Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
Former President James Buchanan's letter to his nephew, James Buchanan Henry, includes a list of individuals who have discharged their bonds or mortgages since April 1. Buchanan also provides instructions on various financial matters as well as a note about a "Tin Box." Transcript included.
Location: MC 1998.10, B4, F8
Subject: Economics and Finance, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney (Class of 1795) writes to Associate Supreme Court Justice Robert Cooper Grier (Class of 1812) and discusses Grier's health as well as his own. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-44
Subject: Health and Medicine, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Former President James Buchanan writes James Buchanan Henry and includes payment for stocks that Henry purchased on behalf of Harriet Lane. Buchanan also asks Henry "to take out my will" as "it is neceseary or rather proper that I should make some changes in it on account of changes in my...
Location: MC 1998.10, B4, F8
Subject: Economics and Finance, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Agnes Cuddy writes a letter to her son, John Cuddy, expressing sorrow over his having to fight again but also relief at his upcoming discharge from the Union Army. "I wish you had your discharge now that you could come now for we would be very glad to see you, I hope you will not be sent in to...
Location: MC 2001.9, B1, F1
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney writes to Associate Justice Samuel Nelson about various court and other legal matters. As a result of his poor health, Taney asks for details about the procedures Nelson has used for hearing appeals at his office since he is not sure that he will be...
Location: I-SpahrB-1965-13
Subject: Legal Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Thomas William Dick writes a letter to his sister describing recent events in his experience as a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War. "We have passed through another campaign of terrible fighting... [and] our losses have been very heavy equal to if not greater than that of the rebels...
Location: MC 2001.10, B1, F9
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Former President James Buchanan writes to abolitionist T. Apolian Cheney regarding Henry Darwin Roger's Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, a book Buchanan is struggling to find a copy of.
Location: I-AsbellY-2004-14
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Associate Supreme Court Justice Robert Cooper Grier writes to his daughter, Sarah Beck, about his recent travels and health. Grier also inquires about her plans for the summer. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-53
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Singleton Mercer Ashenfelter prepared this oration, entitled "Capital Punishment," for the Junior Prize (Grigg Prize) contest held on June 27, 1864. Eleven members of the Junior class gave speeches on a variety of subjects.
Location: Orations-1864-A824c
Subject: Politics and Government, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1860-1879
Governor Andrew Curtin writes eight letters to Eli Slifer, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, in which he reflects upon the recent political election in Philadelphia, his state of health, as well as communications with officers in the Union Army. Transcripts included.
Location: MC 2003.4, B3, F12
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Former Secretary of War Simon Cameron writes President Abraham Lincoln and asks him to find "some place" for John D. Creigh. While "I do not know the young gentleman himself," Cameron explains that he can "vouch for the claims his family has for recognition by your administration."
Location: I-Friends-1977-3
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
John Linn writes Governor Andrew Curtin to request that he hold off on appointing William Harding of Snyder County as one of the commissioners. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2003.4, B6, F26
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Horatio Collins King, serving as the divisional quartermaster under General Philip Sheridan, describes cavalry activities in the Shenandoah Valley during the final months of the Civil War. In addition, King discusses the adjustments he made in returning to civilian life in New York after the war...
Location: MC 1999.9, B3, F2
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Format: Diaries and Journals
Time Period: 1860-1879
Governor Andrew Curtin writes William Taylor regarding the law that allows soldiers to vote and mentions that Taylor has been elected as an elector, presumably to the Electoral College. "I have not yet return from all the counties, but have enough to authorize me to say that you have been...
Location: MC 2003.4, B3, F12
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Associate Supreme Court Justice Robert Cooper Grier writes to his daughter, S. G. Beck, with news of friends in Washington.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-53
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Associate Supreme Court Justice Robert Cooper Grier writes to his daughter, Sarah Beck, about her safe arrival at her destination, and the finding of room and board for a Mr. Catron, who wrote to her while she was away. Transcript included.
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-53
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1864-1865 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: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1860-1879
Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin writes to James Bruwick[?], Esq. and recommends Mr. Bates "as a reliable, prompt and industrious man of excellent character in all respects."
Location: I-BeachW-1984-11
Subject: Business and Industry, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Cora E. White thanks Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice John Meredith Read for an "unexpected and most generous present."
Location: I-Friends-1975-23
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Former President James Buchanan writes to Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, and declines to send “any explanation, comment or disclaimer' of the acts of my administration during the last six months of its existence." While he has already "compiled a history of it during...
Location: MC 1998.10, B4, F9
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin (Class of 1837) writes to Major General Samuel Wylie Crawford about a flag ceremony at Gettysburg. As Curtin explains, he is not sure "whether we can arrange for the presentation of the flags at Gettysburg."
Location: I-Purchase-1968-5
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Vincent Bierbower prepared this oration, entitled “Our Rebellion - An Epoch in History," for the Junior Prize (Pierson Prize) contest held June 26, 1865. A committee selected the top two orations, based on "the combined merits of Declamation and Composition," and awarded those two students with...
Location: Orations-1865-B588o
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1860-1879
David B. Herman prepared this oration, entitled “Effect of Climate on Character," for the commencement ceremonies held June 29, 1865. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included.
Location: OrationsX-1865-H551e
Subject: International Affairs, Weather and Climate
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1860-1879
This copy of the printed program for the commencement exercises held on June 29, 1865 shows the members of the graduating class and the speeches that they were scheduled to deliver.
Location: Dickinsoniana Programs
Subject: Dickinson College Events
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1860-1879
Former President James Buchanan writes to a group of Democrats who live around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and explains his inability to attend their independence day celebration. "On this hollowed Anniversary, let us rejoice, that, through the intervention of Divine Providence, peace has once...
Location: MC 1998.10, B4, F10
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
