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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
David Erskine, the Earl of Buchan, writes a letter to Charles Nisbet expressing that he does not sympathize with Nisbet's disappointment at being prevented "by the Calvinist party in Pennsylvania" from leaving Scotland to accept "your appointment at Carlisle projected college." Erskine also...
Location: MC 2001.7, B1, F1
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality, Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Benjamin Rush writes a letter to Charles Nisbet discussing various religious and political parties in Pennsylvania and their relative support for the endowment of Dickinson College. Rush states that "a great body of the most respectable Presbyterians" are the "men who love [Nisbet's] character...
Location: MC 2001.7, B1, F41
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Education, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
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
Dickinson President Charles Nisbet writes six letters to David Erskine, the Earl of Buchan, on a number of topics that include the consequences of America's independence, the economy, governance, natural history of the country, international politics, relations with Native Americans, the...
Location: MC 2001.7
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Economics and Finance, Education, International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Native Americans, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
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
Dickinson President Charles Nisbet discusses in what appears to be a postscript how a farmer in Chambersburg has discovered a great body of iron ore. Nisbet also discusses new treaties with Native American tribes as well as the large number of French citizens arriving in the United States. "The...
Location: MC 2001.7, B1, F10
Subject: International Affairs, Native Americans, Politics and Government, Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Dickinson President Charles Nisbet writes thirteen letters to his daughter, Mary Nisbet, offering advice on marriage and family life in addition to discussions of domestic and political affairs. Transcripts included.
Location: MC 2001.7
Subject: Health and Medicine, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
David Erskine, the Earl of Buchan, writes a letter to Dickinson President Charles Nisbet in which he recommends John Millar and laments Nisbet's difficulties in finding a literary society in Carlisle. Erskine also comments on how he deals with the political issues of the day. "I have never...
Location: MC 2001.7, B1, F2
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Administration, Education, International Affairs, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
James McKenzie writes a letter to President Charles Nisbet expressing apprehension over a potential invasion of Great Britain by France, and the precautions taken against it. "Our fleets are as formidable as our armies, and watch the motions of the French so closely, that they cannot get out of...
Location: MC 2001.7, B1, F4
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
William Turnbull writes to Alexander Nisbet inquiring as to whether he had informed a W. Bowie of the particulars of a new account with the Trustees of Dickinson. Turnbull also invites Nisbet to the christening of his son. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2001.7, B1, F42
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Mary Nisbet Turnbull writes to her son, Alexander Turnbull, discussing new developments in the affairs of his father's estate, in addition to the lives of other members of their family. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2001.7, B1, F25
Subject: Land and Real Estate, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
