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Moncure Robinson, Caen in Normandy, to his father, John Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, North America, 1827 Box 2, Folder 45

Scope and Contents His visit to the port engineering works at Cherbourg; fellow countrymen he has met in Paris; the election of Gen. La Fayette to the Chamber of Deputies by two votes.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Moncure Robinson Papers, 1787/1889
  3. Series 1: Letters to and from three generations of the Robinson family, their relatives and friends, generally relating to Moncure Robinson, together with other papers from 1787 to 1889, 1787/1889
  4. Box 2, 1825/1830

Moncure Robinson, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, to Mrs. James Rush, 1831 Box 3, Folder 6

Scope and Contents A trip planned to the North by his brother, Conway, and sister, Jane.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Moncure Robinson Papers, 1787/1889
  3. Series 1: Letters to and from three generations of the Robinson family, their relatives and friends, generally relating to Moncure Robinson, together with other papers from 1787 to 1889, 1787/1889
  4. Box 3, 1831/1837

Moncure Robinson, Danville, Columbia Co., Pa., to his father, John Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1828 Box 2, Folder 58

Scope and Contents Expressing affection for his parents and his high hopes of advancement in Pennsylvania, despite their suspicion of those from outisde the state.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Moncure Robinson Papers, 1787/1889
  3. Series 1: Letters to and from three generations of the Robinson family, their relatives and friends, generally relating to Moncure Robinson, together with other papers from 1787 to 1889, 1787/1889
  4. Box 2, 1825/1830

Moncure Robinson, Danville, Columbia Co, Pa, to his father, John Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1828 Box 2, Folder 60

Scope and Contents The settling of the mercantile debts of John Robinson, the sale of all property except the town house and "Poplar Vale," and other financial matters.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Moncure Robinson Papers, 1787/1889
  3. Series 1: Letters to and from three generations of the Robinson family, their relatives and friends, generally relating to Moncure Robinson, together with other papers from 1787 to 1889, 1787/1889
  4. Box 2, 1825/1830

Moncure Robinson, Danville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, to his father, John Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1828 Box 2, Folder 63

Scope and Contents Offers financial help to his father; plans to return to Philadelphia when weather in the mountains drives him in; inquires of James River Improvement and of possibility of further employment in Pennsylvania. Reports that he has been appointed Engineer of the Allegheny Division of the Pennsylvania Improvements; he is to lay out a railroad right of way between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Moncure Robinson Papers, 1787/1889
  3. Series 1: Letters to and from three generations of the Robinson family, their relatives and friends, generally relating to Moncure Robinson, together with other papers from 1787 to 1889, 1787/1889
  4. Box 2, 1825/1830

Moncure Robinson, Ebensburg, Cambria CH, Pa, to his brother, Conway Robinson, Attorney at Law, Richmond, Virginia, 1829 Box 2, Folder 71

Scope and Contents Settling of debts of their father and their brother Cary; the ensuing marriage of Conway Robinson; he plans to lay out the line of the LeHigh Railroad and is willing also to undertake the works on the Chesterfield Railroad.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Moncure Robinson Papers, 1787/1889
  3. Series 1: Letters to and from three generations of the Robinson family, their relatives and friends, generally relating to Moncure Robinson, together with other papers from 1787 to 1889, 1787/1889
  4. Box 2, 1825/1830

Moncure Robinson, Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, to his father, John Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1829 Box 2, Folder 72

Scope and Contents His hope to find a satisfactory route for the railroad through the Allegheny mountains, "a department of my profession, in which few American Engineers have as yet embarked"; he hopes to help Cary in New York with capital, as well as helping to pay off his father's debts.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Moncure Robinson Papers, 1787/1889
  3. Series 1: Letters to and from three generations of the Robinson family, their relatives and friends, generally relating to Moncure Robinson, together with other papers from 1787 to 1889, 1787/1889
  4. Box 2, 1825/1830

Moncure Robinson, Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, to his father, John Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1829 Box 2, Folder 76

Scope and Contents The location of the "Allegheny Portage" is nearly completed; he plans to be in Richmond in October; he has resigned his position with the Pennsylvania Canal Commissioners, but will be willing to return to execute the Allegheny Portage after he has completed the Chesterfield Railway.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Moncure Robinson Papers, 1787/1889
  3. Series 1: Letters to and from three generations of the Robinson family, their relatives and friends, generally relating to Moncure Robinson, together with other papers from 1787 to 1889, 1787/1889
  4. Box 2, 1825/1830

Moncure Robinson, Havre de Grace, to his father, John Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, North America, 1825 Box 2, Folder 1

Scope and Contents Accounts of his visits with the President and Secretaries of State and War in Washington on his way to Europe; his examination of the docks in Havre de Grace.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Moncure Robinson Papers, 1787/1889
  3. Series 1: Letters to and from three generations of the Robinson family, their relatives and friends, generally relating to Moncure Robinson, together with other papers from 1787 to 1889, 1787/1889
  4. Box 2, 1825/1830

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