id82643
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents He reminds his brother that he, Conway Robinson, is now in debt to his brothers to the amount of $17,000 and refuses any further advance.

Dates: 1831 March 31

Moncure Robinson, Port Clinton, Pennsylvania, to his father, John Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1831 April 18, May 19 June 28

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Identifier: id82645
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents His dispute with Col. Lay which very nearly ended in a duel. A planned visit to Richmond. Upon his return from the Richmond visit, he works on the location of the route of the Danville and Pottsville Railroad and the Little Schuylkill Rail Road.

Dates: 1831 April 18, May 19 June 28

Moncure Robinson, Philadelphia, to his father, John Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1831 September 15

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Identifier: id82653
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents The visit of his brother, Conway, and his sisters on thier journey North; his plans to send his brother, Alfred, to the College of William and Mary in the Fall; encloses a check for his father.

Dates: 1831 September 15

James Clarke, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Moncure Robinson, Port Clinton, Pennsylvania, 1831 November 14

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Identifier: id82658
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Expresses regret that he cannot attend the opening of the Little Schuylkill R.R., "built under the direction of the first Master in the United States."

Dates: 1831 November 14

Conway Robinson, Richmond, to his brother,  Moncure Robinson, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1832 February 26

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Identifier: id82660
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Included is a copy of a letter from their brother, Cary, in New York, and the answer of Conway R. regarding the debts of Cary and need for more money for his mercantile enterprises in New York.

Dates: 1832 February 26

Moncure Robinson, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Conway Robinson, Attorney at Law, Richmond, Virginia and Moncure Robinson, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, to Conway Robinson, 1832 February 28, March 10

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Identifier: id82666
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Financial problems of Cary in New York and the school problems of Eustace at West Point Military Academy. The "heavy blow" that has fallen on the family, new notes written by Cary against his brother's account, and the troubles of Eustace; the interest of Moncure Robinson in a position on the New River R.R.

Dates: 1832 February 28, March 10

Cary Robinson, New York, to his brother, Conway Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1832 February 20, March 13 , June 25

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 12
Identifier: id82670
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents His debts (letter copied off by Conway R. in his letter to Moncure R.). Cary Robinson to Conway Robinson. His deteriorating financial situation. Eustace, who is one of the 25 remaining of a class of 120 who entered West Point two years before, and Alfred at William & Mary.

Dates: 1832 February 20, March 13 , June 25

Moncure Robinson, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to his father, John Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1832 March 4

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 13
Identifier: id82671
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents A strong letter written to Eustace, who must graduate from West Point if he wants a career as a Civil Engineer; and regarding the Danville & Pottsville Railroad.

Dates: 1832 March 4

Alfred Robinson, Williamsburg, to his brother, Moncure Robinson, Pottsville, Schuylkill Company, Pennsylvania, 1832 March17

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Identifier: id82673
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents His pleasant life at William & Mary; his studies there; of students expelled; of a duel; and of the carrying of a horse to the second floor of the building.

Dates: 1832 March17

Conway Robinson, Richmond, to his brother, Moncure Robinson, New Castle, Pennsylvania., 1832 March 20

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 16
Identifier: id82684
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents The letter of Edwin and debts of Cary; news of the New River Railroad and of the James River Bill passed by the Virginia Legislature; news of brothers Alfred and Eustace.

Dates: 1832 March 20

Alfred Robinson, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, to his brother Moncure Robinson, Philadelphia, 1832 May 6

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 18
Identifier: id82886
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents The troubles of their brother, Cary, of the Lynchburg and New River Railroad and the improvement of the James and Kanawha Rivers; of Saunders and John Page in politics; and of the public examination at the college.

Dates: 1832 May 6

Moncure Robinson, New Castle, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, to his brother, Conway Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1832 June 10

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 19
Identifier: id82887
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents His plans to go to Sulphur Springs for his health, then on a trip with their sister, Jane; recommending the purchase of stock in the James River Scheme; of their sister, Octavia.

Dates: 1832 June 10

Alfred Robinson, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, to his brother, Conway Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1832 June 27

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 20
Identifier: id82888
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Reports of the college course; comment of the Cholera outbreak in Montreal, a threat to Northern cities in the U.S. * For a letter by Moncure Robinson of 7 October 1832, see addition to collection.

Dates: 1832 June 27

Cary Robinson, New York, to his brother, Moncure Robinson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 29 1832 October 19, November 1

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 21
Identifier: id82889
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Request for $500 for a trip to New Orleands made to brother Edwin, from which he has had no reply. His planned trip to New Orleads and need for funds to pay his debts in New York before he will be allowed to leave the city.

Dates: 29 1832 October 19, November 1

Cary Robinson, New Orleans, to his brother, Conway Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1833 February 12

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 23
Identifier: id82892
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Answers an enquiry regarding Charles A. Jacobs; tells of the French-speaking Creole society of the city, of the many deaths from fever and cholera, the theatres, duels, and the bi-lingual state legislature; reports his own lack of success in business.

Dates: 1833 February 12