Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
William Bingham welcomes John Jay, an American politician and diplomat, to England and invites Jay to visit him in London. "I am happy at being informed of your Safe Arrival at Bath," as Bingham notes. Bingham serves as a member of the Dickinson College Board of Trustees. Transcript included....
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-19
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
William Bingham writes from London to the Dickinson College Board of Trustees concerning his attempts to get support from the British for the College. Bingham, who serves as a trustee from 1783 to 1803, admits that he has "been exceedingly disappointed in my expectations." The American...
Location: RG 1/1 - 3.2.1.3
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Economics and Finance, Education, International Affairs, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
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
William Bingham writes to Benjamin Rush from London and discusses the state of financial support for Dickinson College. Bingham references the Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783, stating "the abdication of congress is a severe blow on the interests of Philadelphia..." He also discusses the political...
Location: MC 2001.13, B1, F6
Subject: Business and Industry, Dickinson College Administration, Economics and Finance, Education, International Affairs, Politics and Government, Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Statesman William Bingham writes Benjamin Rush and compares the conditions in England with those in the United States in terms of government, economics, and immigration. "Whilst the United States have the pleasing Prospect of daily increasing in Power and political Importance," Bingham explains...
Location: I-BonisteelR-1958-3
Subject: Economics and Finance, International Affairs, Politics and Government, Science and Technology
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
John Carson writes to Robert McPherson, a member of the Board of Trustees, and discusses Charles Nisbet's qualifications as a candidate for President of Dickinson College. As "I was honoured with that Gentlemans personal acquaintance," Carson explains that Dr. Benjamin Rush "requested" an "...
Location: I-Purchase-1923-1
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Education, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Dickinson College Trustee James Wilson writes to William Bingham regarding a loan Wilson seeks from an unspecified Mr. Lettsom. Wilson also discusses the opening of Land Offices and the possibility of changes to the Pennsylvania state constitution. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-1964-11
Subject: Economics and Finance, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
John Dickinson writes Robert Magaw regarding Paul Randolph's note for 24 pounds. Transcript included.
Location: I-ValeM-1947-72
Subject: Economics and Finance
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
General William Irvine writes John Dickinson, the President of Pennsylvania, and recommends Erkurius Beatty's appointment as an officer. "He will do great justice to an appointment of Lieutenant, in the Corps to be raised, should that rank be conferred on him," as Irvine explains.
Location: I-SpahrB-1964-10
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
William Irvine writes to recommend Ebenezer Denny as "a young man of good private character" who "conducted himself with propriety." Irvine notes that Denny had served as a "Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania Line" from 1780 "to the end of the War.
Location: I-SpahrB-1963-10
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
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
John Montgomery writes to Robert Miller, Samuel Laird, and John Agnew informing them that Robert Davidson has accepted the pastorate in Carlisle. Transcript included.
Location: I-Original-1784-2
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Pennsylvania politician Samuel John Atlee and Colonel Francis Johnston write to Pennsylvania Governor John Dickinson and request the balance of funds that the "House of Assembly were pleased to make" for "the transportation of the Indian goods and stores to the Northward and Westward."
Location: I-SpahrB-1966-17
Subject: Economics and Finance, Native Americans, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
President of Pennsylvania John Dickinson asks the Speaker of the Pennsylvania General Assembly to distribute the "inclosed Dispatches" to other members of the General Assembly. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2001.13, B1, F2
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Statesman William Bingham writes from Paris to Benjamin Rush in Philadelphia. Bingham responds to Rush's previous displeasing letter and discusses United States politics and his travels abroad. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-20
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Dickinson College President Charles Nisbet writes to John Dickinson lamenting the "divisions that distract" the United States. He also acknowledges the honor bestowed upon him by Dickinson and the trustees of Dickinson College. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2001.13, B1, F5
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Education, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Joseph Priestley provides Sir Charles Blagden, the Secretary of the Royal Society, with a list of errors in his paper for the Transactions and asks him to correct the "important" ones before it is printed. Priestley also reports that he is "busy...
Location: I-RichardsonD-1992-2
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Science and Technology
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
John Erskine writes to John Dickinson expressing his sorrow in bidding Charles Nisbet farewell as he leaves Montrose for his new post as Principal of Dickinson College. Erskine also expresses faith in Nisbet's abilities and wishes well for the college. Additionally, he comments on the...
Location: MC 2001.13, B1, F5
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Education, International Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
John Dickinson writes George Washington to introduce and recommend the portrait painter, Robert Edge Pine.
Location: I-SpahrB-1963-7
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Joseph Priestley writes Sir Charles Blagden, the Secretary of the Royal Society, and asks for 50 copies of his paper printed and stitched in blue cloth. In addition, Priestley requests that one copy be sent to Henry Cavendish. Priestley also discusses the election to the Societe Royale de...
Location: I-RichardsonD-1992-4
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
John Armstrong, Jr. writes to the Secretary's Office about the notice of sale of lands in the fourth district surveyed by Mr. Cunningham. James Trimble signs the document for Armstrong. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-1
Subject: Land and Real Estate
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
John Dickinson writes ten letters to Benjamin Rush on a number of different topics, including the administrative affairs of Dickinson College, the state of political affairs in the United States, political philosophy, and the death of Dickinson's wife, Mary. Transcripts included.
Location: MC 2001.13
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Education, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
George Thompson writes Robert Magaw about obtaining soldiers' pay owed from service during the Revolutionary War and discusses the conditions for selling "the plantation in my absence." Thompson explains how "we must charge the United States with my Fathers Pay as a Brigadier Genl… from the...
Location: I-ValeM-1947-64
Subject: Land and Real Estate, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
James Ross writes William Young, a bookseller and printer in Philadelphia, regarding the publication of books on grammar. Ross, a Professor of Greek and Latin at Dickinson, offers edits and improvements to Young's "edition of the rudiments, now in the press." Ross explains how he has "spared...
Location: MC 2001.5, B1, F12
Subject: Business and Industry, Education, Literary Pursuits
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
