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Former President Ulysses S. Grant writes to his wife, Julia Grant. He writes about his travels to Minnetonka Lake, which he describes as "a beautiful sheet of water almost as large as Como, in Switzerland, filled with islands." Transcript...
Location: I-SpahrB-1953-9
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
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Letter from Ulysses Grant to Julia Grant
Pennsylvania Representative Andrew Gregg Curtin (Class of 1837) writes attorney James Pollock and proposes a meeting in Philadelphia.
Location: I-BeachW-1974-6
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Andrew Curtin to James Pollock
Horatio King writes former Indiana Governor Thomas A. Hendricks to welcomes him home from a trip abroad and requests that he read the enclosed "Centennial" brochure. King looks forward to Hendricks...
Location: I-Purchase-1953-4
Subject: Politics and Government, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Horatio King to Thomas Hendricks
Civil War General William Hemsley Emory writes to Horatio Collins King, accepting the latter's invitation to attend the reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, so long as "the gout which is very capricious and wayword, is not on [him...
Location: I-BeachW-1975-5
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from William Emory to Horatio Collins King
Civil War General Francis Fessenden writes to Horatio Collins King, declining the latter's invitation to attend the reunion of the Army of the Potomac in Brooklyn.
Location: I-BeachW-1975-6
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Francis Fessenden to Horatio Collins King
Nahum Capen writes to Horatio King to decline an invitation and to discuss the philosophy of dreams. Capen was postmaster of Boston, Massachusetts, from 1857 to 1861 while King served as Assistant Postmaster General from 1854 to 1861 and as...
Location: I-Purchase-1964-3
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Nahum Capen to Horatio King
Attorney Horatio King writes to an unspecified recipient in West Newton, Massachusetts, endorsing the candidacy of Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks in the 1884 Presidential election.
Location: I-BeachW-1976-2
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Note from Horatio King to Unknown Recipient
S. J. Mills, who works in the Osage Agency of the United States Indian Service, writes to Dr. Cornelius R. Agnew about the return of a blind Indian and provides an update on the progress of new facilities for Native Americans.
Location: I-Friends-1973-4
Subject: Native Americans
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from S. J. Miles to Cornelius Agnew
Hiester H. Muhlenberg writes to his wife, Catharine, with instructions on funeral arrangements in the event of his death.
Location: I-Friends-2013-2
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Hiester H. Muhlenberg to Catharine Muhlenberg
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1884-1885 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: 1880-1899
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Horatio King writes John Cunningham telling him he put the sketches he received in his scrapbook. King gives corrections on Secretary of the Interior Jacob Thompson's resignation in January 1861 over the sailing of the Star of the West...
Location: I-BeachW-1985-1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Horatio King to John Cunningham
Civil War General Romeyn Beck Ayres writes to Horatio Collins King, acknowledging the latter's invitation to attend the reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac in Baltimore.
Location: I-BeachW-1975-2
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Romeyn B. Ayres to Horatio Collins King
Andrew Curtin writes to John Cadwalader, recommending J.H. Hahn for a job. Curtin is also planning to come to Philadelphia later in the week.
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Travel and Tourism
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Andrew Curtin to John Cadwalader
Natural Science Professor Charles F. Himes (Class of 1855) delivers this address at the opening of the Jacob Tome Scientific Building at Dickinson College on June 24, 1885.
Location: MC 2000.1, B251, F11
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Education, Science and Technology
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "Jacob Tome Scientific Building," by Charles F. Himes
Andrew Gregg Curtin writes to William H. Rauch, offering his assistance in response to Rauch's request for help with gaining an appointment.
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Andrew Curtin to William Rauch
Andrew Gregg Curtin writes to John Cadwalader in Philadelphia, recommending an unspecified Colonel Guss for a job.
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Andrew Curtin to John Cadwalader
James Noon to writes Andrew Gregg Curtin asking for a recommendation for a position at the custom house in Philadelphia as either "a watchman or messenger." On the reverse Curtin writes to John Cadwalader, endorsing Noon.
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from James Noon to Andrew Curtin
David F. Fortney writes to Samuel J. Randall, recommending Patrick P. Louchey for a position at the customs house in Philadelphia. On the reverse, Andrew Gregg Curtin writes to Randall recommending Mr. Louchey as well.
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from David Fortney to Samuel Randall
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1885-1886 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: 1880-1899
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C. C. McLean writes to Andrew Gregg Curtin about his father, Col. G. P. McLean. McLean asks Curtin to recommend the Colonel for a position in a warehouse in Philadelphia.
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from C. C. McLean to Andrew Curtin
John M. Correll prepared this oration, entitled “Prohibition ," for the commencement ceremonies held June 24, 1886. Authoring an original speech was among the graduation requirements for Dickinson College seniors at that time. Transcript included...
Location: Orations-1886-C824p
Subject: Education, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "Prohibition," by John M. Correll
This receipt, signed by Smithsonian Institution Secretary Spencer Fullerton Baird, documents the Institution's acceptance of "'The 'Medicine Man'; or, Indian and Eskimo National of Medicine" from Dr. Robert Bell, Assistant Director of the...
Location: I-Friends-1987-6
Subject: Education
Format: Financial Documents
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Smithsonian Institution Receipt Signed by Spencer Baird
This receipt, signed by Smithsonian Institution Secretary Spencer Fullerton Baird, documents the Institution's acceptance of "The Mineral Resources of the Hudson's Bay Territories" and "The Forests of Canada" from Dr. Robert Bell, Assistant...
Location: I-Friends-1987-6
Subject: Education
Format: Financial Documents
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Smithsonian Institution Receipt Signed by Spencer Baird
C.C. McLean writes to Andrew Curtin regarding his father, Col. G.P. McLean. McLean again asks that Curtin refer the Colonel for a position in Philadelphia. On the reverse, Curtin writes a recommendation to John Cadwalader: "I remember Col. McLean...
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from C.C. McLean to Andrew Curtin
Harriet Beecher Stowe writes several months after her husband's, Calvin Ellis Stowe, death and declines Susie Howard's invitation for a visit Stowe also shares other family news.
Location: MC 1999.9, B2, F5
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Harriet Beecher Stowe to Susie Howard