Thomas Robbins diary, 1777-1795.

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Thomas Robbins diary, 1777-1795.

A diary kept by Thomas Robbins, along with an unsent, unsigned letter simply addressed to Sir. Robbins was born in Norfolk, Connecticut. Per a note in the back, most of the entries were written in 1796 and 1797. Robbins became a minister and later the first librarian of the Connecticut Historical Society.

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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...