Presented here are many of the writings of the famous "Penman of the Revolution," gathered and edited by unknown friends, to trace specifically the role of John Dickinson's ideas and words in the struggle for American independence.
Thomas Cooper, the inveterate materialist, attacks the dominant American school of metaphysical doctrines of psychology by translating and publishing the most forward writer of the modern French school of physiological medicine.
In an effort to generate more solidarity for the Union, James McLanahan suggests that the people of each state and territory should decide for themselves whether slavery should be permitted within their state.
William Hensel prepares this account of the Christiana Riot for the Lancaster County Historical Society in order to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the incident.
Charles Collins records his thoughts and activities during his latter years as president of Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, and then as the head of State Female College in Memphis, TN.
In an effort to generate more solidarity for the Union, James McLanahan suggests that the people of each state and territory should decide for themselves whether slavery should be permitted within their state.
Charles Nisbet, famed Scottish scholar and first president of Dickinson College, writes letters to his daughter Mary and to friend David Erskine in which he comments on family matters and on late 18th century political developments in Europe and in...
Benjamin Rush, early America's most eminent physician, presents almost fifty separate essays on medical subjects as diverse as the effects of alcohol on the system and the causes of yellow fever. Through these essays, Rush demonstrates his...
In April 1792 in the House of Commons, critic of the French Revolution Edmund Burke denounces the visit to Paris of Thomas Cooper and James Watt. Cooper replies immediately with a republican critique of the British political system.
Compiled and edited by John Bassett Moore, this twelve-volume set of the collected letters and speeches of James Buchanan, spanning his entire political career, includes both personal and professional documents.
James J. Robbins, working from the notes of court reporters Arthur Cannon and Samuel Dalrymple, recounts the trial of Castner Hanway, who stood accused for his involvement in the Christiana Riot.