H.F. Robinson European journal, July-September 1897, 1897.

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H.F. Robinson European journal, July-September 1897, 1897.

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Harvard student Herman Foster Robinson's handwritten travel diary, recorded during a trip to Europe with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Beverley Robinson, and his siblings, older brother Beverley and younger sisters Pauline and Anna, July-Sept. 1897. Leaving Hoboken on June 23rd, they sail first to Paris, travel to Switzerland, and finally to England; Robinson closes the diary from Cambridge, Mass., after his return to Harvard. His descriptions are detailed and intelligent, and include conversations with people he meets, as well as personal observations. Includes a list of famous chairs he has sat upon, dated 25 Jan. 1898. A section of the diary is written in French.

1 v. (108 p.) ; 27 cm.

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Robinson, Herman Foster, 1878-1903

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Herman Foster Robinson (d. 1903) was a lawyer of New York City. From the description of Herman Foster Robinson papers, 1891-1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122570949 From the guide to the Herman Foster Robinson papers, 1891-1903, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Herman Foster Robinson was born in 1878, the second son of Dr. Beverley Robinson and Anna E. Foster Robinson; he was a nephew of Henry DuPont. An 1898 graduate of Harvar...