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Scope and Contents Robert O'Donnell Hinckley was born in Washington, D.C. on 27 May 1894, the son of Robert and Eleanora O'Donnell Hinckley. He was admitted to the Delaware bar, after graduating from Columbia Law Schoolo in 1916, and subsequently served as assistant to the U.S. District Attorney. In 1918, he received a commission in the United States Navy. In 1923, after brief employment with an oil company, Robert Hinckley received an appointment to the foreign service. He served in Bucharest from 1923 -...

Scope and Contents Correspondence to Robert O'Donnell Hinckley from Eleanore Hinckley ; Gladys Hinckley Werlich; Indeola Poynter Tweedie; amd "Adelaide." Also included are Navy orders to report to the Navy Yard, New York (1918); letter from Vice Admiral John D. MacDonald, containing a recommendation for the foreign service, 20 April 1922 [R. O'D. H. had served as his personal aid]; letter from Samuel Neilson Hinckley concerning Robert's actions during a demonstration of Sinn Fein at the Union Club in New York,...

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Documents concerning the estates of Robert Hinckley; Eleanora O'Donnell Hinckley; and Robert O'Donnell Hinckley. Robert served as executor for both of his parents' estates.

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Obituary notice for Robert O'Donnell Hinckley, 12 July 1960.

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Manuscripts by Robert O'Donnell Hinckley. Included is a diary/journal from his trip to the Orient [29 October 1919 - March 1920]; notes on American history and International Law; and certificates of shares from the Coamo Development Company.