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Hiester Henry Muhlenberg (1812-1886) was a member of the distinguished Muhlenberg family of Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in 1829. This collection contains almost 200 letters, most of which were written by members of Muhlenberg's immediate family. These letters reflect...
Location: MC 2012.3
Subject: Business and Industry, Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Health and Medicine, International Affairs, Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Travel and Tourism
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Collection Inventory: 
mc2012.03.pdf
The first portion of Hiester Muhlenberg's notebook while a student at Dickinson College consists of synopses of each book in Thucydides' "The History of the Peloponnesian War."
Hiester Muhlenberg's notebook consists of synopses of each book in Thucydides' "The History of the Peloponnesian...
Location: I-HarrisonB-1959-1
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Health and Medicine
Format: Diaries and Journals, Notes and Notebooks
Time Period: 1820-1839
Hiester Henry Muhlenberg's travel journal, which he titles "Of a Tour in Search of Pleasure & Health," includes almost daily entries between July 31 - September 28, 1833. Muhlenberg ('29) takes this on this trip after he graduates from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. He...
Location: I-Friends-2013-1
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Diaries and Journals
Time Period: 1820-1839
Hiester H. Muhlenberg writes to his wife, Catharine, with instructions on funeral arrangements in the event of his death.
Location: I-Friends-2013-2
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
