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February 24, 1868
President Andrew Johnson and First Lady Eliza McCardle Johnson send Associate Supreme Court Justice Robert Cooper Grier (Class of 1812) an invitation for dinner on Friday next.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-SpahrB-undated-22
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1860-1879
March 1868
Spencer Fullerton Baird, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, writes two brief letters to George Lawrence in which he mentions sending out fish specimens as well as the possible arrival of a new collection from Costa Rica. Transcripts included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 2000.11, B1, F1
Subject: Science and Technology
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letters from Spencer Baird to George Lawrence (Mar. 1868)
April 14, 1868
Mary F. Thomson writes to Judge John M. Read, asking him to visit her at home in Philadelphia.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1975-21
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Mary Thomson to John Read
April 18, 1868
Mary F. Thomson writes to Judge John M. Read, asking him to deliver a note to the Sixth National Bank of Philadelphia.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1975-21
Subject: Business and Industry
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Mary Thomson to John Read
April 27, 1868
Mary F. Thomson writes to Judge John M. Read, appending a note about a business error.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1975-21
Subject: Business and Industry, Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Mary Thomson to John Read
April 27, 1868
Mary F. Thomson writes to Judge John M. Read, updating him on business and financial matters.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1975-21
Subject: Business and Industry, Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Mary Thomson to John Read
April 27, 1868
Charles F. Deems, editor of The Watchman, writes to a Mr. Bennett regarding a debt. "After collecting the $16 which you sent last week," Deems explains that Bennett still owes $22.75. Transcript included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-AsbellY-2002-29
Subject: Economics and Finance
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Charles Deems to Mr. Bennett
June 25, 1868
George Durbin Chenoweth receives his Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 25, 1868.
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Bachelor of Arts Diploma - George Chenoweth
June 27, 1868
Carrie M. Thomson writes to Judge John Meredith Read about her family.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1975-20
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Carrie Thomson to John Read
August 14, 1868
Senator Alexander Ramsey asks William Faxon, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, "to order my young constituent Gates McAllister into the Service as 3rd Ast. Engineer."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-BeachW-2010-1
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1860-1879
November 11, 1868
John Wien Forney writes to Judge John M. Read to address his concerns about certain newspaper articles. Forney notes that "both Genl [Ulysses] Grant and Mr. [Schuyler] Colfax entirely approve the articles to which you so strongly object." Forney is editor of the Washington Chronicle and had served as Secretary of the US Senate from 1861 to June 1868. Transcript included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1972-2
Subject: Politics and Government
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from John W. Forney to John M. Read
November 12, 1868
Carrie M. Thomson writes to Judge John Meredith Read, stating that she is happy he traveled safely during a recent trip and that her family is well.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1975-20
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Carrie Thomson to John Read
December 10, 1868
Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Spencer Baird writes to George Lawrence regarding a description of a bird. As Lawrence's description "does not seem to differ much from [Thomas C.] Eyton," Baird recommends that Lawrence "send it to [Philip L.] Sclater for his opinion."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-SpahrB-1966-14
Subject: Science and Technology
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Spencer Baird to George Lawrence
1869
Wilbur Fisk Horn, a member of the Class of 1869, receives this diploma as a member of the Union Philosophical Society in 1869.
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Union Philosophical Society Diploma - Wilbur Horn
1869
Natural Science Professor Charles F. Himes (Class of 1855) describes his experience in photographing the solar eclipse in Ottumwa, Iowa on August 7, 1869 for the Evangelical Quarterly Review. "Never before had such an event promised so much of a revelation," Dr. Himes explains.
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Location: MC 2000.1, B25, F20
Subject: Science and Technology
Time Period: 1860-1879
March 13, 1869
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, writes to Horatio Collins King and John R. Howard, regretting that he will be unable to lecture for them as he "must make ready from a short visit to California." Envelope included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-HartM-1980-1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Travel and Tourism
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Samuel Clemens to Horatio Collins King and John Howard
April - June 1869
Spencer Fullerton Baird, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, writes six letters to George Lawrence on issues that include lists of specimens and other articles, inquiries on novel specimens, and travel updates. Transcripts included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 2000.11, B1, F2
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Science and Technology, Travel and Tourism
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letters from Spencer Baird to George Lawrence (Apr. - Jun. 1869)
May 11, 1869
George Lawrence writes Spencer Baird to confirm the receipt of a payment for guns and to discuss logistics for a future meeting. Transcript included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 2000.11, B1, F19
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from George Lawrence to Spencer Baird (Draft)
June 21, 1869
Henry P. Cannon prepared this oration, entitled “Fashion," for the Junior Prize contest held in Rheem's Hall on July 9, 1869. Transcript included.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: OrationsX-1869-C226f
Subject: Literary Pursuits
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: "Fashion," by Henry P. Cannon
June 24, 1869
Charles Baker Rohland (Class of 1866) receives his Master of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 24, 1869.
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Master of Arts Diploma - Charles Rohland
June 24, 1869
This copy of the printed program for the commencement exercises held on June 24, 1869 shows the members of the graduating class and the speeches that they were scheduled to deliver.
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Location: Dickinsoniana Programs
Subject: Dickinson College Events
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: 1869 Commencement Program
June 25, 1869
Wilbur Fisk Horn receives his Bachelor of Arts Diploma from Dickinson College on June 25, 1869.
Format: Certificates and Diplomas
Location: Diploma Collection
Subject: Education
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Bachelor of Arts Diploma - Wilbur Horn
July - August 1869
Spencer Fullerton Baird, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, writes three letters to George Lawrence regarding the exchange of collections (primarily those of bird specimens) as well as his travels around New England. Transcripts included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: MC 2000.11, B1, F3
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Science and Technology, Travel and Tourism
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letters from Spencer Baird to George Lawrence (Jul. - Aug. 1869)
July 16, 1869
Carrie M. Thomson writes to Judge John Meredith Read, updating him on the health of her mother, who is recovering from a cough.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1975-20
Subject: Health and Medicine, Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: Letter from Carrie Thomson to John Read
1869
Natural Science Professor Charles F. Himes (Class of 1855) describes his experience in photographing the solar eclipse in Ottumwa, Iowa on August 7, 1869 . "Favored as we were with a sky free from cloud or haze, and a beautiful point of view, this phenomenon left an inerasable impression upon our minds and hearts," Dr. Himes observes.
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Location: MC 2000.1, B25, F19
Subject: Science and Technology
Time Period: 1860-1879
View Item: "Solar Eclipse of August 7, 1869," by Charles F. Himes