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Reuben Edward Robie papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1354

Scope and content

Correspondence, reports, accounts, journals, and other papers relating to Robie's legal business and to his investments in western lands. Includes papers dealing with the management of the estates and trusts of Charles Davenport, and of William S. Shephard and his descendants, as well as numerous smaller estates; also, papers relating to a mercantile business begun in Bath by Robie's father, and a few letters pertaining to family and personal matters.

Dates

  • 1827-1933.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Lawyer in Bath, N.Y.

Extent

24.5 cubic feet. (24.5 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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