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Senator James Buchanan writes to V. Best and discusses whether to vote for or against "Colonel Benton’s Expunging resolution." "I have been somewhat astonished that several of my friends in Pennsylvania have advised me to disobey the Instructions of the [Pennsylvania] Legislature," as Buchanan...
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F15
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney writes a "private" letter to George Newbold asking for a copy of the letter he sent him on December 18, 1833. Taney wants a copy of this letter so he can better consult with some friends on how to address an allegation made against him. "I find...
Location: I-SpahrB-1954-6
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney writes to J. Meredith and accepts an invitation to a dinner given in honor of the British Minister. A note on the reverse side states that Taney ultimately did not attend.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-46
Subject: International Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
George Chambers, trustee of Dickinson College, informs Secretary of the Treasury Levi Woodbury about Representative Thomas McCullough's request that his son, Alexander McCullough, receive an appointment in the United States Navy. Transcript included.
Location: I-Friends-1974-2
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Senator James Buchanan writes John M. Clayton for assistance in locating "some original Land Office papers" that are missing from the Committee room. Transcript included.
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F18
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Senator James Buchanan writes to Secretary of the Treasury Levi Woodbury regarding a recent resolution from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives that selected the Philadelphia Bank "as one of the Depositories of the public money." Transcript included.
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F18
Subject: Business and Industry, Economics and Finance, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Senator James Buchanan writes to Robert Morris and asks him to publish his "remarks" on the coal trade in the Philadelphia Inquirer. "I desire to let those who are interested in the Coal Trade know that I have not abandoned their interests or those of the State on this question," as...
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F18
Subject: Business and Industry, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Former US Senator William Wilkins (Class of 1802) writes Secretary of the Navy Mahlon Dickerson and asks for Doctor Watson to be appointed as a Surgeon’s Mate or receive Midshipman’s commission. Wilkins notes that Watson “has already made the voyage to India” and “seems to have such a keen...
Location: I-Friends-1983-21
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Richard Rush writes Sir Gore Ouseley and encloses two short notes with autographs from Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Rush, a member of the Dickinson College Board of Trustees, comments on the veneration in which Washington is held and the penmanship of both statesmen.
Location: I-Friends-1976-9
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Representative James Buchanan writes seven letters to Representative Charles Jared Ingersoll a number of different political and legal matters, including political appointments, election campaigns, the Mexican-American War, and the Oregon Treaty. Transcripts included.
Location: MC 1998.10
Subject: International Affairs, Legal Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Dickinson College President John Durbin writes to Board of Trustees member Samuel Harvey to discuss college finances, the new college catalogue, and the state of affairs at the college.
Location: I-Friends-2013-9
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Economics and Finance, Education
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney (Class of 1795) responds to a request for a sample of the late Chief Justice John Marshall's handwriting and a sample of Taney's own handwriting. While Taney does not have a sample of Marshall's writing, Taney notes that this letter can serve as a sample of his...
Location: I-Friends-1975-19
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Senator James Buchanan writes to Thomas J. Randolph providing details about the Sub-Treasury Bill, including the relation to a Government Bank, as well as predicting that the bill "will pass the Senate by a majority of two votes." Transcript included.
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F20
Subject: Economics and Finance, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Senator James Buchanan writes two letters to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett regarding the appointment of William S. Ramsey as a paymaster in the US Army and issues with how Ordnance Department grants contracts. Transcripts included.
Location: MC 1998.10
Subject: Business and Industry, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Senator James Buchanan thanks Charles S. Daveis for his "very kind" letter and notes that he has not received "a single copy of the Report." Buchanan also mentions Maine Governor Edward Kent and edits to a document in which "the province of Quebec" was substituted for that of Nova Scotia in the...
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F21
Subject: Business and Industry, International Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Senator James Buchanan writes to Senator Reuel William regarding the 1838 gubernatorial election in Pennsylvania between Joseph Ritner and David Porter. Transcript included.
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F21
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Two letters from James Buchanan to American diplomat Aaron Vail regarding relations with the United Kingdom and the "perfect chaos" of the United States' consular system. Transcripts included.
Location: MC 1998.10
Subject: International Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Senator James Buchanan writes to James A. Caldwell and offers job advice. "I fear you are about to abandon your noble, safe & prudent position without necessity," as Buchanan explains. Transcript included.
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F21
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Pennsylvania Representative Henry Logan's draft of his response to a dinner invitation from President Martin Van Buren for January 23, 1839.
Location: I-LoganH-1968-1
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Dickinson College President John P. Durbin writes C. A. Walborn regarding the case of a Mr. Dodge. "If I can extract any information" from Mr. Dodge, Durbin explains that "I shall have to tell him that we do not consider the case closed at all." Durbin also notes that he is recovering from an...
Location: I-SpahrB-1966-5
Subject: Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Senator James Buchanan is interested in learning more about "the early history of my father," James Buchanan, Sr., and writes Robert Lamberton to ask for help. "Your father is the only gentleman I know who can furnish me this information," as Buchanan explains. Transcript included.
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F22
Subject: Genealogy and Family History
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Senator James Buchanan (Class of 1809) writes to General Garret D. Wall regarding the education of his orphaned niece Harriet R. Lane, whom he raised.
Location: I-AsbellY-2002-70
Subject: Education, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
William Thomas (Class of 1825) writes to Carlisle lawyer C.B. Penrose, discussing the "election of our entire ticket" and analyzing opposition towards "Loco Focos," a faction of the Democratic party, as well as abolitionists.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-54
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Former President and Representative John Quincy Adams writes to members of a committee of Union Philosophical Society (UPS) members and declines an invitation to deliver an address before a joint meeting of the Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Society at Dickinson College. The members of...
Location: I-Friends-2008-3
Subject: Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
John Zug (Class of 1837) writes to his girlfriend, Margaret Hood, and describes his first days of work as a lawyer. Zug explains that his colleagues are "ungodly men, not only irreligious, but most of them profane." Zug is happy, however, to have recovered from a recent fever. Transcript...
Location: I-Friends-2013-8
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
