After completing his education at Samuel Doak's Washington College around the year 1800, John Robinson moved to Carter County where he resided with Colonel John Carter. During a public meeting a fight broke out and in the course of defending John Carter, John Robinson stabbed and killed a man by the name of Musgrove. John Carter and his friends convinced Robinson to leave the area for his safety.
It was during this time, while in Philadelphia, that Robinson wrote The Savage, which was published in 1810. The work was described in 1873 as "A book of ethical essays, the author of which attempted a series of papers illustrative of American character after the manner of the celebrated British essayists".
A letter published in The American Historical Record in 1874 provides the background on John Robinson's life. The letter begins on page 466.
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