John Robinson Papers, 1810-1837

Summary Information

Title: John Robinson Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1810-1837

Creator:
  • Robinson, John, 1753-1826
Call Number: McCormick Mss BD

Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers of John Robinson, a wealthy unmarried planter and whiskey distiller in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Included is brief correspondence, receipts, agreements, orders for sales of liquor, notes of purchases at a general store, his will, an inventory of his estate sold at his “Hart's Bottom Plantation” in 1826, and accounts for the hire and sale of Negro slaves inherited from Robinson by Washington College at Lexington.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mcc000bd
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