Certificate, 1834.

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Certificate, 1834.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20959675

Grants honorary membership in the Rhode Island Historical Society to Thomas Robbins; includes engraved vignettes by James Eddy of Boston, Mass.

1 p. ; 45 x 58 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Rhode Island Historical Society

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Howland, John, 1757-1854

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Connecticut clergyman, educational reformer, and anitquarian, who served various Congregational pastorates in Connecticut and Massachusetts, as well as missionary tours of Vermont, New York, and the Western Reserve of Ohio. From the description of Speech draft, ca. 1830. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 53020629 Robbins was born in Norfolk, Connecticut, the son of the Reverend Ammi Ruhamah Robbins. He graduated from both Yale College and Williams College and st...