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Box 8

 Container

Contains 53 Results:

John M. Robinson, New York, to his father, Moncure Robinson, 1857 October 30

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 50
Identifier: id86334
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents A steam carriage for turnpikes which he is to see demonstrated at "the Novelty Works."

Dates: 1857 October 30

Box 8, 1855 - 1857

 File — Box: 8
Identifier: id86081
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: 1855 - 1857