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Captain Jacob G. Frick and other members of the Northumberland and Point Infantry company petition the Pennsylvania General Assembly to change the name of their company to "Cadwallader Infantry of Northumberland." Transcript included.
Location: MC 2003.4, B4, F17
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: 
Petition from the Northumberland and Point Infantry to the Pennsylvania General Assembly
William Mintzer writes thirteen letters to Eli Slifer, Secretary of the Commonwealth during the Civil War, in which he discusses a proposal for a portion of a loan for the state, other wartime banking issues, recommends his brother-in-law for the...
Location: MC 2003.4, B8, F6
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letters from William Mintzer to Eli Slifer
Edwin McMasters Stanton writes to James Buchanan stating that Stanton and their friends were very pleased by Judge Jeremiah Sullivan Black's message that Buchanan was in good health. Stanton also shares his opinion on the Patriot cause, financial...
Location: I-SpahrB-1959-9
Subject: Economics and Finance, Health and Medicine, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Edwin Stanton to James Buchanan (Copy)
John Linn writes thirteen letters to Eli Slifer, Secretary of the Commonwealth during the Civil War, regarding the organization of regiments for military campaigns, recommendations of officers for new positions in the Union army, the Milton...
Location: MC 2003.4, B6, F26
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letters from John Linn to Eli Slifer
William Meredith writes sixteen letters to Eli Slifer, Secretary of the Commonwealth during the Civil War, in which he discusses bounty payments to soldiers, a potential bill for consolidating government-funded loans, purchasing the battle ground...
Location: MC 2003.4, B7, F23
Subject: Economics and Finance, Land and Real Estate, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letters from William Meredith to Eli Slifer
Edwin Stanton writes to former President James Buchanan regarding Bethel Bridge near Fortress Monroe and military appointments during the Civil War.
Location: I-SpahrB-1959-9
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Edwin Stanton to James Buchanan (Copy)
David Hastings congratulates Edgar E. Hastings (Class of 1865) for coming out at the head of his class at Dickinson College following the final examinations. Hastings also shares news from Harrisburg as well as notes that Bob Noble had become "...
Location: I-Friends-1975-15
Subject: Education, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from David Hastings to Edgar Hastings
Thomas Miller Griffith (Class of 1858) receives his Master of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on July 11, 1861.
Location: OC 2005.4, F1
Subject: Education
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Master of Arts Diploma - Thomas Griffith
This copy of the printed program for the commencement exercises held on July 11, 1861 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
View Item: 1861 Commencement Program
Edwin McMasters Stanton writes to former President James Buchanan regarding his opinion on the future for the Confederates and Fort Sumter, and the expectation of a battle at Fairfax.
Location: I-SpahrB-1959-9
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Edwin Stanton to James Buchanan (Copy)
Pennsylvania Governor Andrew G. Curtin responds to S. G. [Theud's?]request about raising a new Pennsylvania volunteer regiment. While "I most heartily approve of the plan," Curtin notes that he "[does] not [have] the power to arm and equip a...
Location: I-Original-1861-2
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Andrew Curtin to S. G. Theud
Edwin McMasters Stanton writes to James Buchanan regarding the "imbecility" of the Lincoln administration, the desire for a new Cabinet, and bankruptcy. Stanton composed this early on in the Civil War, shortly after the first Battle of Bull Run,...
Location: I-SpahrB-1959-9
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Edwin Stanton to James Buchanan (Copy)
John Taylor Cuddy writes six letters to his friends and family, describing life as a soldier for the Union Army along with his experience in military campaigns during the Civil War. "I think it a long time to see you all but I think that this [...
Location: MC 2001.9, B1, F3
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letters from John Cuddy (Sept. - Dec. 1861)
Mary M. Dick writes her older brother, a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War, and shares family news. "Father and the rest are so engaged between the farm and the shop," as Mary explains to Thomas William Dick. Transcript included.
Location: Mc 2001.10, B1, F1
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Mary Dick to Thomas Dick
Henry D. Maxwell writes Major James Veech regarding how to close the Pay Department "as soon as practicable." "It is considered that with the payment of the Reserve Corps the object of its creation has been accomplished & the necessity for...
Location: MC 2003.4, B7, F7
Subject: Economics and Finance, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Henry Maxwell to James Veech
Henry D. Maxwell writes a series of letters to Governor Andrew G. Curtin regarding military administrative duties, including "the disposition of the property at Camp Washington" as well as making payments to soldiers. Maxwell also writes on...
Location: MC 2003.4, B7, F7
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letters from Henry Maxwell to Andrew Curtin
W. W. Sellers writes three letters to Eli Slifer, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, in which he discusses the formation of a company of volunteers from Fulton County, recommends James Pott for a commission in the Union army, and offers a list of...
Location: MC 2003.4, B9, F21
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letters from W. W. Sellers to Eli Slifer
Everard Bierer writes Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin to request the appointment as a Lieutenant Colonel or a Major "in some of the Pennsylvania Regiments now organizing." Bierer claims that he has been "drilling constantly and studying hard...
Location: MC 2003.4, B1, F18
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Everard Bierer to Andrew Curtin
Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin (Class of 1837) issues this proclamation during the Civil War on October 16, 1861: "...to the People of this Commonwealth, that they set apart Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of November next, As a day of...
Location: I-BeachW-1986-9
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: I-BeachW-1986-9.pdf
James Sellers writes seven letters to Eli Slifer, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, regarding recommendations for the promotion of several individuals, politics of the local county convention, and recruiting volunteers for the Union army....
Location: MC 2003.4, B9, F21
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letters from James Sellers to Eli Slifer
Former President James Buchanan writes to Charles N. Pine and explains why he will not contact President Abraham Lincoln on Pine's behalf. "I have reason to believe that my request [to the Lincoln administration] would be but little regarded," as...
Location: MC 1998.10, B4, F5
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
Members of Company E, 1st Artillery of the Pennsylvania Reserves send a petition to Governor Andrew G. Curtin to request that Lieutenant Thomas Orwig be promoted to Captain. The petition contains a list of names of the enlisted soldiers and...
Location: MC 2003.4, B8, F19
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Petition from Company E to Andrew Curtin
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1861-1862 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...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Catalogue of Dickinson College for the Academical Year, 1861-62
John Taylor Cuddy writes a series of four letters to his friends and family, describing life as a solider for the Union Army along with his experience in military campaigns during the Civil War. Transcripts included.
Location: MC 2001.9, B1, F4
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letters from John Cuddy (Jan. 1862)
Thomas William Dick writes five letters to his friends and family describing his experience as a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War. Dick discusses daily life in the military camp, in addition to encounters with the "rebel" army. "Our...
Location: MC 2001.10, B1, F3
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letters from Thomas Dick (Jan. - Mar. 1862)