John H. Powell Collection of John Dickinson Research

Mss.B.D553p.m

Date: Circa 1950-1971 | Size: 13 Linear feet, Ca. 5,000 items

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Abstract

This collection of correspondence, manuscripts, and copies of documents pertains to Powell's unpublished biography of John Dickinson ("John Dickinson, Penman of the American Revolution," 1938). There are letters to numerous historians, and many articles and speeches that Powell gave.

Background note

J. H. Powell was a historian.

Digital objects note

This collection contains digital materials that are available in the APS Digital Library. Links to these materials are provided with context in the inventory of this finding aid. A general listing of digital objects may also be found here.

Collection Information

Physical description

Ca. 5,000 items.

Provenance

Presented by the estate of John H. Powell, 1971; accessioned, 1976.

Indexing Terms

Corporate Name(s)

Dickinson College.

Genre(s)

Articles.
Speeches.

Geographic Name(s)

United States -- History -- Constitutional period, 1789-1809.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.

Personal Name(s)

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808
Powell, J. H.(John Harvey),191

Detailed Inventory


Correspondence and Dickinson Research				Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
Address to the Board of Trustees of the Free Library of Philadelphia				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
America in the 18th Century - Notes				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
American Philosophical Society Library				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
The American Revolution: A Framework for Thinking				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Angle, Paul M				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Articles of Confederation: A Re-interpretation [Merrill Jensen]				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Barnes, James				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Bell, Whitfield Jenks, Jr				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Bishop, Robert Hamilton				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Blathwayt, William, Manuscript Collection, Huntington				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
The Books of a New Nation				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
The Books of a New Nation - Correspondence				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
The Books of a New Nation - Illustrations				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Book reviews				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Book reviews - Selsam, J. P. Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Bowen, Catherine Drinker				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Boyd, Julian P				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Burnett , Edmund C				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Butterfield, Lyman				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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A Certain Great Fortune and Piddling Genius				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Chicago Historical Society - Dickinson material				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Clift, Evelyn Holst				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Cohen, Norman S				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Colbourn, Trevor				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Coleman, John M				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Collis, Charles H. T				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Cooper, Samuel - Biographical sketch				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Correspondence - various persons				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Creating the Past				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Crozier, Archibald				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
The Day of American Independence				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
de Valinger, Leon, Jr				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Address in Philadelphia Packet of 1782-3				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John, and the Federal Constitution, by James M. Tunnell, Jr				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Authors read				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Bibliography				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Candidus pamphlet				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Chapters 1 - appendix				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Correspondence; 1765-74-; etc.				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Family Bible				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: "The Farmer's Letters"				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Federal Convention Chapter				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Freeman Journal Letters				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Introduction				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Index notations				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: The Late Regulations				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Logan, George, Letters				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Logan Papers				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Maria Logan Papers				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Miscellaneous notes				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: The New Jersey Campaign				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Newspaper sources				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Newspaper sources				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Notes, 1781-2				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Personality				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Photostats				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Plan and research				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: President of Delaware				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Presidency of Pennsylvania				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Quaker				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: The Rebel - Notes				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Research notes				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: The Sense of the Meeting				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: A Solar System for America				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: Sundry Propositions in Writing				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: We are a Nation				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: The Years 1789-1808				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Biography: The Young and the Old: Yesterday's Statesmen				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Correspondence 1753-6				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Dream				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Family Papers: R.R.Logan deposit				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Family: Notations				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Genealogy				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - House on Jones Neck				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Independence				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Letters, 1779-81				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Notes				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Thesis abstract				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Letters: Inns of the Court				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Library				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - M.A.Thesis				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Miscellaneous notes				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Secondary sources				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Speech against independence				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John - Will				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, John of Crosiadore				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, Jonathan - Letterbook: Proposed publication				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson, Philemon				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Dickinson-Powell-Lovelace genealogy				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Ditter, Dorothy				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Eastern Shore Frontier				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Edelstein, David Simeon				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Evans, Joan				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Fisher, Sarah Logan				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Forbis , Dorothy M				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Fox, William Logan				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Free Library of Philadelphia				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Frey, Ellen F				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Fuller, A.H.				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Genealogical data on Clayborne, Thompson and Patterson families				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Givens, J.H.				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Goldsborough, T. Alan				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
The Great Federal Processions				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Gunderman, Michael				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Hamilton, Milton W.				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Hart, Matilda Spicer				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Heiges, George L				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Historical Society of Pennsylvania				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Hodgson, W. - Detached thoughts on the subject of money and finance				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Hoyt, William D				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Hughes , Raymond M				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Inventory proceedings; 1772 May 1				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
James , Eldon R				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Ketcham, Ralph L				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Knollenberg, Bernhard				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Kreider, Homer L				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Hutchins, Robert M. The New Realism				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Ideas at Work				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Illustrations - Correspondence				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File

Works by Powell (Writings)				Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series