Robbins family papers, 1724- ca. 1803.

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Robbins family papers, 1724- ca. 1803.

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The collection primarily contains writings, notebooks, sermons, and correspondence of the Rev. Philemon Robbins (1709-1781) of Branford, Connecticut, his son the Rev. Ammi Ruhanah Robbins (1740-1813) of Norfolk, Connecticut, and their close family members. Correspondents include Lazarus LeBaron (1698-1773), the Rev. Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), and Irene Robbins (1746-1800). The papers contain Philemon and Ammi's corpus of sermons, school notebooks, several astral and solar drawings and tables, Church Records from the First Congregational Church (Branford, Conn.) in 1760, and a musical score entitled "Nineteenth Century L.M.," attributed to the Rev. Thomas Robbins (1777-1856). Also included is an account of a shipwreck that Ammi's son Chandler Robbins (1738-1786) survived off the coast of Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1786, and several letters written between Ammi and his wife Elizabeth [LeBaron] Robbins (1745-1829) while he was serving in the military as a Chaplain in Col. Charles Burrall's Regiment, Schuyler's Brigade in the Canadian campaign during the Revolution.

1.0 linear foot (2 boxes).

Connecticut Historical Society

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First Congregational Church (Branford, Conn.)

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Robbins, Irene 1746-1800.

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Robbins family.

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Robbins, Philemon, 1709-1781

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Robbins (A.B. 1729) was a minister at Brandford, Conn., 1732-1781. From the description of Septenary : manuscript, 1737-1745, 1755. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612807366 ...

Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758

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Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a colonial American Congregational preacher and theologian. He was president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) from February 1758 to his death, one month later. From the description of Jonathan Edwards family collection, 1723-1798. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 276567983 American theologian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Stockbridge, to The Reverend Joseph Bellamy, 17...

Robbins, Ammi Ruhamah, 1740-1813

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Robbins, Thomas, 1777-1856

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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...

LeBaron, Lazarus 1698-1773.

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Robbins, Chandler 1738-1786.

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Robbins, Elizabeth, 1746-1829

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