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Dr. Joseph Priestley writes to Rev. John Edwards and discusses their recent publications as well as a publication that they are both working on. "I have read 40 pages of your fourth no., and am surprised that any person should object to its publication," as Priestley explains. Transcript...
Location: MC 1998.1, B1, F11
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Charles Nisbet writes to bookseller William Young regarding a packet from an unspecified Mr. Wilson with two letters for Europe. Nisbet also asks for a paper, discusses Carlisle weather, and speculates about the French Revolution.
Location: I-MHS-1987-1
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Health and Medicine, International Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality, Weather and Climate
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Dickinson College President Charles Nisbet writes to Dr. Jonathan Ingham of Bucks County, Pennsylvania with reflections on education, politics, international affairs, as well as other contemporary American issues. Transcript included.
Location: O-SpahrB-1963-1
Subject: Economics and Finance, Education, International Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Secretary of State Timothy Pickering writes Charles Hall of Sunbury regarding Joseph Priestley's "unpardonable" conduct and the receipt of "Mr. [Thomas] Cooper's mischievous address." Pickering notes his opposition to their "meddling with our government." Cooper had published material in which...
Location: I-WilliamsC-1956-9
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Charles Nisbet writes bookseller William Young to discuss various political and religious events in France, Ireland, and the United States. Nisbet mentions Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas Jefferson, Mathew Carey, James Napper Tandy, Joseph Priestley, and others. "It is not probable that [France]...
Location: I-McIntoshM-1965-5
Subject: Health and Medicine, International Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Joseph Priestley writes to Matthew Carey, sending corrections for a draft of his book Church History.
Location: I-Friends-1995-4
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Joseph Priestley writes to Matthew Carey with proof of the Chart and corrections to Priestley's pamphlet Church History. Priestley also asks that the pamphlets are not advertised immediately. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-2
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Joseph Priestley writes to Rev. John Evans in London, thanking him for his "valuable book." Priestley sends a tract on baptism in return. Transcript included.
Location: I-Friends-1990-5
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Joseph Priestley sends instructions for printing his manuscript (Index to the Bible) and orders several copies of his Church History and Lectures. Priestley also tells John Vaughan that he is out of oysters. While "the oysters have been of great service to me,"...
Location: I-NeffG-1956-1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Charles Keith writes to Anne Nisbet regarding the death of her husband. "One of the best of Men is forever lost to his Friends and Mankind," as Keith observes. Keith also explains his decision to write Monody to the Memory of the Rev. Dr Charles Nisbet and asks that the Nisbet family "...
Location: I-TurnbullM-undated-1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Author Robert Waln, Jr. writes Pennsylvania politician Samuel Sitgreaves to ask for information about the life of James Wilson for a book entitled Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Waln poses nine questions to Sitgreaves regarding Wilson's personal and...
Location: I-Friends-1992-6
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Richard Rush writes to an unspecified Mr. Force requesting a few "Abroad and at Home" pamphlets. Rush also wanted to settle any outstanding debts with Force before he left Washington. Transcript included.
Location: I-Friends-1976-7
Subject: Economics and Finance, Literary Pursuits
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
Representative James Buchanan writes to Hugh Hamilton and regarding Hamilton's mistake in publishing Buchanan's letters in the New York Inquirer. Even though Hamilton "transposed the order of time in which they were written and omitted that portion of the letter in regard to myself...
Location: MC 1998.10, B1, F11
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1820-1839
A. Herr Smith prepared this oration, entitled “Suicide," for the commencement ceremonies held July 9, 1840. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1840-S642s
Subject: Health and Medicine, Literary Pursuits
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1840-1859
Samuel George Hare prepared this oration, entitled “The Influence of Literature Upon Morality," for the commencement ceremonies held July 9, 1840. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1840-H275i
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1840-1859
Samuel A. Harrison prepared this oration, entitled “The Literature of the Age of Elizabeth," for the commencement ceremonies held July 9, 1840. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1840-H322l
Subject: Education, Literary Pursuits
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1840-1859
Henry Augustus Muhlenberg prepared this oration, entitled “The Past," for the commencement ceremonies held July 9, 1840. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1840-M952p
Subject: Education, Literary Pursuits
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1840-1859
Wilson Lee Spottswood prepared this oration, entitled “Deficiency of Literature," for the commencement ceremonies held July 8, 1841. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1841-S765d
Subject: Education, Literary Pursuits
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1840-1859
Senator James Buchanan writes a brief letter to Samuel Hood acknowledging the receipt of Hood's book, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Buchanan states that the book "has a peculiar interest for [him]; as [he is] the son of a native of the Emerald Isle who emigrated to this country......
Location: MC 1998.10, B2, F8
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1840-1859
Richard Rush writes Colonel Thomas Aspinwall to discuss the publication of the English edition of his book, Memoirs of a Residence at the Court of London, which contains "important additions and corrections" that were missing from the Philadelphia edition. Rush does not reflect on his...
Location: I-SellersC-1973-2
Subject: Literary Pursuits
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1840-1859
Diplomat and politician Richard Rush writes to Colonel Thomas Aspinwall, discussing the upcoming publication of Aspinwall's book in Philadelphia, the possibility of publishing a second edition in London, and the reproduction of excerpts in Philadelphia newspapers.
Location: I-Friends-1976-10
Subject: Business and Industry, Literary Pursuits
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1840-1859
Secretary of State James Buchanan writes to Sarah Maury and asks her to not publish two of his private letters. "If in their publication, you should state that this was done by my permission," Buchanan explains that "it would look like a preconcerted effort to bring my name before the Public...
Location: MC 1998.10, B2, F15
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1840-1859
Henry Clay Dallam (Class of 1848) asks William Boyd Williams "to procure for me 'a literal translation of the Plays of Sophocles'" and to mail it to Dickinson. "I have a large amount of extra study to do" and, as Dallam explains, "I am anxious to have every facility." Transcript included.
Location: I-WilliamsW-1957-1
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Literary Pursuits
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1840-1859
The first issue of the Collegian, Dickinson College's first monthly literary publication. Includes "Nationality," "Machine for Grinding Poetry," "Love in College," "Translation of Cleanthe's Hymn to Jupiter," and "The Spartan Youth."
The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Literary Pursuits
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1840-1859
The second issue of the Collegian, Dickinson College's first monthly literary publication. Includes "The Tyrol," "Love and Scholarship," "Communings with the Departed," "The Song of the Wind," "War," and "Ernest Maltravers."
The Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Student Life, Literary Pursuits
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1840-1859
