Dickinson College

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    At Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, students are leaving for home in large numbers Education/Culture
    At Dickinson College, the Junior and Senior classes request the end of term be brought forward Education/Culture
    Dickinson College expels James Buchanan Personal
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Carlisle/Dickinson
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies (1858) Dickinsonian
    Dickinson College students given a day off classes to attend the local Agricultural Fair Education/Culture
    Dickinson College students punished for "smoking out" a classmate from his dormitory room Education/Culture
    Dickinson College trustees hold firm that daily morning prayers will take place "before breakfast" Religion/Philosophy
    Dickinson student, John F. Frederick '64, takes another drunken step towards ending his college career Education/Culture
    Former Dickinson College president Jeremiah Atwater dies, aged eighty-five Dickinsonian
    Henry Vethake, former pioneer lecturer in "Political Economy" at Dickinson College dies in Philadelphia Carlisle/Dickinson
    - In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Confederate troops occupy a town familiar to some of their officers Battles/Soldiers
    In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Dickinson College holds its annual commencement ceremonies Carlisle/Dickinson
    In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Dickinson College students are finding it difficult to attend class Education/Culture
    In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the Dickinson College faculty discipline a student for "hissing in the Chapel" Education/Culture
    In Carlisle, Pennsylvania, two Dickinson College students punished for gun play on campus Education/Culture
    - In Carlisle, Rodes' infantry enjoy a brief but comfortable respite at the U.S. Army Cavalry School Battles/Soldiers
    J.D. Frederick, class of 1864, appeals his expulsion from Dickinson College for drunkenness Education/Culture
    James Buchanan enters Dickinson College Personal
    James Buchanan graduates from Dickinson College Personal
    Moncure Conway enters Dickinson College Personal
    Robert Grier enters Dickinson College Personal
    Shells from General J.E.B. Stuart's horse artillery rain down on Carlisle in an evening bombardment Battles/Soldiers
    Spencer Fullerton Baird is appointed full professor of natural history at Dickinson College Carlisle/Dickinson
    Spencer Fullerton Baird is offered position of honorary professor of natural science at Dickinson College Carlisle/Dickinson
    Residents in 1860
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    Recollection of Moncure Daniel Conway, Professor Spencer Fullerton Baird
    New York Christian Advocate, “Reply to Dr. Durbin,” March 10, 1847
    Entry by John McClintock, June 2, 1847
    George Fechtig to Robert Emory, June 9, 1847
    Otho Norris to Robert Emory, June 9, 1847
    Robert Emory to George Fechtig, June 9, 1847
    John McClintock to Jane McClintock, June 10, 1847
    George Fechtig to Robert Emory, June 11, 1847
    Providence (RI) Manufacturers and Farmers Journal, "The Slave Riot at Carlisle, Pa.,” June 14, 1847
    John McClintock to Edgar B. Wakeman, June 16, 1847
    Boston (MA) Liberator, “The Slave Riot at Carlisle, Pa.,” June 18, 1847
    George Davenport Chenoweth to Robert Emory, June 23, 1847
    New York National Anti-Slavery Standard, "The Riot in Carlisle," June 24, 1847
    Thomas W. Smith to Robert Emory, July 16, 1847
    Thaddeus Stevens to John McClintock, August 2, 1847
    Carlisle (PA) Herald & Expositor, “Local Matters: Dickinson College,” August 25, 1847
    Charlestown (SC) Mercury, "A Practical Joke," April 13, 1849
    Carlisle (PA) Herald, “Commencement Exercises,” July 14, 1858
    New York Herald, “Rebellion in Dickinson College,” November 23, 1859
    Cleveland (OH) Herald, “No Riot,” November 26, 1859
    Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “Decidedly Wrong,” July 7, 1860
    Carlisle (PA) Herald, “Commencement Exercises of Dickinson College,” July 13, 1860
    John Hays to Charles Francis Himes, October 19, 1860
    William Willey to Waitman Willey, April 22, 1861
    Dickinson College President Herman Johnson Circular Letter, April 24, 1861
    William Willey to Waitman Willey, April 29, 1861
    Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Points of Present Interest,” June 17, 1863
    New York Times, "Carlisle," July 3, 1863
    George D. Chenoweth to James W. Marshall, July 15, 1863
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