Before 1760

Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions

John Armstrong business papers

Survey map, June 1755 (Box 1, folder 10)

1755-1783

The collection contains papers related to John Armstrong's service as a surveyor in Cumberland County between 1755 and 1783. These papers include correspondence with the Surveyor-General of Pennsylvania and Delaware, John Lukens, complaints from his clients, and several survey maps drawn by...

Location: MC 2001.4

Subject: Business and Industry, Land and Real Estate

Format: Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps and Diagrams

Time Period: Before 1760, 1760-1779, 1780-1799

Collection Inventory: mc2001.04.pdf

Pieter Burman journals

c.1720

This collection is comprised of three journals containing notes on lectures delivered by Pieter Burman during his tenure at the University of Leiden, sometime between 1715 and 1740. It is not known precisely who took these notes. The notebooks themselves are believed to have been donated to...

Location: MC 2012.13

Subject: Education, International Affairs, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Diaries and Journals, Notes and Notebooks

Time Period: Before 1760

Collection Inventory: mc2012.13.pdf

Moncure D. Conway family papers

1729-1955

Moncure Daniel Conway was born into a southern aristocratic family, but ultimately became one of the nation's leading abolitionists and humanitarians. Conway was a graduate of Dickinson College in 1849 and was trained for the ministry at Harvard Divinity School. The collection consists mainly of...

Location: MC 1999.6

Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy

Format: Books and Pamphlets, Diaries and Journals, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs

Time Period: Before 1760, 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959

Collection Inventory: mc1999.06.pdf

John Hays II family papers

Photograph, 1862 (Photographs, folder 3)

1748-1963

The Hays family papers include correspondence, deeds, and memorabilia of six generations of this prominent Carlisle, Pa. family whose scions include General Ephraim Blaine (1741-1804), Commissary-General in the American Revolution and charter trustee of Dickinson College, and James G. Blaine (...

Location: MC 2001.1

Subject: Carlisle Indian School, Genealogy and Family History, Legal Affairs, Literary Pursuits, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Essays and Dissertations, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs, Poetry and Lyrics

Time Period: Before 1760, 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979

Collection Inventory: mc2001.01.pdf

Joseph Priestley family papers

1717-1964

This collection includes letters, documents, clippings, pamphlets, and photographs relating to Joseph Priestley and his descendants. It was presented to the college by Mrs. Temple Fay.

Location: MC 1998.1

Subject: Health and Medicine, Politics and Government, Science and Technology

Format: Artifacts and Objects, Engravings and Illustrations, Essays and Dissertations, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines, Photographs, Scrapbooks

Time Period: Before 1760, 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1859, 1860-1879, 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979

Collection Inventory: mc1998.01.pdf

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Collection Inventory: Priestley Family Collection Pamphlet

Cornelius Vanderbilt Family papers

1766-1897

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

Letter from John Montgomery to Richard Peters

June 6, 1758

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

Letter from John Montgomery to Thomas Lloyd

June 6, 1758

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