Pennsylvania Representative Andrew Gregg Curtin (Class of 1837) writes attorney James Pollock and proposes a meeting in Philadelphia.
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October 15, 1883
Location: I-BeachW-1974-6
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
April 17, 1884
Horatio King writes former Indiana Governor Thomas A. Hendricks to welcomes him home from a trip abroad and requests that he read the enclosed "Centennial" brochure. King looks forward to Hendricks's response.
Location: I-Purchase-1953-4
Subject: Politics and Government, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
September 30, 1884
Attorney Horatio King writes to an unspecified recipient in West Newton, Massachusetts, endorsing the candidacy of Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks in the 1884 Presidential election.
Location: I-BeachW-1976-2
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
April 4, 1885
Horatio King writes John Cunningham telling him he put the sketches he received in his scrapbook. King gives corrections on Secretary of the Interior Jacob Thompson's resignation in January 1861 over the sailing of the Star of the West to supply Fort Sumter, on Jefferson Davis's age, on...
Location: I-BeachW-1985-1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
August 17, 1885
Andrew Gregg Curtin writes to William H. Rauch, offering his assistance in response to Rauch's request for help with gaining an appointment.
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
September 2, 1885
James Noon to writes Andrew Gregg Curtin asking for a recommendation for a position at the custom house in Philadelphia as either "a watchman or messenger." On the reverse Curtin writes to John Cadwalader, endorsing Noon.
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
September 4, 1885
David F. Fortney writes to Samuel J. Randall, recommending Patrick P. Louchey for a position at the customs house in Philadelphia. On the reverse, Andrew Gregg Curtin writes to Randall recommending Mr. Louchey as well.
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 7, 1886
C. C. McLean writes to Andrew Gregg Curtin about his father, Col. G. P. McLean. McLean asks Curtin to recommend the Colonel for a position in a warehouse in Philadelphia.
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
January 26, 1889
Horatio King writes Postmaster General Donald McDonald Dickinson and thanks him for sending a copy of his annual report. King comments that he "had the great honor of occupying that position [of Postmaster General], for a short time, under that able and faithful old Statesman, President [James]...
Location: I-Purchase-1963-2
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 14, 1893
Thomas H. Evans prepared this oration, entitled “The Bering Sea Controversy," for the commencement ceremonies held June 14, 1893. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1893-E92b
Subject: International Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
March 27, 1896
Horatio King writes to J. H. Weeks, Jr., and explains why Weeks will not receive President James Buchanan's autograph. "I regret that I have no autographed letter of President Buchanan that I am willing to part with," as King notes. In addition, King tells Weeks that "you apparently [have]...
Location: I-Purchase-1955-17
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
April 3, 1896
Horatio King writes a personal letter to his son, Horatio Collins King (Class of 1858), and comments on a Mr. Phelps, "John Bull" and the Monroe Doctrine, President Grover Cleveland, as well as events in Mexico and Oregon.
Location: I-SpahrB-1958-35
Subject: International Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
December 7, 1897
Horatio Collins King writes to Luther R. Marsh, reminiscing about an enjoyable reunion they had had and discussing the value and interest of the Annual Reports. A postscript adds that he voted for William McKinley.
Location: I-BellW-1973-1
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
December 19, 1897
Horatio Collins King (Class of 1858) writes to Hon. Luther R. Marsh commenting on the politics and corruption of the legal bench and bar. Judges purchase their nominations at a high price and, as King explains, "we are overrun with pettifoggers."
Location: I-SpahrB-1962-2
Subject: Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
June 6, 1900
James M. Brennan prepared this oration, entitled “The Free Coinage of Silver," for the commencement ceremonies held June 6, 1900. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1900-B838f
Subject: Economics and Finance, Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1900-1919
June 6, 1900
Weldon Brubaker prepared this oration, entitled “The Income Tax," for the commencement ceremonies held June 6, 1900. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1900-B886i
Subject: Economics and Finance, International Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1900-1919
June 6, 1900
George V. Metzel prepared this oration, entitled “The Open Door Policy in China," for the commencement ceremonies held June 6, 1900. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1900-M596o
Subject: International Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1900-1919
May 1904
Harry M. Showalter writes this essay, entitled "Should Woman Vote?," as a student at Dickinson in May 1904. Showalter is a member of the Class of 1904.
Location: Essays-General-1904-S559s
Subject: Politics and Government, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Essays and Dissertations
Time Period: 1900-1919
January 22, 1909
John W. Yost writes Frank T. Bell and describes his missionary work at a boys school in China as well as asks for financial help to establish scholarships . In addition, Yost notes how the reaction to news that the Emperor and Empress Dowager had died. "The people were greatly grieved indeed,...
Location: I-BellR-1982-1
Subject: International Affairs, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1900-1919
June 9, 1909
Ellsworth H. Mish prepared this oration, entitled “Congressional Usurpation," for the commencement ceremonies held June 9, 1909. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: Orations-1909-M678c
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1900-1919
October 1909
The Independent Theosophical League creates this pamphlet to outline policies and positions as well as discuss the reasons to form of an Independent Section of the Theosophical League. Those individuals involved with creating this pamphlet include Upendra Nath Basu, Bertram Keightley, B. K....
Location: I-Friends-1973-9
Subject: Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
December 19, 1913
Medal of Honor Recipient Horatio Collins King (Class of 1858) drafts a letter to President William H. Taft, disagreeing with Taft on the future of the Progressive Party. Includes a photocopy of an earlier letter from Taft to King, in which Taft declines the presidency of City College.
Location: I-HanwayJ-1975-1
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1900-1919
July 4, 1936
Edward S. Delaplaine addresses the Forty-First Annual Meeting of the Maryland State Bar Association with a paper titled "The Home of Taney." Delaplaine, a member of the Frederick Bar and the President of the Roger Brooke Taney Home, Inc., discusses Taney's home and family life.
Location: I-Delaplaine-1967-1
Subject: Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1920-1939
1950
Publisher: New York: Fleming H. Revell Company
Volume 1 of the Boyd Lee Spahr Lectures in Americana series includes essays from scholars that focus on various aspects of Dickinson College's history.
Table of Contents:
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Location: SC 378.748 D553b
Subject: Dickinson College History, Education, Politics and Government
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1940-1959
September 17, 1952
James M. Tunnell, Jr., an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware, delivers an address entitled "John Dickinson and the Federal Constitution" to several "patriotic groups" such as the Colonial Dames and Sons of the American Revolution on September 17, 1952. This address marks the...
Location: I-TunnellJ-undated-1
Subject: Legal Affairs, Politics and Government
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1940-1959
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