Solon Robinson (October 21, 1803 – November 3, 1880) was a writer, journalist, agriculturist, and pioneer. He wrote for the ''

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'' and ''

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'' and published several books including ''

Hot Corn ''Hot Corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated'' is a collection of short stories by Solon Robinson about the life of the poor in New York City, and was a "runaway bestseller" when first published in the United States in early 1854. Along with ...

'', a bestseller. Robinson was from Connecticut and settled in

Crown Point, Indiana Crown Point is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 34,884 per the 2023 American Community Survey. The city was incorporated in 1868. On October 31, 1834, Solon Robinson and his family became ...

with his family. He formed a

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. He was an agriculturist. Robinson was one of the prominent reporters at

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's ''New York Tribune''. He joined the paper in 1852. Robinson wrote about Florida during the

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convention writing the 1868 Florida Constitution. In 1868, due to poor health, he semi-retired to Jacksonville, Florida. Robinson helped the paper gain popularity in the West and South.

Bibliography

* '' Hot Corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated'' Dewitt & Davenport 1854, a collection of his articles on personal experiences in the underbelly of New York City * ''Mewonitoc; A Story of Western Life, Indian and Domestic'', a novel serialized in the Weekly Tribune, 1867 * ''A Northern Farmer on Southern Agriculture'', a serial in the ''Weekly Tribune''

References

External links

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Solon Robinson collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library
{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Solon 1803 births 1880 deaths American agriculturalists People from Crown Point, Indiana