Robert Robinson manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Robinson, Robert, 1735-1790", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"Robert Robinson manuscript material"}

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{"value"=>"<p>To Mary Hays, novelist : 9 letters : -- 1 autograph letter third person : 13 Nov 1782 : (MISC 2153) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Walworth : saying, \"...if it be possible he will not fail to wait on Miss Hays (for whom he entertains the most profound esteem) some time to morrow afternoon ...\" -- 1 letter signed : 11 Jan 1783 : (MISC 2154) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Chesterton : in the hand of an amanuensis; begins, \"I had certainly answered your complaisant favour of the 27th of last month had I not been ill ...\" -- 1 letter signed : 26 Mar 1783 : (MISC 2155) : 2 ¹/₃ pages (double sheet) : from Chesterton : in the hand of an amanuensis; begins, \"Though I generally make use of an amanuensis, yet I seldom do so to your sex, but at present I am obliged to serve all alike ...\" -- 1 letter signed : 22 Dec 1783 : (MISC 2156) : 2 ²/₃ pages (double sheet) : from Chesterton : in the hand of an amanuensis; begins, \"It does not signify, good Miss Hayes, for once, for this once, you must submit to an amanuensis ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 16 Jun 1784 : (MISC 2157) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Chesterton : begins, \"I am extremely sorry to hear that you have been so ill ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Jul 1788 : (MISC 2158) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Chesterton : begins, \"Is there not a sort of fatality in our correspondence? Certainly without any design ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Nov 1788 : (MISC 2159) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Chesterton : begins, \"I have a singular pleasure in all the letters with which your friendship indulges me ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Mar 1789 : (MISC 2160) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Chesterton : begins, \"I owe you so many thanks, that I know not where to begin ...\" -- 1 autograph letter [signature cut away] : 8 Dec 1789 : (MISC 2161) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Chesterton : begins, \"Pardon me, good Miss Hays, I just call in to ask, how do you do?\" -- All letters published in full in Marilyn Brooks's edition of Mary Hays's letters, p. 250-263.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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{"value"=>"<p>Robert Robinson, English Baptist minister.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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1782

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1789

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1782

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9 items

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{"value"=>"Robert Robinson manuscript material : 9 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

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{"value"=>"Robert Robinson, English Baptist minister. To Mary Hays, novelist : 9 letters : -- 1 autograph letter third person : 13 Nov 1782 : (MISC 2153) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Walworth : saying, \"...if it be possible he will not fail to wait on Miss Hays (for whom he entertains the most profound esteem) some time to morrow afternoon ...\" -- 1 letter signed : 11 Jan 1783 : (MISC 2154) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Chesterton : in the hand of an amanuensis; begins, \"I had certainly answered your complaisant favour of the 27th of last month had I not been ill ...\" -- 1 letter signed : 26 Mar 1783 : (MISC 2155) : 2 ¹/₃ pages (double sheet) : from Chesterton : in the hand of an amanuensis; begins, \"Though I generally make use of an amanuensis, yet I seldom do so to your sex, but at present I am obliged to serve all alike ...\" -- 1 letter signed : 22 Dec 1783 : (MISC 2156) : 2 ²/₃ pages (double sheet) : from Chesterton : in the hand of an amanuensis; begins, \"It does not signify, good Miss Hayes, for once, for this once, you must submit to an amanuensis ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 16 Jun 1784 : (MISC 2157) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Chesterton : begins, \"I am extremely sorry to hear that you have been so ill ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Jul 1788 : (MISC 2158) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Chesterton : begins, \"Is there not a sort of fatality in our correspondence? Certainly without any design ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Nov 1788 : (MISC 2159) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Chesterton : begins, \"I have a singular pleasure in all the letters with which your friendship indulges me ...\" -- 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Mar 1789 : (MISC 2160) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Chesterton : begins, \"I owe you so many thanks, that I know not where to begin ...\" -- 1 autograph letter [signature cut away] : 8 Dec 1789 : (MISC 2161) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Chesterton : begins, \"Pardon me, good Miss Hays, I just call in to ask, how do you do?\" -- All letters published in full in Marilyn Brooks's edition of Mary Hays's letters, p. 250-263.", "generated"=>true}

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1782

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1789

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