Letter from Benjamin Rush to Charles Nisbet

Letter from Benjamin Rush to Charles Nisbet
Date
August 30, 1784

Benjamin Rush writes a letter to Charles Nisbet discussing various religious and political parties in Pennsylvania and their relative support for the endowment of Dickinson College.

Location
MC 2001.7, B1, F41
Time Period

Letters from Charles Nisbet to David Erskine

Letters from Charles Nisbet to David Erskine
Date
1787-1792

Dickinson President Charles Nisbet writes six letters to David Erskine, the Earl of Buchan, on a number of topics that include the consequences of America's independence, the economy, governance, natural history of the country, international polit

Location
MC 2001.7
Time Period

Letter from James McKenzie to Charles Nisbet

Letter from James McKenzie to Charles Nisbet
Date
January 30, 1804

James McKenzie writes a letter to President Charles Nisbet expressing apprehension over a potential invasion of Great Britain by France, and the precautions taken against it.

Location
MC 2001.7, B1, F4
Time Period

Letter from Charles Nisbet to John Dickinson

Letter from Charles Nisbet to John Dickinson
Date
December 18, 1784

Dickinson College President Charles Nisbet writes to John Dickinson lamenting the "divisions that distract" the United States. He also acknowledges the honor bestowed upon him by Dickinson and the trustees of Dickinson College.

Location
MC 2001.13, B1, F5
Time Period

Letters from John Dickinson to Benjamin Rush

Letters from John Dickinson to Benjamin Rush
Date
1786-1803

John Dickinson writes ten letters to Benjamin Rush on a number of different topics, including the administrative affairs of Dickinson College, the state of political affairs in the United States, political philosophy, and the death of Dickinson's

Location
MC 2001.13
Time Period

Letter from James Buchanan to John McClintock

Letter from James Buchanan to John McClintock
Date
July 21, 1842

Senator James Buchanan asks Dickinson College Professor John McClintock to thank the Board of Trustees for granting him an honorary Doctor of Laws. "I feel conscious that I do not deserve so distinguished a literary honor," Buchanan notes.

Location
MC 1998.10, B2, F1
Time Period

Letter from James Buchanan to Herman Johnson

Letter from James Buchanan to Herman Johnson
Date
November 11, 1863

Former President James Buchanan writes to Dickinson College President Herman Johnson Merrills with information on several alumni, including William Speer (Class of 1788), Jesse Magaw (Class of 1806), and Buchanan's brother George Buchanan (Class o

Location
MC 1998.10, B4, F7
Time Period

Catalogue of Dickinson College for the Academical Year, 1861-62

Catalogue of Dickinson College for the Academical Year, 1861-62
Date
1862

The Dickinson College catalog for the 1861-1862 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants.

Location
Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Time Period

Catalogue of the Officers & Students of Dickinson College, 1827-28

Catalogue of the Officers & Students of Dickinson College, 1827-28
Date
July 1828

The Dickinson College catalog for the 1827-1828 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants.

Location
Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Time Period

Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Dickinson College, 1834-35

Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Dickinson College, 1834-35
Date
1834

The Dickinson College catalog for the 1834-1835 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants.

Location
Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Time Period

Catalogue of Dickinson College for the Academical Year, 1854-55

Catalogue of Dickinson College for the Academical Year, 1854-55
Date
1855

The Dickinson College catalog for the 1854-1855 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants.

Location
Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Time Period