Guide to the Alfred Robinson Papers, 1839-1858
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Guide to the Alfred Robinson Papers, 1839-1858
Collection number: BANC MSS 74/116 c
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Letters
Robinson, Alfred
4 letters to William H. Aspinwall, 1849-1850
Aspinwall, John L.
3 letters to Alfred Robinson, n.d.
Aspinwall, William H.
10 letters to Alfred Robinson, 1848 & 1850
Bissell, G. W. P.
19 letters to Alfred Robinson, 1849-1850
Fairley, Elizabeth White
Copy of a letter, July 22, 1908, to her daughter Agnes, reminiscing about the Robinson family
Frisbie, John B.
Letter to Alfred Robinson, Jan. 20, 1850
Guerra y Noriega, Miguel de la
Letter to Alfredo Robinson, Aug. 16, 1858. In Spanish.
Howland & Aspinwall
10 letters to Alfred Robinson, 1850-1852
Mellus, Francis
Letter to Alfred Robinson, May 21, 1855
Mellus, Henry
7 letters to Alfred Robinson, 1854-1858
Peredith, Gilmor
Letter to Alfred Robinson, Jan. 15, 1850
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Letter to Alfred Robinson, Oct. 15, 1849. From Samuel W. Comstock, vice-president.
Robinson, Ana de la Guerra y Noriega [Mrs. Alfred Robinson]
3 letters written to her father and to her cousin Gaspar. 1847 & n.d. In Spanish.
Russell & Co.
2 letters, Oct. 4 & Nov. 5, 1855, addressed to Henry Mellus. Copies.
Sepulveda, Antonio Ignacio
Letter to Alfredo Robinson, n.d. In Spanish.
Stearns, Abel
Letter to Alfred Robinson, Apr. 6, 1854.
Thomas, Seth J.
Letter to Vernon Brown, July 1, 1858. Renders a legal opinion on financial matters involving Robinson, his brother-in-law, and Henry Mellus.
[Correspondence between Alfred Robinson and M. G. Meade, with related letters, 1854-1855, pertaining to his difficulties with Miss Meade over the care and schooling of his nephews in New York]
Diaries, accounts and miscellaneous documents
Robinson, Alfred
Diaries, Sept. 11, 1839-Sept. 20, 1841, covering his sojourn in Boston; his return voyage to California, beginning January 1840 on the Alert; his arrival in Monterey on June 28, 1840; intermittent entries thereafter.
Robinson, Alfred
Account book, 1848-1849. Includes cash book and accounts with Mellus & Howard, Cleveland Forbes, Augustus Leland, the steamer California, Howland & Aspinwall, and others.
Robinson, Alfred
Accounts with Howland & Aspinwall, Robinson Bissell & Co., Pacific Mail Steamship Co., and others; and miscellaneous Howland & Aspinwall accounts. 1849-1856
Robinson, Alfred
Two notebooks containing poetry, a few accounts, etc.
Robinson, Alfred
Conveyance to Howland & Aspinwall terminating their association. Nov. 6, 1851. Letterpress copy.
Robinson, Alfred
Power of attorney to Frederic Catherwood to "grant, lease, or rent..." copper mine of San Antonio situated on the Guadalupe Rancho of Juan Bandini. Copy. Apr. 20, 1853.
"Note of expenses on the road from Mazatlan to Vera Cruz/ 1843" and "A. Robinson Esqr./In account with W. W. Scarborough 1843"
Howland & Aspinwall
Agreement with Alfred Robinson by which he acted as agent for the firm. Dec. 9, 1848
Mellus, Henry
Miscellaneous notes and receipts, 1852-1856.
Miscellaneous receipts
Hawes, Horace
Journal, 1851-1853, commenting on his legal business during a trip to Panama; his travels across the Isthmus and voyage to New York; his voyage to Acapulco in 1852 and overland trip to Mexico City; his return east; and his voyage to San Francisco in 1853 by way of the Isthmus.
Chavaya, Antonio
Deed to Horace Hawes for portion of the Rancho Yerba Buena y Socayre in Santa Clara County. June 16, 1855.
Miscellaneous Hawes family papers
Miscellany