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Scope and Contents An inquiry concerning John Moncure; including a power of attorney; hoping for a visit from his sister Charlotte and the rest of the family.

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Scope and Contents John, son of Moncure Robinson, advising that he be allowed to pursue a scientific direction rather than a classical one in his studies.

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Scope and Contents Success of an application by his son John to VMI and the distress caused by this to his wife Charlotte; settlement with Parker of the B. & O. R.R. on through tickets; mail contracts still pending.

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Scope and Contents Sent with a printed pamphlet autobiography. Draft of a reply of Moncure Robinson to Pierce Butler. Sympathetic with his problems.

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Scope and Contents Payment on a note from Moncure Robinson; family affairs.

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Scope and Contents Social news; report of tight money in Boston, "the cause is no doubt this wicked tariff."

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Scope and Contents He has taken John, son of Moncure Robinson, to the Va. Military Institute.

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Scope and Contents Finances of the railroad line and purchase of more rails; attempts to undermine newspaper support of Central railroad line west of Richmond; shipment of claret wine for friends and for use on Washington and Fredericksburg steamboat line.

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Scope and Contents Need for the purchases of more rails, "the old portion of our road is breaking up rapidly."

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Scope and Contents Notice to yield possession of a house he is renting from Moncure Robinson.

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Scope and Contents Railroad. Details of tickets, routes, etc.

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Scope and Contents Draft of letter for Edwin Robinson to write to Gen. MacRae concerning through baggage; the business of the Bay Line negotiations with Parker Falls and Dundas; trip with his wife, Charlotte, to visit their son, John, at VMI.

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Scope and Contents Best route to Lexington via train or other conveyance.

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Scope and Contents Sent to Moncure Robinson.

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Scope and Contents Cordial social letter.

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Scope and Contents A meeting of the railroad presidents called by the Post Master General; transport of passengers and baggage in Washington, D.C.; schedules to the south; need for an ice boat; Fontaine seeking a loan of $200,000 for his R.R., "we ought to put some blocks in the way of it."

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...