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James Gordon Steese (1882-1958) was a member of the Dickinson College class of 1902. Among his many activities, Steese served as president of the Board of Road Commissioners for Alaska; the Steese Highway in Alaska is named for him. He later was involved with the development of railroads in both...
Location: MC 2002.4
Subject: Business and Industry, International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Artifacts and Objects, Books and Pamphlets, Certificates and Diplomas, Diaries and Journals, Essays and Dissertations, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps and Diagrams, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Reports
Collection Inventory: 
mc2002.04.pdf
These images are from a collection of photograph albums compiled by James Gordon Steese, an officer in the Army Corps of Engineers. Steese assembled these albums using photographs he collected while stationed in Panama working on the Isthmian Railroad and the Panama Canal Project between 1907...
Location: MC 2002.4, B8, F2
Subject: Business and Industry, Military Affairs and Conflict, Travel and Tourism
Format: Photographs
Time Period: 1900-1919
These images are from a collection of photograph albums compiled by James Gordon Steese, an officer in the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Steese assembled these albums using photographs he collected on a trip to Europe in 1919 following World War One. Steese served as Assistant Chief of...
Location: MC 2002.4
Subject: International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Travel and Tourism
Format: Photographs
Time Period: 1900-1919
James Alexander Streams fought for three years with Company A of the Sixty-First Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, which recruited its members from Indiana County. This collection contains 41 letters, most of which were received by Streams while he was fighting with the Union Army. They...
Location: MC 2004.3
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Letters/Correspondence
Collection Inventory: mc2004.03.pdf
The collection consists of the papers of the families of Jacob and Cornelius Vanderbilt, farmers and tax assessors of Newton Township, Cumberland County, Pa. Accounts of the Civil War are included among family correspondence, bills, accounts, and tax lists. Also included in the collection are a...
Location: MC 2001.14
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Land and Real Estate, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Books and Pamphlets, Essays and Dissertations, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Time Period: Before 1760, 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899
Collection Inventory: mc2001.14.pdf
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...
Location: MC 2001.5
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Administration, International Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Collection Inventory: mc2001.05.pdf
Captain John Montgomery writes Richard Peters to recommend John Hadden for a commission as ensign. Montgomery explains that his “Company are Desireous that no other person should have the commission but [Hadden].” Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-1965-25
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: Before 1760
Captain John Montgomery writes to Major Thomas Lloyd in reply to letter received on June 3rd. "I will not be able to march to Lancaster of Friday next as you have requested as I am still raising men for my company." Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-1964-3
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: Before 1760
George Wood sends an order to Jasper Yeates to pay a debt to John Montgomery. Includes Montgomery's receipt dated October 19, 1774.
Location: I-SpahrB-1958-24
Subject: Economics and Finance, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Financial Documents
Time Period: 1760-1779
John Montgomery issues a receipt for wheat to Curtis and Peter Grubb.
Location: I-SpahrB-1958-24
Subject: Economics and Finance, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Financial Documents
Time Period: 1760-1779
Second Continental Congress Representative John Adams writes to James Warren, a judge in Watertown, Massachusetts, and discusses the arrival of gunpowder, the formation of a continental treasury, and asks if "your new Legislative and Executive feel bold or irresolute?"
Location: I-Purchase-1972-2
Subject: International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
John Montgomery, Hugh Patrick, George Newberry and Paul Zantzinger issue receipts for various items between June 11 and June 20, 1776 to Jasper Yeates.
Location: I-SpahrB-1958-23
Subject: Economics and Finance, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Financial Documents
Time Period: 1760-1779
John Dickinson writes Continental Army General Charles Lee to explain his opinion on the Declaration of Independence. "I cannot agree with You, that a Declaration of Independence at this time will...
Location: MC 2001.13, B1, F1
Subject: International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
The Commissioners of Indian Affairs of the Middle Department at Fort Pitt write to merchant Benjamin Morgan and order flints for militia companies under the command of Captain Pigman, Captain Sullivan, Captain Baird, and Captain Shields. The Commissioners of Indian Affairs are John Montgomery,...
Location: I-SpahrB-1955-6
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Native Americans
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1760-1779
Thomas Walker writes the Committee of Congress for Indian Affairs and asks that they pay Joseph Simon and John Campbell for the "sundry merchandize" that they provided "for the use of this Department." John Montgomery, John Harris, and Jasper Yeates also sign the letter. The reverse side of the...
Location: I-SpahrB-1960-10
Subject: Economics and Finance, Military Affairs and Conflict, Native Americans, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
John Montgomery issues a receipt for funds paid by the Continental Congress to Jasper Yeates and himself for militia pay and allowance.
Location: I-SpahrB-1958-22
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Financial Documents
Time Period: 1760-1779
John Montgomery writes to Captain Jasper Yeates concerning impending Indian War. As he believes that residents are unprepared and in need of immediate assistance, Montgomery asks Captain Yeates to write a Mr. Wilson for assistance. "I tremble for the Poor Inhabitants who are almost unprovid'd...
Location: I-SpahrB-1963-12
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Military Affairs and Conflict, Native Americans, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
William Irvine writes Lieutenant Colonel David Grier and discusses officers, new recruits, and supplies. Transcript included. Irvine, a colonel of the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment, writes this letter from Carlisle, where he is on parole after being captured in 1776. Transcript included.
Location: I-Friends-2013-4
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
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
Continental Congressman John Dickinson asks Caesar Rodney, President of Delaware, to convey a resolution to the Council of Assembly. The resolution dictates a state payment of forty-five hundred thousand dollars to the Continental Treasury. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2001.13, B1, F2
Subject: Economics and Finance, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1760-1779
John Dickinson writes two letters to Major General Nathanael Greene. Dickinson writes the first letter as a Continental Congressman and asks for details on transactions for supplies purchased by the Continental Army, including "camp equipage." Dickinson writes the second letter as President of...
Location: MC 2001.13, B1, F2
Subject: Economics and Finance, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
James Wilson, United States Supreme Court Justice and signer of the Declaration of Independence, writes to Francis Hopkinson, Judge of the Court of Admiralty of Pennsylvania, regarding the Brigantine Ariel. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-14
Subject: Legal Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
General William Irvine writes to Joseph Reed, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, about preparations to meet expected attempt to rescue the convention prisoners at Lancaster and York. Irvine also notes his concern with Robert Morris' inability to provide sufficient...
Location: I-Purchase-1954-31
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Brigadier General William Irvine writes Colonel Richard Butler in Carlisle to address ongoing operations against the Indians, land speculation, and the limited prospects of frontier officers. Transcript included.
Location: I-Friends-2013-7
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Native Americans, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
James Smith, a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania, writes to Frederick Muhlenberg and complains that Mr. Lyon refuses to pay for cattle purchased to feed the troops at Carlisle. Transcript included.
Location: I-Purchase-1967-10
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
