Introduction

Biography

Robert was the hus­band of Eli­za­beth Cook.

He emi­grat­ed to New York in 1835, then moved to Washing­ton, DC, in 1843.

In 1844, he be­came the of­fi­cial re­port­er of the Ge­ne­ral Con­fer­ence of the Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church. He was al­so on the com­mit­tee ap­point­ed by that con­fer­ence to pre­pare a stand­ard edi­tion of the Me­tho­dist hym­nal. That Col­lect­ion ap­peared as Hymns for the Use of the Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church in 1849.

He al­so ed­it­ed the Co­lumb­ia Ma­ga­zine (1846–49), the New York Com­mer­cial Ad­ver­tis­er (1858), & the Wash­ing­ton, DC, Chro­ni­cle (June 1863). Around 1864, he be­came head of the Bureau of Mi­li­ta­ry Jus­tice.

Works

• Sketches of Me­tho­dist Preach­ers, 1848
• A Fa­ther’s Let­ters to His Daugh­ter, 1865