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August 7, 1883
Jeremiah Sullivan Black writes Alexander Kelly McClure and criticizes George Ticknor Curtis' 2 volume biography of President James Buchanan, Life of Buchanan (1883). Black, who served as Attorney General and Secretary of State during President James Buchanan's administration, writes this letter on his sick bed twelve days before he died. McClure is editor of The Philadelphia Times. Transcript included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-BeachW-2003-1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1880-1899
September 2, 1883
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 included.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-SpahrB-1953-9
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Ulysses Grant to Julia Grant
October 15, 1883
Pennsylvania Representative Andrew Gregg Curtin (Class of 1837) writes attorney James Pollock and proposes a meeting in Philadelphia.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-BeachW-1974-6
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Andrew Curtin to James Pollock
April 17, 1884
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's response.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Purchase-1953-4
Subject: Politics and Government, Travel and Tourism
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Horatio King to Thomas Hendricks
April 25, 1884
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]..."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-BeachW-1975-5
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from William Emory to Horatio Collins King
April 26, 1884
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.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-BeachW-1975-6
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Francis Fessenden to Horatio Collins King
September 19, 1884
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 Postmaster General from February 12, 1861 to March 7, 1861.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Purchase-1964-3
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Religion and Spirituality
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Nahum Capen to Horatio King
September 30, 1884
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.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-BeachW-1976-2
Subject: Politics and Government
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Note from Horatio King to Unknown Recipient
November 25, 1884
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.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-1973-4
Subject: Native Americans
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from S. J. Miles to Cornelius Agnew
1885
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 courses offered, requirements for enrollment, requirements for graduation, tuition and other fees, and campus facilities, college policies, and lists of teaching faculty, college trustees, and various administrators. Information about programs at Conway Hall, Dickinson College's Preparatory School, was also included in this edition.
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item:
circa 1885
Hiester H. Muhlenberg writes to his wife, Catharine, with instructions on funeral arrangements in the event of his death.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Friends-2013-2
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Hiester H. Muhlenberg to Catharine Muhlenberg
April 4, 1885
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 to supply Fort Sumter, on Jefferson Davis's age, on the amount of time he worked at The Jeffersonian office before he purchased half interest in it with Hannibal Hamlin, and on Treasury Secretary Daniel Manning's religious persuasion. King also includes personal remarks about his wife's opinion of himself and his son. King was Postmaster General of the United States under President James Buchanan.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-BeachW-1985-1
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Horatio King to John Cunningham
April 10, 1885
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.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-BeachW-1975-2
Subject: Military Affairs and Conflict, Personal and Family Life
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Romeyn B. Ayres to Horatio Collins King
June 10, 1885
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.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Travel and Tourism
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Andrew Curtin to John Cadwalader
June 24, 1885
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.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: MC 2000.1, B251, F11
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Education, Science and Technology
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "Jacob Tome Scientific Building," by Charles F. Himes
August 17, 1885
Andrew Gregg Curtin writes to William H. Rauch, offering his assistance in response to Rauch's request for help with gaining an appointment.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Andrew Curtin to William Rauch
August 29, 1885
Andrew Gregg Curtin writes to John Cadwalader in Philadelphia, recommending an unspecified Colonel Guss for a job.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Military Affairs and Conflict
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from Andrew Curtin to John Cadwalader
September 2, 1885
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.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from James Noon to Andrew Curtin
September 4, 1885
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.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from David Fortney to Samuel Randall
1886
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 courses offered, requirements for enrollment, requirements for graduation, tuition and other fees, and campus facilities, college policies, and lists of teaching faculty, college trustees, and various administrators. Information about programs at Conway Hall, Dickinson College's Preparatory School, was also included in this edition.
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
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June 7, 1886
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.
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from C. C. McLean to Andrew Curtin
June 24, 1886
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.
Format: Speeches and Sermons
Location: Orations-1886-C824p
Subject: Education, Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: "Prohibition," by John M. Correll
June 29, 1886
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 Director of the Geological Survey of Canada.
Format: Financial Documents
Location: I-Friends-1987-6
Subject: Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Smithsonian Institution Receipt Signed by Spencer Baird
June 29, 1886
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 Geological Survey of Canada.
Format: Financial Documents
Location: I-Friends-1987-6
Subject: Education
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Smithsonian Institution Receipt Signed by Spencer Baird
July 8, 1886
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 well as a useful soldier and recollect the instances referred to in the letter."
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Location: I-Original-1885-3
Subject: Business and Industry, Military Affairs and Conflict
Time Period: 1880-1899
View Item: Letter from C.C. McLean to Andrew Curtin