BIBLIOGRAPHY 



THE destruction of Solon Robinson's library, consisting 

 of many thousands of volumes of Americana and the 

 bulk of his personal papers, in the disastrous fire at Jack- 

 sonville in 1901, was not only a distinct loss to students 

 interested in the history of American agriculture, but has 

 also made research concerning his life and writings more 

 difficult. The writer is under no illusion as to the com- 

 pleteness of the material cited concerning Robinson. 

 Undoubtedly there is more available, which, eventually, 

 research will make known. This is particularly true for 

 the period 1852 to 1880, which is not represented in the 

 selection from Robinson's writings published in the pres- 

 ent volumes. The material listed represents merely what 

 intermittent investigation for a period of ten years has 

 brought to light. 



No complete bibliography pertaining to Robinson is 

 known to exist. The A. F. Knotts Collection contains 

 reference to numerous Robinson items, and a portion of 

 the "Tentative Bibliography of Lake County," prepared 

 by Miss Mabel Tinkham, of the Gary Public Library, 

 published in the Gai-y Evening Post in 1918, is devoted 

 to this founder of the county. The largest single record 

 is found in the manuscript "Bibliography of Materials 

 Relating to Solon Robinson," assembled by William J. 

 Hamilton in 1928. Likewise his "Bibliography of Lake, 

 Porter, and La Porte Counties," which appeared in the 

 History of Lake County in 1929, mentions a number of 

 documents directly or indirectly bearing on Robinson. 



As might be expected from Solon's widely separated 

 places of residence, and frequent travels in the United 

 States, not to mention his varied interests and capacities, 

 information concerning his life is to be found in many 

 localities, and in depositories both public and private. 



The Connecticut State Library at Hartford, in its com- 

 prehensive collection of original documents pertaining to 

 Connecticut local history, has preserved valuable records 



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