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Robinson, George Foster. George Foster Robinson papers, 1865-1947 (bulk 1865-1885)

Title: George Foster Robinson papers, 1865-1947 (bulk 1865-1885)

Official records and correspondence of George F. Robinson: his pass from Douglas Hospital dated Apr. 12, 1865; discharge papers; a letter of thanks singed by Moses Hicks Grinnell, Henry Jarvis Raymond, Samuel Jones Tilden, and others (May 1865) and Grinnell's letter to Seward asking him convey the letter (May 5, 1865); letter from Joseph Holt, Judge Advocate General granting Robinson his request for the knife that Payne wielded on the night of the assassination attempt (July 1866); letters of recommendations and copies of his records, documenting Robinson's military career; checks, payment vouchers, and related correspondence relating to payments to Henry More Black (Captain, 23rd Infantry Regiment), John Rozier Clagett, (2nd Lieutenant, 23rd Infantry), and Arthur MacArthur (Captain, 13th Infantry). There are also three letters relating to Edmund C. Robinson's retirement and "Memorandum of the life and Services of George F. Robinson," by George Prentiss Robinson.

ArchivalResource: 29 pieces, also, photographs, artifacts, and ephemera.1 case.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84653522 View

Corliss, Carlton J. (Carlton Jonathan), b. 1888. Alaska names mountain peak for Civil War hero, undated.

Title: Alaska names mountain peak for Civil War hero, undated.

Manuscript relating to the naming of Mount Sergeant Robinson in Alaska, in the Chugach Mountains, after Sgt. George Foster Robinson, Company B, 8th Maine Volunteers. On Apr. 14, 1865 Robinson thwarted the assassination attempt on Secretary of State William H. Seward, being himself severely wounded in action. This assassination attempt took place same evening the President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123410650 View