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Prominent correspondents: J. B. Winston, Jr., Treasurer, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R.R.; Brown & Lowndes, Bankers & Brokers; Phoebe Randolph, niece; Ro. Ould, President, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac R. R. Co.; Henry C. Hardy, Banker and Broker; A. Rousseau, Le Ministre des Travaux publics, Versailles; E.T.D. Myers, General Superintendent, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad; Philip Haxall, nephew: C. C. Savage, President, Potomac Steamboat Co.; R. B. Haxall, brother-in-law; Anna Robinson, daughter-in-law ALS dated May 1, 1879 from Wm. Ball ALS dated May ,1, 1879 from D. T. Gilman ALS dated May 1, 1879 from H. C. Hardy ALS dated May 1, 1879 from Chas. F. Mayer ALS dated May 3, 1879 from H. C. Hardy ALS dated May 3, 1879 from Ro. Ould ALS dated May 5, 1879 from Chas. F. Mayer ALS dated May 5, 1879 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 5, 1879 from Ro. Ould ALS dated May 7, 1879 from Brown & Lowndes ALS dated May 9, 1879 from Brown & Lowndes ALS dated May 10, 1879 from J. A. Jones ALS dated May 12, 1879 from George Meade ALS dated May 12, 1879 from G. V. Moncure ALS dated May 13, 1879 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 14, 1879 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 17, 1879 from A. Rousseau ALS dated May 17, 1879 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 17, 1879 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 19, 1879 from Peter Wright ALS dated May 19, 1879 from W. P. Clyde ALS dated May 19, 1879 from E. D. T. Myers ALS dated May 20, 1870 from J. E. Woodbridge ALS dated May 20, 1879 from Ro. Ould ALS dated May 20, 1879 from P. M. Randolph ALS dated May 20, 1879 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 20, 1879 from N. A. Moncure ALS dated May 20, 1879 from H. C. Hardy ALS dated May 23, 1879 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 23, 1879 from Philip Haxall ALS dated May 23, 1879 from H. C. Hardy ALS dated May 24, 1879 from E. A. Crenshaw ALS dated May 25, 1879 Lewis. W. Barringer ALS dated May 25, 1879 from J. Forsyth Meigs ALS dated May 26, 1879 from C. C. Savage ALS dated May 26, 1879 from R. B. Haxall ALS dated May 29, 1879 from Brown & Lowndes ALS dated May 30, 1879 from Anna Robinson ALS dated May 30, 1879 from Brown & Lowndes ALS dated May 31, 1879 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 31, 1879 from Charles Mayer

Prominent correspondents: J. B. Winston, Jr., Treasurer, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R.R.; Beverley Robinson, son; Cornelia Shields, niece; O. Jennings Wise, nephew; George Mattingly, owner and operator Potomac Steamship Co: Jeff R. Taylor, nephew; M. L. Robinson. sister-in-law; George V. Moncure, relation; E. T. D. Myers, President, Petersburg Rail Road Co.; William W. Chamberlain, Treasurer Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad Co. ALS dated November 1, 1881 from Cornelia Shields ALS dated November 1, 1881 from Edward Mathews ALS dated November 5, 1881 from Beverley Robinson ALS dated November 5, 1881 from Mary E. Worrall ALS dated November 8, 1881 from Cornelia Shields ALS dated November 8, 1881 from Lucy Saunders ALS dated November 10, 1881 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated November 11, 1881 from G. E. Bowdoin ALS dated November 14, 1881 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated November 16, 1881 from James Macfarland ALS dated November 17, 1881 from O. Jennings Wise ALS dated November 23, 1881 from J. Forsyth Meigs ALS dated November 23, 1881 from H. C. Crenshaw ALS dated November 23, 1881 from George Mattingly ALS dated November 25, 1881 from James Macfarland ALS (French) dated November 26, 1881 from Claude Janvier ALS date November 28, 1881 from Jeff R. Taylor ALS dated November 29, 1881 from E. A. Crenshaw ALS dated November 29, 1881 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated November 3, 1881 from William Short ALS dated December 1, 1881 from Charles Robinson ALS dated December 1, 1881 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated December 3, 1881 from J. W. Ford ALS dated December 3, 1881 from M. L. Robinson ALS dated December 6, 1881 from M. L. Robinson ALS dated December 6, 1881 from Alexander Cameron ALS dated December 10, 1881 from George V. Moncure ALS dated December 11, 1881 from George Peabody ALS dated December 12, 1881 from Beverley Robinson ALS dated December 13, 1881 from Charles F. Mayer ALS dated December 15 , 1881 from P. A. Welford ALS dated December 20, 1881 from Charles Chauncey ALS dated December 20, 1881 from. E. M. Todd ALS dated December 20, 1881 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated December 20, 1881 from Charles F. Mayer AL dated December 21, 1881 from Moncure Robinson to J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated December 21, 1881 from E. T. D. Myers ALS dated December 22, 1881 from Alexander Cameron ALS dated December 26, 1881 from M. L. Robinson ALS dated December 29, 1881 from William Chamberlain, Jr. ALS (French) dated December 30, 1881 from Claude Janvier ALS dated December 31, 1881 from J. B. Winston, Jr.

Prominent correspondents: J. B. Winston, Jr., Treasurer, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R.R.;E. Malezieux, French Ministry of Public Works; M. W. Ransom, U.S. Senator, North Carolina, Brigadier General, CSA; Mytton Maury, clergyman and scholar; Brown & Lowndes, Bankers & Brokers;John Bogart, Secretary, American Society of Civil Engineers; H. T. Douglas, Superintendent, Richmond, York River & Chesapeake Railroad Co.; T. R. Sharp, President, Danville, Mocksville & Southwestern R. R. Co.; M. R. Waite, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; Octavia Haxall, sister; E. Robinson, son; Philip Haxall, nephew; C. H. Peirce, Secretary and Treasurer, Atlantic & Charlotte Air Line Railroad Co.; R. B. Haxall, brother-in-law AL dated April 1, 1881 from Moncure Robinson to J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS (French) dated April 4, 1881 from E. Malezieux ALS dated April 5, 1881 from M. W. Ransom ALS dated April 5, 1881 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated April 9, 1881 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated April 12, 1881 from Mytton Maury ALS dated April 18, 1881 from James Alfred Jones ALS dated April 22, 1881 from Brown & Lowndes ALS dated April 25, 1881 from Brown & Lowndes ALS (French) dated April 27, 1881 from L. de Saivre ALS dated April 28, 1881 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 2, 1881 from James Alfred Jones ALS dated May 4, 1881 from G. M. Totten ALS (French) dated May 4, 1881 from E. Malezieux ALS dated May 6, 1881 from James Alfred Jones ALS dated May 7, 1881 from J. H. Dooley to James Alfred Jones ALS dated May 7, 1881 from W. H. Bragg ALS dated May 9, 1881 from J. S. Blackburn ALS dated May 10, 1881 from John Bogart ALS dated May 11, 1881 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 12, 1881 from Robert Dodamead ALS dated May 12, 1881 from J. Preston Coche ALS dated May 12, 1881 from J. R. Baylor ALS dated May 12, 1881 H. T. Douglas ALS dated May 12, 1881 from (illegible) ALS dated May 12, 1881 from Wm. Russell Robinson ALS dated May 13, 1881 from T. R. Sharp ALS dated May 13, 1881 from J. R. Baylor ALS dated May 16, 1881 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 16, 1881 from B. K. Jamison ALS dated May 17, 1881 from W. H. Bragg ALS dated May 17 1881 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 18, 1881 from Edwin Sheppard ALS dated May 21, 1881 from M. R. Waite ALS dated May 21, 1881 from C. F. Garrett ALS dated May 21, 1881 from Octavia Haxall ALS dated May 23, 1881 from J. S. Blackburn ALS dated May 23, 1881 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 23, 1881 from James Alfred Jones ALS dated May 24, 1881 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 25, 1881 from E. Robinson ALS dated May 27, 1881 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 28, 1881 from Philip Haxall ALS dated May 29, 1881 from C. H. Peirce ALS dated May 31, 1881 from R. B. Haxall

Prominent correspondents: J. B. Winston, Jr., Treasurer, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R. R.; R. A. Brock, Corresponding Secretary, Virginia Historical Society; Conway Robinson, Jr., nephew; Octavia Haxall, sister; J. P. Brinton, President, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R. R. Co.; Alice M. Paynter, cousin; Moncure Conway, relation; Mrs. Daynar, cousin; R. A. Brock, Corresponding Secretary, Virginia Historical Society; William Moncure, relative; E. R. Robinson, son; Elihu Chauncey, President; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad; B. Silliman, Yale Medical College; Anna Robinson, daughter-in-law; H. V. Lesley, Secretary and Treasurer, Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Co.; Hallie Haxall Wise, niece; Moncure Robinson, Jr., son ALS dated August 1, 1883 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated August 6, 1883 from John Orr ALS dated August 6, 1883 from R. A. Brock ALS dated August 6, 1883 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated August 7, 1883 from Conway Robinson, Jr. ALS dated August 7, 1883 from Alex Worrall ALS dated August 8, 1883 from J. P Brinton ALS dated August 8, 1883 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated August 12, 1883 from Alex Worrall ALS dated August 15, 1883 from Octavia Haxall ALS dated August 28, 1883 from Alice M. Paynter ALS dated September 4, 1883 from Mr. and Mrs. Daynar ALS dated September 5, 1883 from R. A. Brock ALS dated September 5, 1883 from William Moncure ALS dated September 8, 1883 from Alex Worrall ALS dated September 13, 1883 from Moncure Robinson to R. A. Brock ALS dated September 15, 1883 from R. A. Brock ALS dated September 17, 1883 from E. R. Robinson ALS dated September 17, 1883 from Hallie Haxall Wise ALS dated September 18, 1883 from Octavia Haxall ALS dated September 19, 1883 from Alex Worrall ALS dated September 20, 1883 from Elihu Chauncey ALS dated September 21, 1883 from J. R. Baylor ALS dated September 21, 1883 from Alex Worrall ALS dated September 24, 1883 from R. A. Brock ALS dated September 27, 1883 from Alex Worrall ALS dated September 28, 1883 from William Short ALS dated September 30, 1883 from Moncure Conway ALS dated October, 1883 from William Pepper ALS dated October 3, 1883 from Alex Worrall ALS dated October 7, 1883 from William Moncure ALS dated October 8, 1883 from Alex Worrall ALS dated October 10, 1883 from Mary H. Jones ALS dated October 11, 1883 from William Short ALS dated October 16, 1883 from E. Chevalier ALS dated October 20, 1883 from James G. Osborne ALS dated October 22, 1883 from Octavia Haxall ALS dated October 23, 1883 B.. Silliman ALS dated October 26, 1883 from Alex Worrall ALS dated October 29, 1883 from George Peabody ALS dated October 31, 1883 from Anna Robinson ALS dated November 4, 1883 from Alice M. Paynter ALS dated November 6, 1883 from William Short ALS dated November 23, 1883 from E. Howard ALS dated November 26, 1883 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated November 29, 1883 from Alex Worrall ALS dated December 4, 1883 from Charles Ellis ALS dated December 4, 1883 from Octavia Haxall ALS dated December 6, 1883 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated December 12, 1883 from Kate Brinton ALS dated December 13, 1883 from S. C. Savage ALS dated December 13, 1883 from H. V. Lesley ALS dated December 18, 1883 from Octavia Haxall ALS dated December 25, 1883 from Henrietta Barclay ALS dated December 26, 1883 from G. M. B. Harrell (?) ALS dated December 29, 1883 form J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated December 31, 1883 from Nannie Macfarland Donaldson ALS dated December 31, 1883 from Susan Macfarland

Prominent correspondents: Benjamin Wright, Father of American Civil Engineering and Chief Engineer on the Erie and Chesapeake and Ohio Canals; Nicholas Biddle, lawyer and financier; Octavia Robinson, sister; Moore Robinson, brother ALS dated August 16, 1830 from William Pope ALS dated November 6, 1830 from James Brown ALS dated November 13, 1831 from M. Greene ALS dated March 4, 1833 from Benjamin Wright ALS dated March 16, 1833 from Benjamin Wright ALS dated March 26, 1833 from Benjamin Wright ALS dated April 15, 1832 from Moncure Robinson to Benjamin Wright ALS dated January 10, 1838 from Nicholas Biddle TL (transcription) dated September 8, 1839 from Octavia Robinson to Moore Robinson

Prominent correspondents: J. B. Winston, Jr., Treasurer, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R.R.; Henry C. Hardy, Banker and Broker; Brown & Lowndes, Bankers & Brokers; Lancaster & Lucke, Stock and Real Estate Brokers, Richmond, VA; William W. Chamberlain, Treasurer, Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad Co.; Leigh Robinson, nephew; W. A. Ball, Treasurer, Baltimore Steam Packet Co.; J. T. Gause, Vice-President, The Harlan And Hollingsworth Co. AL dated May 1, 1878 from Moncure Robinson to Charles W. Short ALS dated May 1, 1878 from H.C. Hardy L dated May 2, 1878 from Chas. W. Short ALS dated May 2, 1878 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 4, 1878 from C. O. Lanford ALS dated May 9, 1878 from Brown & Lowndes ALS dated May 10, 1878 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 15, 1878 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 15, 1878 from James Alfred Jones ALS dated May 16, 1878 from James Alfred Jones ALS dated May 17, 1878 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 17, 1878 from Wm. W Chamberlain, Jr. ALS dated May 18, 1878 from Leigh Robinson ALS dated May 20, 1878 from J. T. Gause ALS dated May 20, 1878 from Edward Cohen ALS dated May 21, 1878 from C. O. Lanford ALS dated May 22, 1878 from Wm. W. Chamberlain, Jr. ALS dated May 23, 1878 from Brown & Lowndes ALS dated May 24, 1878 from W. A. Ball, Jr. ALS dated May 25, 1878 from Chas. Short ALS dated May 25, 1878 from Wm. W Chamberlain, Jr ALS dated May 27, 1878 from Leigh Robinson AL dated May 27, 1878 from Moncure Robinson to (unknown) ALS dated May 28, 1878 from Lancaster & Lucke ALS dated May 28, 1878 from W. A. Ball, Jr. ALS dated May 29, 1878 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 29, 1878 from J. B. Winston, Jr. ALS dated May 29, 1878 from William Mc Auley

(Lydia S. M. Robinson was a great granddaughter of Moncure Robinson) TM not dated titled "Some Personal Remembrances of School and College Days; also, of the Civil War" TM not dated titled "Student Days Abroad" TM not dated titled "Some Experiences When Married" TM not dated titled "Reminiscences of My Brother, or 'On Dits.'" TM not dated relating information re Beverley Robinson and Pauline Robinson TM not dated titled "Letters –Property of Miss Lydia S. M. Robinson" Clipping from The Listener dated February 3, 1955 titled "A Fine Stretch of Midland Scenery" ALS dated November 5, 1950 from Lydia S. M. Robinson to Irwin L. Gordon TL dated November 15, 1951 from Irwin L. Gordon to Lydia S. M. Robinson TL dated November 21, 1951 from George M. Hart to Lydia S. M. Robinson ALS dated October 30, 1954 from Lydia S. M. Robinson to George M. Hart and associated notes ALS dated November 6, 1954 from George M. Hart to Lydia S. M. Robinson

Correspondence and research notes intended for a biography of Moncure Robinson requested of Marion Moncure Duncan, distantly related to Moncure Robinson TLS dated February 13, 1951 from Marion Moncure Duncan to Irwin L. Gordon TL dated February 16, 1951 from Irwin L. Gordon to Marion Moncure Duncan TLS dated February 20, 1951 from Marion Moncure Duncan to Irwin L. Gordon

Correspondence and research materials intended for a biography of Moncure Robinson requested of the various correspondents. A number of the letters herein contain associated notes taking by the receiver. TL not dated from George M. Hart to Edward A. Kaiser ALS not dated from Mrs. H. Stuart Andrews to Irwin L. Gordon TM not dated and typewritten copy titled "Photostats requested by Mr. Irwin L. Gordon" of the Department of Internal Affairs, Harrisburg, PA TLS dated April 16, 1949nfrom John Gordon to Irwin L. Gordon TLS dated April 18, 1949 from C. E. Hagland, Department of Commerce to Irwin L. Gordon TLS dated June 23, 1949 from Joan C. Lipton, Librairie Lipton TLS dated October 26, 1949 from Alexander C. Brown Chief of Publications, The Mariners' Museum to Irwin L. Gordon TLS dated February 20, 1850 from Bob Compton to Irwin L. Gordon TLS dated February 21, 1950 from R. B. Fleming, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. TL dated February 24, 1950 from Irwin. L. Gordon to the Chilean Embassy TLS dated March 24, 1950 from Oscar L. Shewmake to Irwin L. Gordon TLS dated May 31, 1950 from Clyde D. Marlatt, Jr. to The Reading Company TL dated June 12, 1950 from Irwin L. Gordon to A. C. Rosengarten TL dated June 27, 1950 from Irwin L. Gordon to Dr. Francis R. Packard TLS dated July 5, 1950 from Harry J. Akers, Jr. to John Gordon TLS dated July 10, 1950 from Harry J Akers, Jr. to Irwin L. Godson TLS dated July 10, 1950 from Philip Falso, researcher, to Irwin L. Gordon TL dated July 10, 1950 from Irwin L. Gordon to Philip Falso TLS dated July 10, 1950 from Felipe Diaz Ossa, Empresa Editora, to Irwin L. Gordon AlS dated March 30, 1951 from Hubert Cummings PA. Historical and Museum Commission TLS dated July 11, 1950 from R. W. Hidy, Business History Foundation TL dated June 14, 1950 from Irwin L. Gordon to Empressa Editors Zig-Zag TLS dated November 15, 1950 from Harry J. Akers, Jr. to Irwin L. Gordon TL dated August 26, 1951 from George M. Hart to R. A. Wasser TL dated August 26, 1951 from George M. Hart to H. T. Jones, The American National Bank ALS dated August 29, 1951 from H. T. Jones, The American National Bank to George M. Hart TLS dated September 2, 1951 from Mahlon Baumbartner to George M. Hart TLS dated September 17, 1951 from Eleanor J. Cook, Director State of West Virginia Department of Archives and History TLS dated October 26, 1951 from H. R. Mallory to Irwin L. Gordon TLS dated January 27, 1952 from William H. Patterson ALS dated March 26, 1952 from Conrad Kredell to Irwin L. Gordon TLS dated March 28, 1952 from Irwin L. Gordon to Conrad Kredell TL dated April 23, 1952 from Irwin L. Gordon to E. L. Gibbon TLS dated July 10, 1952 from George H. S. King, researcher to Irwin L. Gordon TLS dated August 8, 1952 from Charles Coleman Sellers, Dickinson College to Irwin L. Gordon Pamphlet titled The Dickinsoniana Collection TLS dated August 16, 1952 from Edward A. Kaiser, The Pennsylvania Railroad to George M. Hart TL dated December 9, 1952 from Carl R. Gray , Jr. Military Railway Service to J. A. Fisher President, The Reading Company TLS dated January 16, 1953 from Charles E. Fischer, President, Railway and Locomotive Historical Society to Irwin L. Gordon TL dated January 28, 1953 from Irwin L. Gordon to Charles E. Fischer TL dated November 9, 1953 from George M. Hart to Irwin L. Gordon TLS dated November 7, 1956 from John L. Cobbs, Jr. to George M. Hart TLS dated May 25, 1957 from Albert Idell to H. E. Hammer Director of Public Relations, The Reading Company TLS dated May 29, 1957 from Albert Idell to H. E. Hammer Director of Public Relations, The Reading Company TLS dated June 5, 1957 from Albert Idell to George M. Hart TLS dated January 8, 1960 from Donald A. Sinclair, Curator of Special Collections, Rutgers University TL dated August 21, 1952 titled "Memo to Mr. Gordon" from George M. Hart TL dated August 21, 1952 titled "Memo to Mr. Gordon" from George M. Hart