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Richard Quain letter, [London], to Dr. Roger, 1888, Jan. 26

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ALS. Writes of the publication of the Dictionary of Medicine, of which Quain was the editor.
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Richard Rathbun letter, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., to Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hobson, Northeast Harbor, Maine, 1906, July 27

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TLS. Writes regarding the acquisition of the Harriet Lane Johnston Collection for the National Gallery of Art of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Robert Brown manuscript, [London], [after 1826]

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Holograph, unsigned. A memorial to Dr. Clarke Abel.
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Robert Christison papers, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1839-1881 and undated

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5 letters (ALS). Includes letters to J. Forbes Royle, comparing East Indian and American caoutchouc (rubber); to John Ashburton Thompson, remarking upon the "power of coca to remove bodily fatigue"; and to Ernest Hart, disparaging the antivivisection movement.
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Robert Christison papers, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1839-1881 and undated 5 items

Robert C. Poindexter papers, 1836-1871

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Robert C. Poindexter (d. 1885) was a merchant in eastern Yadkin County for many years. His general store at East Bend was listed in Branson's North Carolina Business Directory for 1867, 1869, 1872, and 1884. He and his store are also mentioned in William E. Rutledge, Jr.'s, An Illustrated History of Yadkin County (Yadkinville, 1965) in the section on East Bend. In 1857 Poindexter was listed in D. D. T. Leech's Post Office Directory as the postmaster at Red Plains.

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Robert C. Poindexter papers, 1836-1871 1 Linear Feet 29 items, 3 vols.

Robert Emmet letter, Dublin, to Mr. Sam White, 1782, Dec. 27

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ALS. Advises Mr. White, the suitor of a young lady in Emmet's care, that her father is strongly opposed to the match.
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Robert Hare papers, Philadelphia, 1825-1858

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ALS. Hare thanks a Dr. Muaran for the medical attention given to Robert Waln; discusses land investment with Edward S. Burd; writes to Zachariah Allen regarding the "cuts" used in his publications; and recommends Emile Therouanne of Paris to R. Gilmor. There is also an obituary notice.
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Robert Hare papers, Philadelphia, 1825-1858 5 items

Robert Jameson letter, to Dr. Anderson, Leith, Scotland, undated

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ALS. Regrets that his present state of health prevents him from visiting Anderson.
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Robert King Stone letter, Washington, D.C., to President Lincoln, 1863, Aug. 3

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ALS. Stone writes as a member of the Board of Health of Washington, D.C., of the dangers arising from the smoke and ashes falling on Washington from the burning of dead army animals in Virginia.
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Robert Lyall note, to Mr. Buckman, 1827, Mar. 20

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ANS. Instructs Mr. Buckman to deliver a copy of Lyall's "Travels" to the bearer of the note.
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