"A Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of Dickinson College in Carlisle," by Anonymous

"A Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of Dickinson College in Carlisle," by Anonymous
Date
March 1811

An anonymous author writes this essay on the history of Dickinson College, which is published in The Port Folio, vol. 5 (March 1811): 239-246. This essay is published with B.

Location
RG 1/1 - 7.3.2
Time Period

"Rev. Charles Nisbet, D. D., First President of Dickinson College," by Charles Collins

"Rev. Charles Nisbet, D. D., First President of Dickinson College," by Charles Collins
Date
December 1853

Rev. Charles Collins, the eleventh president of Dickinson College, writes this short biography of Rev. Charles Nisbet, the first president of the College, in 1853.

Location
Special Collections Periodicals
Time Period

"Dickinson College: An Historical Sketch," by William Allen

"Dickinson College: An Historical Sketch," by William Allen
Date
April 6, 1875

Professor William Henry Allen delivers a speech, "Dickinson College: An Historical Sketch," about the first 90 years of  the College's history to the Philadelphia Conference Historical Society.

Location
Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Time Period

Biographical Manuscript of Thomas Cooper

Biographical Manuscript of Thomas Cooper
Date
September 21, 1811

A biographical manuscript of Judge Thomas Cooper, a lecturer at Dickinson College, entitled "Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Carlisle." Composed for the Baltimore Federal Gazette, this manuscript details the judge's pious disposit

Location
I-McKnightM-1959-1
Time Period