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This copy of the printed program for the 1810 commencement exercises shows the members of the graduating class and the presentations that they and other speakers were scheduled to deliver.
Location: Dickinsoniana Programs
Subject: Dickinson College Events
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1800-1819
An anonymous author writes this essay on the history of Dickinson College, which is published in The Port Folio, vol. 5 (March 1811): 239-246. This essay is published with B. Tanner's engraving of West College, which was created from a sketch by A. Brackenridge.
Location: RG 1/1 - 7.3.2
Subject: Carlisle and Cumberland County, Dickinson College History, Education
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Richard Rush writes E. S. Sergeant and discusses forwarding "the enclosed papers" that had been originally sent by a Mr. Brown. "Here is a little piece of business which it seems I am to trouble you with," as Rush explains.
Location: I-Purchase-1965-11
Subject: Legal Affairs, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney addresses this legal document to the Judges of Frederick County Court regarding the case of William R. King v. Sampson Delashmitt. Taney represents the prosecution.
Location: I-BeachW-1971-3
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes to Col. Joshua Gist with advice on a legal matter. After researching the issue, Taney concludes that Gist is "entitled to the rents." As soon as Gist sends "a copy of the Lease," Taney explains how he "will take the necessary steps in the business." In addition...
Location: I-SpahrB-1969-6
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Pennsylvania Attorney General Richard Rush writes to William Jenkins about the case of Spangler v. the Commonwealth. As Rush could not attend, he asks Jenkins to "conduct the argument upon the part of the commonwealth" on his behalf.
Location: I-Friends-1976-4
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
William Brown, a member of the Class of 1812, receives this diploma as a member of the Belles Lettres Society on August 6, 1811.
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1800-1819
W. P. Maclay writes to his aunt, Isabella Bell, regarding the recent death of his father.
Location: I-Friends-1973-2
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
A biographical manuscript of Judge Thomas Cooper, a lecturer at Dickinson College, entitled "Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Carlisle." Composed for the Baltimore Federal Gazette, this manuscript details the judge's pious disposition and the "splendor of his talents." Transcript...
Location: I-McKnightM-1959-1
Subject: Dickinson College History, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1800-1819
This copy of the printed program for the 1811 commencement exercises shows the members of the graduating class and the presentations that they and other speakers were scheduled to deliver.
Location: Dickinsoniana Programs
Subject: Dickinson College Events
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1800-1819
Dr. Benjamin Rush writes to Dr. Ashbel Green about Dr. Muhlenberg's visit as well as the possibility of working with Robert Ralston. "I expect to see [Dr. Muhlenberg] tomorrow upon the important business contemplated by us," as Rush explains. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-1953-24
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1811-1812 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of courses offered, requirements for enrollment,...
Location: RG 5/1 - 7.1.2 (oversized)
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Broadsides and Posters
Time Period: 1800-1819
Pennsylvania Attorney General Richard Rush writes to the members of an unspecified "Board of Health," stating his resignation as solicitor. Rush cites his recent appointment as Comptroller of the United States Treasury as the reason for his resignation.
Location: I-AsbellY-2002-52
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Richard Fenn addresses this legal document to the Judges of Frederick County Court regarding the case of Edward Thomas v. William King. Roger Brooke Taney (Class of 1795) represents the defendant.
Location: I-BeachW-1971-3
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes this legal document regarding the case of Charles L. Perrie v. Thomas C. Scott.
Location: I-KeatleyG-1971-1
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1800-1819
A lawyer writes Isaac Wayne (Class of 1792) to inform him that a "Report of Auditor" had been issued "in your favor for about $3000" and had obtained the foreclosure of a plantation. "In all my practice I have never as yet witnessed so much evasion, twisting and turning as by the Defendant in...
Location: I-Friends-2004-1
Subject: Business and Industry, Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
US Treasury Comptroller Richard Rush writes to David Gelston requesting "a statement in the case of Abraham S. Hallet, who claims debentures for a quantity of merchandize [sic] shipped by him."
Location: I-BeachW-1986-6
Subject: Business and Industry, Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes to Independent Gist and offers legal counsel about the purchase of land. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-42
Subject: Land and Real Estate, Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
Attorney Roger Brooke Taney writes this legal document regarding the case of Thomas Gist v. William Durbin, Jr. Taney represents the prosecution.
Location: I-BeachW-1971-3
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1800-1819
Lawyer Roger Brooke Taney (Class of 1795) writes to Clotworthy Birnie, offering legal advice regarding the latter's arrest for assault. Transcript included.
Location: I-BeachL-1971-2
Subject: Legal Affairs
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
A Catalogue of the Faculty and Students of Dickinson College from August 1812.
Location: RG 5/1 - 7.1.3 (oversized)
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Broadsides and Posters
Time Period: 1800-1819
John Bradford Wallace writes to Robert Coleman and James Hopkins, who have been nominated to a secret meeting of Federalists in New York. According to Bradford, the group's mission is to "change the administrations which are so fatally conducting the country to ruin." Includes a printed flyer,...
Location: I-Friends-1983-19
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1800-1819
While Charles Nisbet wrote "Hints on Education" around the time he became the first President of Dickinson College around 1785, it was not published in The Port Folio until 1812. Transcript included.
Charles Nisbet, "Hints on Education," The Port Folio 8, no. 3 (...
Location: Charles Nisbet Dropfile
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1800-1819
This affidavit involves the case of Thomas P. Wilson v. Frederick and Ezekiah Linthicum, which is a dispute about a debt owed by the late Zachariah Linthicum. Roger Brooke Taney serves as the plaintiff's attorney. Transcript included.< /p>
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-35
Subject: Economics and Finance, Legal Affairs
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1800-1819
This copy of the printed program for the 1812 commencement exercises shows the members of the graduating class and the presentations that they and other speakers were scheduled to deliver.
Location: Dickinsoniana Programs
Subject: Dickinson College Events
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1800-1819
