Moncure Robinson, Philadelphia, to his son, John M. Robinson, 1855

Containers:
Box 8, Folder 10
Scope and content:

Scope and Contents Enclosing a check for John and his brother, Edmund, that might have to be cashed in Boston; advice on expenditures; advises that if he cannot graduate cum laude in January, that he wait another term. Advice on studies leading to graduation in July. Request for more money "creates in me a good deal of surprise"; "unfortunate companions at Cambridge and "you may have vices I have not before suspected"; asks for an itemized statement. Candor of last letter from John M. Robinson; advice on expenses, studies and plans for graduation.

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