Robinson Family Papers, 1725/1940, bulk 1793/1848

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
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Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Robinson Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
604.00 Items
Creator:
Robinson Family, Robinson, Conway, and Robinson, Moncure, 1802-1891
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Robinson Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Includes letters, chiefly 1793-1848, written to John Robinson from Merit M. Robinson and Ann Robinson of Smithfield, Va. and from his sons Moncure Robinson, Conway Robinson, Eustace Robinson, Alfred Robinson and Cary Robinson. The collection includes notebooks containing copies of letters, 1853, written by Conway Robinson on a tour of the British Isles and copies of letters, 1861-1864, written by Cary Robinson (1843-1864) while serving in the 6th Virginia Infantry Regiment as well as papers, 1881-1882, concerning property in Washington, D. C. belonging to the estate of John Marshall; and genealogical materials on the Leigh, Marshall and Robinson families. Prominent correspondents include Edward Colston, Benjamin Watkins Leigh and Gustavus Adolphus Myers.

Acc. 2012.353 contains genealogical information on Conway Robinson and the Robinson family.

For description, see the links to the PDFs above.

Rough draft of letter.

Rough draft of letter.

Rough draft of letter.

Rough draft of letter.

Rough draft of letter.

Rough draft.

Rough draft.

Parts of two letters intended to have been incorporated into one, but for lack of time, a short one was written.

Letter not sent.

Letter not sent.

Letter not sent.

Scope and Contents Postscript by Merit M. Robinson.

Same sheet as Items 29 and 30.

Same sheet as Items 28 and 30.

Same sheet as Items 28 and 29.

Same sheet as Item 6.

Same sheet as Item 5.

Postmarked University of Virginia.

Postmarked University of Virginia.

Postmarked University of Virginia.

Postmarked Williamsport, Md.

Same sheet as Item 29.

Same sheet as Item 28.

Same sheet as Item 12.

Same sheet as Item 11.

Enclosure: A newspaper clipping concerning sureys to be made by Moncure Robinson for proposed railroads.

Copy. Note: This letter was found folded in a memorandum written in another hand, containing data on the Robinson family. This memorandum is filed with the letter.

Scope and Contents Enclosure: Letters from John Pollard and Henry Robinson Pollard, at Stevensville, King and Queen County, Virginia, to Henry Robinson [Berkeley]. June 9, 1875. On same sheets.

Enclosure: Pedigree of the family of Robinson, of Boston, Lincolnshire, England.

Enclosure: A memorandum giving data on the Robinson family.

Enclosure: Corrected proof of a short article entitled "Dedication Services at Cleasby Church."

Enclosures: Copy of a letter from C[hristopher] Robinson, at Kingston, Upper Canada, to Lieutenant Robert Robinson, at Digby, Nova Scotia. July 6, 1793. Chart of the decendents of Christopher Robinson, the first of the family to emigrate to Virginia.

Enclosure: Receipted bill for copying a will.

Enclosure: Extract concerning Christopher Robinson, from the History of the settlement of Upper Canada, by William Canniff.

Attached: Answer, May 18, 1903, giving genealogical data.

Signed W.G. Stenard

Copy. (Original sent to Gen. Charles Robinson in England)

Enclosure: Abstract of the will of William Robinson, of Spotsylvania County, May 5, 1792.

Scope and Contents A carbon copy sent to Elizabeth M. Robinson, at The Vineyard, near Washington D.C.

Signed by W.G. Stanard. Note: Memoranda on the Robinson family appear on the back of this letter.

Enclosure: A sheet containing genealogical data.

Scope and Contents Enclosures: Paul Monroe Robinson at Clarksburg, West Virginia, to General C.W. Robinson, at Ealing, England, August 7, 1908. E.W. Robinson, at Boston, Mass. July 25, 1908. Circular letter concerning the Robinson Genealogical Society.

Scope and Contents Postmarked Fortress Monroe, Virginia.

Enclosure: Memo concerning data on the Robinson family.

Scope and Contents Enclosure: A letter from Lyon G. Tyler, at Williamsburg, Virginia, to Gen. Robinson, at Ealing. October 14, 1909. Copy.

Two letters. Probably December 1818 or January 1819. Mentions probable death of Rep. Mumford of N.C. (d. December 31, 1818)

First four sheets missing.

Extract of a letter.

37 pieces. Note: Cary Robinson, son of Conway Robinson, was killed in the battle of "Hatcher's Run," October 27, 1864.

A 240-page notebook, Volume 1, containing copies or extracts of the following papers.

Page 1.

Page 9.

Page 10.

Page 18.

Extract of letter concerning Leigh Robinson. Page 19.

Page 20.

Extract of a letter. Page 20.

Letter. Page 21.

Letter. Page 24.

Letter. Page 27.

Page 30.

Page 31.

Letter. Page 34.

Letter. Page 36.

Letter. Page 39.

Letter. Page 40.

Letter. Page 44.

Letter. Page 45.

Letter. Page 46.

Letter. Page 48.

Content concerning the will of Robert Bruce Honeyman, proved at Hanover Court House, in 1823, in which the rib of James V of Scotland was bequeathed to Robert Bruce Honeyman Jr. Page 56.

Letter. Page 57. Note: The original of the following letter was enclosed with the original of this letter.

Letter. Page 58. Note: The original of the following letter was enclosed with the original of this letter.

Letter. Page 62.

Letter. Page 68.

Letter. Page 71.

Letter. Page 74.

Letter. Page 80.

Page 85.

Page 89. This letter begins in Volume 2, page 23.

Letter. Page 98.

Letter. Page 100, continued on page 217.

Incomplete letter describing the battle of the Merrimack and Monitor. Page 113.

Letter. Page 113.

Letter. Page 118.

Letter. Page 123.

Letter. Page 127.

Letter. Page 128.

Page 131.

Page 137.

Letter. Page 140. Enclosure: [Cary Robinson to Mrs. Minnegerode?]. 1 January 1863. A short note. Page 143.

Letter. Page 144.

Letter. Page 144.

Letter. Page 149.

Letter. Page 155.

Letter. Page 157.

Letter. Page 159.

Letter. Page 161.

Letter. Page 162.

Letter. Page 166.

Letter containing an obituary if Henry L. Skinner for publication in a newspaper. Page 181.

Letter. Page 184.

Letter. Page 186.

Letter. Page 186.

Letter describing, briefly, the battle of Gettysburg. Page 191.

Letter. Page 193.

Letter. Page 195.

Letter. Page 199.

Letter. page 201.

Letter. Page 202.

Letter. Page 203.

Letter describing the death of his brother, William. Page 205.

Letter. Page 207.

Letter. Page 209.

Page 210.

Part of a letter that was enclosed in a letter dated January 16, 1864 which is lost. page 211.

Letter. Page 213.

Continuation of letter on page 100. Page 217.

Letter. Page 219.

Letter. Page 220.

Letter. Page 221.

Letter. Page 223.

Letter. Page 225.

Letter. Page 226.

Extract of a letter. Page 226.

Letter. Page 227.

Letter. Page 229.

Letter. Page 232, 231, 230.

Letter. Page 233.

Page 235.

Page 236.

page 237.

Page 237.

Letter informing them of the death of their son, Cary Robinson. Page 238.

Page 240.

A 240-page notebook, Volume 2, containing copies or extracts of the following papers.

Letter. Page 1.

Letter. Page 2.

Letter. Page 7.

Letter. Page 8.

Letter. Page 10.

Letter. Page 11.

Letter. Page 14.

Letter. Page 15.

Lettr. Page 16.

Letter. Page 18.

Page 19.

Scope and Contents Letter. Page 20. Postscript by Cary Robinson to Lucy [?].

Lettr. Page 23. This letter is continued in Volume 1, Page 89.

Letter. Page 32.

Letter transmitting the resolutions of the society upon the death of Miss Elizabeth M. Robinson. Page 37. The text of the resolutions appears on pages 34-36.

Letter of sympathy upon the death of Miss E[lizabeth] M. Robinson. Page 38.

Page 39.

Page 41.

Page 48.

Letter. Page 50.

Page 52.

1 piece.

1 piece.

Made 1785, proved 1787; copy of a letter from Benjamin Robinson, King and Queen County, Virginia, to Col. Beverley Robinson, [in England], 7 August 1784; and extracts from Foster's Alumni Oxonienses and Meade's Old churches, ministers and families of Virginia. 1 piece.

An article in the Richmond standard, 26 March 1881. 1 piece.

From a loyalist's diary. Side lights thrown on colonial days by a British officer. 1 piece.

2 pieces.

Includes the last Statesman--Bishop, [1650-1723]; and numerous sketches of Blackwell Grange and Thornton Hall, Darlington, etc. (George A. Fothergill's Sketch Book, Part 6). James Dodds, Darlington, England. 40 page. 25.5x31cm. 1 piece.

1 piece

1 piece.

51 pieces.

1 piece. Newspaper clipping.

1 piece.

1 piece.

Also includes a catalogue of the most distinguished heathen gods and goddesses and some illustrious heroes. 85 pages. 8x5.25inches. 1 piece.

5 pages.

5 pieces. Note: One recommendation is signed by John Marshall.

2 pieces.

26 pieces, dated 1826-1866.

Content concerns the intimacy which existed between her father, Conway Robinson, and Abraham Lincoln, and the placing of the Robinson family under arrest after the assassination of the President. 6 pages.

Concerning the portraits of Conway Robinson and Moncure Robinson, and giving dates of birth and death of Cary Robinson and William Colston Robinson, sons of Conway Robinson. 1 piece.

The clipping contains a half-tone cut of Miss Agnes Conway Robinson and the Sully portrait of Conway Robinson. 1 piece.

Printed. 1 piece.

1 piece.

9 pieces.

7 pieces.

Scope and Contents Inside of case labeled with, "Pratt's VA Gallery," in, "Richmond." 4.5" x 6". Fair condition with a broken case.

Scope and Contents Taken at the time Robinson's portrait was painted by Thomas Sully. Case is heavvily worn. 3" x 3.5"

Scope and Contents Son of Conway Robinson. Good condition with some scratches on the case. 3" x 3.5"

Biographical / historical:
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Acc. 2012.353 added by Benjamin Bromley in November 2012.