Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet

Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet
Date
1789-1792

Wilhelmina Nisbet, the Countess of Leven, writes three letters to Charles Nisbet a series of letters regarding religious affairs in the United States and Great Britain as well as Nisbet's position at President of Dickinson College.

Location
MC 2001.7, B1, F38-40
Time Period

Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet

Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet
Date
1785-1788

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.

Location
MC 2001.7, B1, F33-37
Time Period

Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet

Letters from Wilhelmina Nisbet to Charles Nisbet
Date
1779-1784

Wilhelmina Nisbet, the Countess of Leven, writes six letters to Charles Nisbet on a number of different issues, including commenting on contemporary religious movements and arguing that Nisbet should not accept the position as President of Dickin

Location
MC 2001.7, B1, F27-32
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