Person Information

Biography

Member of the New York State Masons, editor of The Craftsman, a Freemason periodical based in Rochester starting in 1828 and then relocated to Albany. 

According to 18310105WHS_FMS1, WHS encountered E.J. Roberts at the Eagle Hotel in Albany in early January of 1831.

Two volumes of The Craftsman are stored at RBSC, Rush Rhees Library: http://catalog.lib.rochester.edu/vwebv/search?searchType=7&searchId=2172&maxResultsPerPage=50&recCount=50&recPointer=0&resultPointer=0&headingId=4433497

Letter References

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 5, 1831

Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 16, 1831

Citations

Biography and Citation Information:
Biography: 
Member of the New York State Masons, editor of The Craftsman, a Freemason periodical based in Rochester starting in 1828 and then relocated to Albany. According to 18310105WHS_FMS1, WHS encountered E.J. Roberts at the Eagle Hotel in Albany in early January of 1831. Two volumes of The Craftsman are stored at RBSC, Rush Rhees Library: http://catalog.lib.rochester.edu/vwebv/search?searchType=7&searchId=2172&maxResultsPerPage=50&recCount=50&recPointer=0&resultPointer=0&headingId=4433497
Citation Type: 
Journal Article
Journal or Newspaper Title: 
The Craftsman. Volume First; For 1829-'30
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
E.J. Roberts (Editor)
Year: 
1830
Volume: 
1
Citation Notes: 
http://books.google.com/books?id=KQIjAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PR7&ots=2iECCX68XV&dq=e.j.%20roberts%20mason%20grand%20lodge%20new%20york&pg=PR9#v=onepage&q=e.j.%20roberts%20mason%20gra&f=false
,
Biography: 
Information about Vols. 1 and 2 of The Craftsman are included in a list of Masonic publications collected by the New York Grand Lodge.
Citation Type: 
Journal Article
Journal or Newspaper Title: 
Transactions of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, At its One Hundred and Third Annual Communication, Commencing June 3, A.L. 5884
Year: 
1884
Start Page: 
45 (for mention of Roberts)
End Page: 
45 (for mention of Roberts)
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Norton's Literary Almanac for 1852
Publisher Location: 
New York
Publisher Name: 
Stringer & Townsend
Year: 
1851
Start Page: 
50
End Page: 
50
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=m-M_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=E+J+Roberts+editor+of+craftsman&source=bl&ots=NgETtvApN9&sig=cMVHc-rOpEfWz3V_G7Ba1jowv9c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi71LuL2uTNAhVINj4KHdv2A4U4ChDoAQgbMAA#v=onepage&q=E%20J%20Roberts%20editor%20of%20craftsman&f=false
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Norton's Literary Almanac for 1852
Publisher Location: 
New York
Publisher Name: 
Stringer & Townsend
Year: 
1851
Start Page: 
50
End Page: 
50
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=m-M_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=E+J+Roberts+editor+of+craftsman&source=bl&ots=NgETtvApN9&sig=cMVHc-rOpEfWz3V_G7Ba1jowv9c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi71LuL2uTNAhVINj4KHdv2A4U4ChDoAQgbMAA#v=onepage&q=E%20J%20Roberts%20editor%20of%20craftsman&f=false