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Design document for the "Black Rock Tunnel, near Phoenixville, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. 1835" ALS dated March 13, 1835 from Moncure Robinson "to the President & Managers of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Co." Typewritten transcription attached. ALS dated July 9, 1835 from Moncure Robinson to R. P. Lardner, Treasurer, Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Co. Surveys made for the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road presented to the President and Managers by Moncure Robinson July 3, 1836 ALS dated November 2, 1836 from Moncure Robinson to Conway Robinson ALS dated January 26, 1837 from Moncure Robinson to Elihu Chauncey ALS dated July 12, 1837 from Moncure Robinson to Richard Penn Lardner, Treasurer, Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Co. ALS dated August 8, 1837 from Moncure Robinson to R. P. Lardner, Treasurer, Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Co. ALS dated April 24, 1838 from Moncure Robinson to Elihu Chauncey ALS dated May 9, 1839 from Moncure Robinson "To the President & Managers of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Co." ALS dated October 17, 1839 from Moncure Robinson "To the President & Managers of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Co."

ALS dated November 9, 1832 from E. R. Biddle ALS dated July 28, 1836 from Moncure Robinson to the Members of the Board of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road ALS dated January 6, 1837 from Moncure Robinson to Elihu Chauncey Resolution of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road dated January 13, 1837 granting Robinson, as Chief Engineer, the authority to negotiate a loan for the line ALS dated January 21, 1837 from Moncure Robinson to Conway Robinson ALS dated January 21, 1837 from Gowan and Marx ALS dated January 31, 1837 from Moncure Robinson to Elihu Chauncey, marked "Duplicate" ALS dated February 6, 1837 from Moncure Robinson to Elihu Chauncey ALS dated February 7, 1837 from Elihu Chauncey ALS dated February 7, 1837 from Moncure Robinson to A. & G. Ralston and Co., London bankers, marked "Duplicate" ALS dated April 10, 1837 from Elihu Chauncey ALS dated April 11, 1837 from Moncure Robinson to Elihu Chauncey ALS dated April 28, 1837 from Moncure Robinson to R. P. Lardner, Treasurer, Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Co. ALS dated June 22, 1837 from S. W. Roberts ALS dated July 11, 1837 from Moncure Robinson to Elihu Chauncey ALS dated September 11, 1837 from Hickens Harris & Co. to Moncure Robinson ALS dated November 29, 1837 from Moncure Robinson to Elihu Chauncey, President of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road ALS dated May 9, 1838 from Moncure Robinson "To the President & Managers of the Philade. & Reading Rail Road Company." "Extracts of Letters from Elihu Chauncey, Esq. President of the Philadelphia & Reading Rail Road Company to S. Jaundon, Esq., dated 18th and 23rd June 1838." (2 copies) Prospectus for the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road dated June 21, 1838 AL dated September 10, 1839 from the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Company "To the Proprietors of Shares of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road Company"

(Pauline Robinson was a great granddaughter of Moncure Robinson.) ALS dated October 19, 1950 from Pauline Robinson to Irwin L. Gordon ALS dated November 7, 1950 from Pauline Robinson to Irwin L. Gordon TLS dated November 14, 1950 from Irwin L. Gordon to Pauline Robinson TLS dated November 24, 1950 Pauline Robinson to Irwin L. Gordon

Photographs (3) of Moncure Robinson, not dated. Photograph (with negative) of Robinson private graveyard, Richmond Photograph (with negative) of wall at Robinson private graveyard, Richmond, VA Photographs (2) of "Wm. Russell House, father of Anthony Robinson, Williamsburg, VA" TD titled "Will of Moncure Robinson, filed at Philadelphia, Nov. 15. 1879." Copies (2) included. TD titled "Copy of Last Will and Testament dated ______ and Codicils thereto dated ______ of Moncure Robinson, Senior" dated November 16, 1891 TD titled "The Last Will and Testament of John Robinson dated March 3, 1844 Notice of obituary of Moncure Robinson n. d. clipped from publication (unknown), affixed to piece of paper and annotated "Uncle Moncure 18 Dec. 96" Notice of obituary of Moncure Robinson n. d. clipped from unknown publication, affixed to a sheet of paper and annotated "Grandpa Robinson Tuesday November 10th 1891. 90 yrs old" Notice of obituary of Moncure Robinson n. d. from The Evening Post, affixed to a sheet of paper Notices of obituary (4) of Moncure Robinson n. d. from the New York Sun, The New York World, The New York Herald and the New York Times affixed to a sheet of paper. TD containing remembrances of Moncure Robinson written by E. R. Robinson and dated January 27, 1933.

Correspondence and research materials intended for a biography of Moncure Robinson requested of The Public Archives of Canada TLS dated July 20, 1950 from Norman Fee, Acting Dominion Archivist of Canada to Irwin L. Gordon TLS dated July 31, 1950 from Irwin L. Gordon and Norman Fee TLS dated August 4, 1950 Norman Fee and Irwin L. Gordon

Correspondence and research materials intended for a biography of Moncure Robinson requested of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad R. G. Hodgkin, Jr. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. TLS dated September 26, 1950 from W. E. Rachels, Public Relations Representative, Seaboard Airline Railroad Co. to Irwin L. Gordon TL dated October 3, 1950 from Irwin L, Gordon to W. E. Rachels