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Moncure Robinson, Jefferson Co., Va., to Edwin Robinson, President R.F. & P. R.R., Richmond, Virginia, 1849 Box 5, Folder 76

Scope and Contents The railroad rates for freight and passengers; mail contracts; railroad finances.

  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 5, 1840/1849

Moncure Robinson, Jefferson Co., Va., to Edwin Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1849 Box 5, Folder 77

Scope and Contents The support of a program of plank road building in Virginia.

  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 5, 1840/1849

Moncure Robinson, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Conway Robinson, Attorney at Law, Richmond, Virginia and Moncure Robinson, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, to Conway Robinson, 1832 Box 3, Folder 11

Scope and Contents Financial problems of Cary in New York and the school problems of Eustace at West Point Military Academy. The "heavy blow" that has fallen on the family, new notes written by Cary against his brother's account, and the troubles of Eustace; the interest of Moncure Robinson in a position on the New River R.R.

  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, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to his father, John Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1832 Box 3, Folder 13

Scope and Contents A strong letter written to Eustace, who must graduate from West Point if he wants a career as a Civil Engineer; and regarding the Danville & Pottsville 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 3, 1831/1837

Moncure Robinson, Lexington, Va., and Kabletown, Jefferson Co., Va., to Edwin Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1852 Box 7, Folder 8

Scope and Contents Visit with John, son of Moncure Robinson, at VMI; defeat of Ice Boat Bill; bills before legislature of N. Carolina and S. Carolina; trouble with Falls about through tickets.

  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 7, 1852/1854

Moncure Robinson, Lexington, Va., and Red Sulphur Springs, to Edwin Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1852 Box 7, Folder 7

Scope and Contents Employees of the steamboat line with letter from Geo. Mattingly enclosed; trouble with Falls of the Bay Line.

  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 7, 1852/1854

Moncure Robinson, Little Schuylkill Rail Road, Harrisburg, Pa, to his father, John Robinson, Clerk of Henrico Sup Court, Richmond, Virginia, 1830 Box 2, Folder 95

Scope and Contents Having paid off all debts from the mercantile failures of his father and brother Cary, and having assisted Cary to start again in business in New York, he now wishes to hire an assistant for his father from his new salary of $4,000 per annum from 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, Little Schuylkill R. Road, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to his father, John Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, 1830 Box 2, Folder 97

Scope and Contents His duties with the State of Pennsylvania and the Schuylkill R.R. and his elegant accomodations in a building built for him at Port Clinton by the R.R., with a servant, eight assistants, etc.; he encloses a check. His work with the Manchester and the Petersburg railroads, and with the Chesterfield R.R. as well as his duties in the Alleghenies as State Engineer; espresses interest in Eustace at West Point and offers to send Alfred to Yale, in both of which institutions he has friends on the faculty.

  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, London, England, to his brother, Conway Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, United States, 1837 Box 3, Folder 78

Scope and Contents Disturbed by reports sent by Conway Robinson of the Richmond and Fredericksburg Rail Road; he reports that new engines are being made and sent from England; need for a "locomotive engine manufactory" in Richmond; attempt to enlist engineers and mechanics in England for the Richmond road; other railway 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 3, 1831/1837

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