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Major General Nathanael Greene and Colonel Richard Humpton, both officers in the Continental Army, write Lieutenant Colonel Francis Gurney to certify that he is innocent of providing any support or information to the United Kingdom. After "being directed by His Excellency General Washington to"...
Location: I-SpahrB-1967-5
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
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
Draft of a Catharine Macaulay Graham's letter to President George Washington. Graham expresses concern for Washington's health and the French Revolution. Transcript included.
Location: I-Purchase-1967-1
Subject: Health and Medicine, International Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Stephen Johnes writes from Carlisle to Lydia Johnes, his wife, about life as a solider in the army assembled to end the Whiskey Rebellion. Johnes mentions a conversation with "Doc. Huston" about some individuals who complain that President George Washington's actions regarding the Whisky...
Location: I-BellW-1964-1
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
President George Washington writes Robert Livingston to thank him for looking out for certain packages. Washington asks him to "accept my thanks for your attention to them," happy that his "parcel which came undercover to me from Sir John Sinclair," was safe.
Location: I-SpahrB-1952-6
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Charles Hall's draft of a public address to President George Washington on the occasion of his retirement in 1797. Transcript included.
Location: I-WilliamsC-1956-4
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1780-1799
Richard Rush writes Sir Gore Ouseley and encloses two short notes with autographs from Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Rush, a member of the Dickinson College Board of Trustees, comments on the veneration in which Washington is held and the penmanship of both statesmen.
Location: I-Friends-1976-9
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Albert Ritchie prepared this oration, entitled “National Days," for the commencement ceremonies held July 14, 1853. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1853-R598n
Subject: International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1840-1859
