Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
Benjamin Rush signs this affidavit that attests that Michael Morrison's payment certificate for service as a soldier is the property of Dickinson College. Morrison's certificate, which is worth $80, is no. 73424 and dated July 1, 1784.
Location: I-SpahrB-1940-2
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Economics and Finance, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Financial Documents
Time Period: 1780-1799
James Ross writes William Young, a bookseller and printer in Philadelphia, regarding the publication of books on grammar. Ross, a Professor of Greek and Latin at Dickinson, offers edits and improvements to Young's "edition of the rudiments, now in the press." Ross explains how he has "spared...
Location: MC 2001.5, B1, F12
Subject: Business and Industry, Education, Literary Pursuits
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Acting President Robert Davidson presents the annual report to the Board of Trustees on the current state of Dickinson College.
Location: RG 1/1 - 2.1.1
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration
Format: Reports
Time Period: 1780-1799
Benjamin Rush signs this affidavit that attests that Albion Guest's payment certificate for service as a soldier is the property of Dickinson College. Guest's certificate, which is worth $44, is no. 74942 and dated July 1, 1784.
Location: I-SpahrB-1940-3
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Economics and Finance, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1780-1799
James Wilson invites William Bingham to spend an hour the following evening visiting with him.
Location: I-Friends-1975-26
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Joseph Priestley writes Sir Charles Blagden, the Secretary of the Royal Society, and asks him to “lay before the Royal Society Mr. [Abraham] Bennet's account of his Electrometer.” Priestley explains that “the value” of Bennet's electrometer “exceeds anything that I have seen of the kind.”
Location: I-RichardsonD-1992-3
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
John Dickinson writes Robert Magaw and asks him to conduct a "strict Enquiry" into "a [mortgage] by James Wilson Esquire on my Land near Carlisle." Transcript included.
Location: I-ValeM-1947-69
Subject: Economics and Finance, Land and Real Estate, Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
John Dickinson asks Robert Magaw to have representatives of George Stevenson search for a particular survey that might be among his papers. If they find it, Dickinson requests that they "send it to the survey or general's office." Transcript included.
Location: I-ValeM-1947-71
Subject: Land and Real Estate, Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to students after a "late recess & intermission" on May 13, 1787. John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.
Location: SC Vault Nisbet 37
Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1780-1799
John Erskine writes to Dickinson College President Charles Nisbet with news of home and a list of books that he will send for "your College library." Erskine also mentions a letter from Dr. Benjamin Rush, in which Rush notes that the College "was prospering." Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-1969-11
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Education, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
John Dickinson writes to Jasper Yates regarding financial issues and encloses copies of two bonds. Dickinson expresses his wish "to have the debt perfectly secured as soon as possible," and asks for advice on the best way to proceed with these affairs. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2001.13, B1, F3
Subject: Economics and Finance, Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
William Irvine writes to Robert Magaw that Dickinson College Trustees' memorial to Congress was favorably reported from committee. Irvine also notes that he has advised Senator William Grayson to send his nephew, a Mr. Orr, to Dickinson. Transcript included.
Location: I-HookJ-undated-1
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Benjamin Rush writes to his wife, Julia Stockton Rush, regarding poetry, the division of land, and his medical essays. Transcript included.
Location: I-ButterfieldL-1971-1
Subject: Health and Medicine, Land and Real Estate, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
John Dickinson writes to Robert Magaw regarding rent due from Dickinson's tenant, Paul Randolph. Transcript included.
Location: I-Original-1787-1
Subject: Economics and Finance, Land and Real Estate
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to the first graduating class of Dickinson College at commencement on September 26, 1787. John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.
Location: SC Vault Nisbet 37
Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Education
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1780-1799
Robert Duncan (Class of 1787) delivers this valedictory address at the first commencement of Dickinson College, which was held on September 26, 1787. John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.
Location: SC Vault Nisbet 37
Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1780-1799
President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to students in October after "a short interval of vacation." John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.
Location: SC Vault Nisbet 37
Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1780-1799
Dickinson President Charles Nisbet writes six letters to David Erskine, the Earl of Buchan, on a number of topics that include the consequences of America's independence, the economy, governance, natural history of the country, international politics, relations with Native Americans, the...
Location: MC 2001.7
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Economics and Finance, Education, International Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Native Americans, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
President pro tempore of the Board of Trustees John Armstrong writes to two other Dickinson College trustees, William Irvine and William Bingham, and informs them of a purchase of "public buildings near the Town for the Benefit of the College ...". While Armstrong writes from Carlisle, Irvine...
Location: I-SpahrB-1961-5
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College Administration, Land and Real Estate, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to the second graduating class of Dickinson College at commencement on May 7, 1788. John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.
Location: SC Vault Nisbet 37
Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Education
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1780-1799
President Charles Nisbet delivers this address to students after a vacation on June 19, 1788. John Young, a member of the Class of 1788, transcribed the address. Transcript included.
Location: SC Vault Nisbet 37
Subject: Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Dickinson College Student Life, Education
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1780-1799
John Dickinson writes to bookseller William Young, notifying him that one volume is missing from a set of history books "sent down by my neighbor Park." Transcript included.
Location: I-Original-1788-4
Subject: Business and Industry
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Former President of Pennsylvania John Dickinson writes to Confederation Congress delegate Tench Coxe, commenting on the ratification of the United States Constitution by New Hampshire (the required ninth and final state) and the creation of the new government. Dickinson also reasserts that he...
Location: I-AsbellY-1975-5
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
William Young writes a letter to his wife, Agnes McLaws Young, describing his arrival in Carlisle and the people he met throughout his journey. Young also informs her of some errands that need to be taken care of. Young is a bookseller and printer in Philadelphia. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2001.5, B1, F14
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
Scientist, clergyman, and scholar Joseph Priestley writes to Dr. Charles Brian Blagden, asking for an insertion to his paper that was read to the Lunar Society. Priestley also notes how he wants "a stronger burning lens." Sir Charles Blagden is Secretary of the Royal Society. Transcript included...
Location: I-Friends-1986-12
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1780-1799
