Historedia
Person

Mary Norris Dickinson

Events
1
Episodes
4
Years
1782–1784

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Mary Norris Dickinson, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Chartering of Dickinson College

    1782–1784

    Role: Namesake; donated much of the family's extensive personal library to the new college

    1. 1782 · Philadelphia meeting about a Carlisle collegePlanning a frontier college

      In 1782 Benjamin Rush met John Montgomery and William Bingham in Philadelphia to discuss founding a college in Carlisle.

    2. 1783 · Dickinson CollegeNaming for the Dickinsons and the library gift

      Rush proposed naming the college for John and Mary Norris Dickinson, whose donated joint library was among the largest in the colonies.

    3. September 9, 1783 · Carlisle, PennsylvaniaCharter granted by the Pennsylvania legislature

      On September 9, 1783, the Pennsylvania legislature chartered Dickinson College, the first college founded in the newly independent United States.

    4. April 1784 · Carlisle, PennsylvaniaFirst meeting of the trustees

      Benjamin Rush made his first journey to Carlisle in April 1784 to attend the college trustees' first meeting.

Sources

  1. Dickinson College Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-21