Nisbet, Wilhelmina

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Charles Nisbet Family papers
Letters, 1799 (Box 1, folders 22 and 24)
1769-1865

The collection consists of the papers of Charles Nisbet, first president of Dickinson College, and his family, particularly his son-in-law, William Turnbull. The majority of these papers is correspondence conducted between Nisbet and his daughter, and also between Nisbet and Lady Leven of...

Location: MC 2001.7

Subject: Business and Industry, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Genealogy and Family History, International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics

Time Period: 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc2001.07.pdf

Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet
Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet
1779-1784

Wilhelmina Nisbet, the Countess of Leven, writes six letters to Charles Nisbet on a number of different issues, including commenting on contemporary religious movements and arguing that Nisbet should not accept the position as President of Dickinson College. "The state of affairs there, &...

Location: MC 2001.7, B1, F27-32

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1760-1779, 1780-1799

Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet
Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet
1785-1788

Wilhelmina Nisbet, the Countess of Leven, writes five letters to Dickinson President Charles Nisbet in which she speaks of the health of her family and disapproves of Nisbet's new position at Dickinson College. "I still think you have been hurried off this stage which I do most sincerely regret...

Location: MC 2001.7, B1, F33-37

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Education, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1780-1799

Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet
Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet
1789-1792

Wilhelmina Nisbet, the Countess of Leven, writes three letters to Charles Nisbet a series of letters regarding religious affairs in the United States and Great Britain as well as Nisbet's position at President of Dickinson College. One "young gentleman" reported, as Wilhelmina explains, that "...

Location: MC 2001.7, B1, F38-40

Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Education, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1780-1799
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