Robb-Bernard papers, 1800-1901.

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Robb-Bernard papers, 1800-1901.

Papers, 1800-1901, of and relating to John Hipkins and John Hipkins Bernard (mostly accounts); of and relating to members of the Hipkins, Bernard and Robb families; and relating to the Hipkins-Bernard-Robb home "Rose Hill," Caroline County, Va. (later renamed "Gay Mont") and to Bernard's lands in Alabama, Texas and Arkansas. Includes diaries, correspondence, poems, accounts and account books of women (Elizabeth Hipkins, Jane Gay Robertson Bernard, and Helen Struan Bernard Robb); and legal documents and letters of John Taylor of Caroline. Additions to the collection include diary, 1945-1947, of Eugenia van Dyke Robb kept and letters, 1945-1953, written while working with the American Red Cross in the Philippines, Japan and Rome.

14 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7093811

William & Mary Libraries

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Hipkins, John.

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Gay Mont (Caroline County, Va.)

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Robb family.

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John Hipkins Bernard was the son of William Bernard and Fannie Hipkins Bernard. His grandfather was John Hipkins. Bernard inherited "Rose Hill,"Caroline County, Va. from his grandfather and renamed it "Gay Mont" in honor of his wife Jane Gay Robertson Bernard, the sister of Governor Wyndham Robertson. Bernard's daughter Helen Struan Bernard Robb bought her siblings' interest in "Gay Mont." From the description of Robb-Bernard papers, 1800-1901. (College of William & Mary). WorldC...

Bernard, John Hipkins, 1792-1859.

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Robb, Helen Struan Bernard.

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Hipkins, Elizabeth.

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Rose Hill (Caroline County, Va.)

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Bernard, Jane Gay Robertson.

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Taylor, John, 1753-1824

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Political writer, agriculturist, and U.S. senator. From the description of Papers, 1789-1929. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38929435 U.S. senator from Virginia, military officer, public official, and author. From the description of John Taylor papers, 1778. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980570 John Taylor (1753-1824) of Caroline County, Va., was the son-in-law of John Penn (1741-1788), signer of the Declaration of Independence for Nor...

Bernard family.

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Red Cross

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Robb, Eugenia van Dyke.

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