"John and Mary's College" (Spahr Lectures Vol. 2)

"John and Mary's College" (Spahr Lectures Vol. 2)
Date
1956

Publisher: New York: Fleming H. Revell Company

Volume 2 of the Boyd Lee Spahr Lectures in Americana series includes essays from scholars that focus on various aspects of Dickinson College's history.

Location
SC 378.748 D553b
Time Period

Letter from Stephen Johnes to Lydia Johnes

Letter from Stephen Johnes to Lydia Johnes
Date
October 8, 1794

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.

Location
I-BellW-1964-1
Time Period

Letters from William Wagenseller to Eli Slifer

Letters from William Wagenseller to Eli Slifer
Date
1851-1861

William Wagenseller writes ten letters to Eli Slifer on a number of different topics, including funding a monument for his late brother and recommending his nephew for a position as a doctor in the Union army.

Location
MC 2003.4, B10, F21
Time Period

Letters from George Miller to Eli Slifer

Letters from George Miller to Eli Slifer
Date
1852-1862

George Miller writes sixteen letters to Eli Slifer, Secretary of the Commonwealth during the Civil War, in which he discusses construction of the Sunbury and Erie railroad, repeal of the tonnage tax, the raising of a Corps of Engineers, developmen

Location
MC 2003.4, B8, F3
Time Period

Letters from William Meredith to Eli Slifer

Letters from William Meredith to Eli Slifer
Date
1864-1866

William Meredith writes seven letters to Eli Slifer, Secretary of the Commonwealth, regarding the applicability of the Act of 1840 to interest payments, the announcement of a draft for more soldiers , warrants against various railroad companies, a

Location
MC 2003.4, B7, F24
Time Period