Number of Pages
6
Date
February 26, 1790

Benjamin Rush writes to Thomas Smith of Carlisle, Pennsylvania regarding efforts to raise funds for Dickinson, including a petition to the Pennsylvania legislature for additional financial support. Dr. Charles Nisbet's statements about the Dickinson college, however, create a serious problem. "His Conversation and letters are so very illiberal and so public against the College - the town of Carlisle - and everything that is American, that the very name of the College is unpopular with many people," as Rush explains. Transcript included.

Time Period
Location
O-SpahrB-undated-5
Origin
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr
Letter from Benjamin Rush to Thomas Smith