Scope and Contents
Correspondence, notes, sermons, poems, diaries, and miscellanea of the Robbins family of Branford and Enfield, Connecticut. Philemon Robbins, 1709-1781, a minister, and Ammi Ruhamah Robbins, 1740-1813, are central family members.
Dates
- 1719-1850
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the estate of Howard Chandler Robbins, 1942.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
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Abstract
Correspondence, notes, sermons, poems, diaries, and miscellanea of the Robbins family of Branford and Enfield, Connecticut. Philemon Robbins, 1709-1781, a minister, and Ammi Ruhamah Robbins, 1740-1813, are central family members.
Biographical / Historical
For biographical information, please consult the following citations or visit the repository.
PHILEMON ROBBINS, 1709-1781
Philemon Robbins: B.A., Harvard, 1729; ordained as a minister at Branford, Conn. in 1732 and remained there until his death.
Allibone's Dictionary of Authors, volume 2, page 1815.
Sibley, John Langdon. Harvard Graduates [Biographical sketches of graduates of Harvard university, in Cambridge, Massachusetts].
Volume VIII, pages 616-629.
CHANDLER ROBBINS, 1738-1799
Dexter, F. B. Yale Biographies and Annals. Volume 2, pages 424-428.
AMMI RUHAMAH ROBBINS, 1740-1813
Ammi Ruhamah Robbins: B.A., Yale, 1760; ordained in Litchfield, Conn. in 1761; accepted a chaplaincy during the Revolutionary War; did missionary work in New York and Vermont, 1783, 1794-1796; prepared a number of young men for Yale College.
Dexter, F. B. Yale Biographies and Annals. Volume 2, pages 670-673.
- Battell, Joseph, 1774-1841
- Branford (Conn.)
- Congregational churches -- Connecticut
- Diaries
- Enfield (Conn. : Town)
- Families
- Journals (notebooks)
- Morton, Lucretia Parsons, 1789-1862
- Parsons, Electra Frary, 1759-1824
- Poetry
- Raynolds, Peter, 1700-1768
- Robbins family
- Robbins, Ammi Ruhamah, 1740-1813
- Robbins, Chandler, 1738-1799
- Robbins, Elizabeth, 1746-1829
- Robbins, Francis Le Baron, 1830-
- Robbins, James Watson, b. 1782
- Robbins, Peter Gilman, b. 1781
- Robbins, Philemon, 1709-1781
- Robbins, Sarah Battell
- Sermons
- Starr, Peter, 1744-1829
- Stent, Samuel
- Thomson, Irene Robbins
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns
- Title
- Guide to the Robbins Family Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Marguerite S. Witkop and Betsy H. Morris
- Date
- July 1980
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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