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Edward Robinson papers, 1826 -- 1838 2.75 linear feet

Palestine -- Description and travel
of Palestine are well-documented through "Biblical Researches", as well as supplementary notebooks
re-titled Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: Journal of Travels in the
Robinson, Edward, 1794-1863
Edward Robinson (1794-1863) was a Presbyterian minister, Biblical scholar, Union Theological Seminary professor, and its first librarian. This collection contains the manuscript originally entitled "Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Countries in the South," appendices of English-Arabic lists and language exercises, travel itineraries, a guide to Arabic pronunciation, and supplementary materials relating to travel; galley proofs of the Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius lexicon with handwritten annotations by Robinson and possibly others; as well as two plastic-bound transcripts, indexed, of letters exchanged between Edward Robinson and Moses Stuart between 1826 and 1830.
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Roswell Dwight Hitchcock papers, circa 1879 -- 1887 1 linear feet

, Greece, Egypt, Sinai and Palestine between 1866 and 1871. He was appointed president of the American
Palestine Exploration Society in 1871, vice-president of the American Geographical Society in 1880, and
Hitchcock, Roswell D. (Roswell Dwight), 1817-1887
Roswell D. Hitchcock (1817-1887) was a Presbyterian Congregational minister, church historian, and Union Theological Seminary president. The collection contains lecture notes taken by students of Hitchcock, correspondence, and manuscript material by Hitchcock and others.
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