Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes Independent Gist and advises him that, given the circumstances, the legislature would likely not act on a petition about a road where no notice has been given. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-1951-2
Subject: Land and Real Estate, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes to Independent Gist and offers legal advice as well as updates on recent cases. "I have brought the suit against Mordecai Gist for the Assault according to your directions," as Taney explains. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-42
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Horace Binney writes to his colleague William Rawle, asking for the defendant's title in the case of Butler v. Cadwalader.
Location: I-Friends-1981-1
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Horace Binney writes to his colleague William Rawle, enclosing an agreement in the case of Butler v. Cadwalader.
Location: I-Friends-1981-1
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Former Dickinson College Professor Thomas Cooper writes Parker Cleveland, a Professor of Mineralogy at Bowdoin College, and asks for advice regarding about his plans to teach a class on mineralogy at the University of Philadelphia. "I propose using your book as the manual for my class," as...
Location: I-Purchase-1950-1
Subject: Education, Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Acting Secretary of State Richard Rush writes to Jonathan Russell, the United States minister to Sweden and Norway, regarding "the claims of several citizens of the U. States on the Swedish government, the particulars of which will be explained by the papers" enclosed within his letter.
Location: I-Purchase-1971-9
Subject: International Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Cyrus W. Trimble writes to his brother, John A. Trimble about his daily schedule at Dickinson and the two different literary societies at Dickinson, the Union Philosophical Society and the Belles Lettres Society. Cyrus, who is a member of UPS, explains that "you can’t conceive the emulation that...
Location: I-DavidsonR-1975-2
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Secretary of State John Quincy Adams introduces the newly appointed Minister to Great Britain, Richard Rush, to Richard Sharp, an attorney in London. Transcript included.
Location: I-MoyermanS-1966-1
Subject: International Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Richard Rush writes to Delaware politician James Brobson regarding a case of the estate of John Dauphin. Rush, who retired as United States Attorney General a few days prior, states that he no longer holds the position but will pass on the citation to a clerk of the Supreme Court.
Location: I-AsbellY-1976-5
Subject: Legal Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Maryland State Senator and attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes to an unknown recipient with instructions regarding deeds for land in Maryland. As Taney explains, "a deed for land in Maryland may be executed by a person resident in Ohio in the following manner..." Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-1955-3
Subject: Land and Real Estate, Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Commissary General Callender Irvine (Class of 1794) writes to Major Loring Austin, of the 8th Infantry Regiment, about instructions on requesting clothing for 400 men.
Location: I-SpahrB-1963-2
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Commissary General Callender Irvine (Class of 1794) writes to Major Loring Austin in Boston and notes that clothing for the 8th Infantry Regiment has been forwarded.
Location: I-SpahrB-1963-2
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Commissary General Callender Irvine writes to Major Loring Austin with concerns about clothing for the 8th Infantry Regiment.
Location: I-SpahrB-1963-2
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Commissary General Callender Irvine (Class of 1794) writes to Major Loring Austin, of the 8th Infantry Regiment, concerning clothing for the military recruiting services.
Location: I-SpahrB-1963-2
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
James Buchanan writes two letters to Henry Shippen regarding purchasing land out west, a judicial appointment in Iowa, Pennsylvania politics, the financial system, and the Deposit Law of 1836. "I have been accustomed to witness many humbugs," but as Buchanan explains, Pennsylvania "Governor [...
Location: MC 1998.10
Subject: Business and Industry, Economics and Finance, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Secretary of State John Quincy Adams writes to Ebenezer Huntington, an attorney, to inform him that the USS John Adams has been sent to Havana with "purpose of procuring the Release of such Citizens of the United States, including Captain Asa Hosmer, as may be detained there as...
Location: I-SpahrB-1958-1
Subject: International Affairs, Legal Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Former Dickinson College Professor Thomas Cooper asks Ebenezer Bradford for assistance with some legal problems.
Location: I-Friends-1974-4
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Roger Brooke Taney writes to William Ritchie, Clerk of Court for Frederick County, Maryland, entering judgment of Robert Fulton v. Barnhart Gilbert.
Location: I-BeachL-1971-1
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Two letters, sent together to Arthur Shaaff in Scotland. In the first letter, Maryland State Senator Roger Brooke Taney writes to Arthur Shaaff and informs him about the state of his late father's estate and advises him not to abandon his schooling abroad in Glasgow in order to return home....
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-41
Subject: Economics and Finance, Education, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes to another lawyer, J. Meredith, and agrees to accept Meredith's friends as a student in his law office. "Your friend will with pleasure be received into my office if he wishes it," as Taney notes. Taney also recommends "Mrs. Kimballs" as "the only good private...
Location: I-PotamkinM-1982-1
Subject: Education, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Richard Rush writes to Michael Hogan, confirming that he received Hogan's letter and passed on its contents to the Secretary of State. Hogan's letter regards the Peruvian War of Independence, and Rush states that "the fall of Lima had been known here for about a fortnight" and that "our...
Location: I-AsbellY-2003-5
Subject: International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Representative James Buchanan writes three letters to Jacob M. Halderman regarding the legal case against Colonel Thomas and his debt to the federal government. Transcripts included.
Location: MC 1998.10
Subject: Legal Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Mary Gurney writes to Charles A. Poulson and describes how she "went over to Brooklyn this morning" from New York City and recounts her activities during her brief stay.
Location: I-Purchase-1967-3
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Richard M. Crain writes James Hamilton Jr. to introduce Joseph Crain, a prospective student to Dickinson College. "If you can make it convenient to yourself," Crain asks Hamilton "to give him the necessary introduction to the Professors." Transcript included.
Location: I-ValeM-1947-20
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Lawyer and banker Roger Brooke Taney responds to a client who wants to collect a toll from travelers that ford a river rather than use their tolled bridge. While an "Act of 1818" prohibits such collections, Taney suggests a different solution: "Obstruct[ing] the ford as the law authorize[s] you...
Location: I-AsbellY-2004-8
Subject: Economics and Finance, Legal Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
