Letters from Alexander Nisbet to William Young

Letters from Alexander Nisbet to William Young
Date
1799-1801

Alexander Nisbet writes four letters to William Young, a bookseller and printer in Philadelphia, on issues that include Young's suit involving a Mr. Webber and a payment made by the Estate of Webber for a parcel of books.

Location
MC 2001.5, B1, F2
Time Period

Letter from William Turnbull to Alexander Nisbet

Letter from William Turnbull to Alexander Nisbet
Date
March 19, 1806

William Turnbull writes to Alexander Nisbet inquiring as to whether he had informed a W. Bowie of the particulars of a new account with the Trustees of Dickinson. Turnbull also invites Nisbet to the christening of his son. Transcript included.

Location
MC 2001.7, B1, F42
Time Period

Letter from Charles Nisbet to Alexander Nisbet

Letter from Charles Nisbet to Alexander Nisbet
Date
December 11, 1801

Charles Nisbet writes to his son Alexander, an attorney in Baltimore, and offers advice on various topics. "Taverns," as Charles explains, are "the slaughter-houses of the most part of the youth of this country" and should be avoided.

Location
I-McIntoshM-1965-3
Time Period

Charles Nisbet Family papers

Letters, 1799 (Box 1, folders 22 and 24)
Collection Inventory
Date Range
1769-1865

The collection consists of the papers of Charles Nisbet, first president of Dickinson College, and his family, particularly his son-in-law, William Turnbull. The majority of these papers is correspondence conducted between Nisbet and his daughter, and also between Nisbet and Lady Leven of Scotland. The business ventures of William Turnbull are reflected through legal, financial, and other miscellaneous documents; the collection's single artifact is Turnbull's leather wallet.

Location
MC 2001.7

William Young papers

Letter, 1791 (Box 1, folder 4)
Collection Inventory
Date Range
1786-1801

This collection is mostly comprised of correspondence received by Philadelphia printer William Young from Charles Nisbet, President of Dickinson College. Young was a scotsman who settled in Philadelphia and set up a bookshop, a printing press, and later, a paper mill. As the president of a fledgling college, fellow scotsman Nisbet wrote frequently to Young upon a wide variety of topics, ranging from Nisbet's transactions with Young as a printer and book dealer, to local events and world news. The collection also contains other letters to Young from various clients, as well as one letter from Young to his wife.

Time Period
Location
MC 2001.5