This article is based on original research and analysis of multiple manuscript letters written by the Scottish Presbyterian minister Charles Nisbet （1736-1804）, who emigrated to America in 1785 to become the first p...This article is based on original research and analysis of multiple manuscript letters written by the Scottish Presbyterian minister Charles Nisbet （1736-1804）, who emigrated to America in 1785 to become the first principal of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. As an outspoken advocate for the American cause during the War of Independence, and a friend and colleague of John Witherspoon, Nisbet was the favorite choice for Benjamin Rush and the other trustees at Dickinson College. But soon after his arrival in Pennsylvania, Nisbet＇s relationship with Rush and the other trustees deteriorated. The new principal resented the absolute control of the trustees over the college, and quarreled with them for years about the late payments of his salary. Nisbet found America to be an overall distasteful place to live, especially for a man of letters living on the Pennsylvania frontier. Ignored by the trustees and feeling like an exile, Nisbet used his letters to lash out at the sources of his frustrations. This alleviated some of the tensions of living in America while also irritating the trustees at Dickinson College.展开更多
1895年,美国在华传教士金多士于出版关于美华书馆前五十年回顾与在华传教士印书馆活动的著作《在华传教士出版简史》(The Mission Press in China)。该著述分期论述美华书馆(前身花华圣经书房)前五十年的活动变迁,勾勒出美华书馆的发展...1895年,美国在华传教士金多士于出版关于美华书馆前五十年回顾与在华传教士印书馆活动的著作《在华传教士出版简史》(The Mission Press in China)。该著述分期论述美华书馆(前身花华圣经书房)前五十年的活动变迁,勾勒出美华书馆的发展轨迹及其对中国印刷出版业的贡献;介绍8家在华传教士书馆的情况与大英圣经公会书社等圣经书社的出版活动。金多士《在华传教士出版简史》记录的史料信息对人们认识在华传教士报刊及其印刷出版活动,进而认识中国近代出版史,都是不可或缺的资料。展开更多
文摘This article is based on original research and analysis of multiple manuscript letters written by the Scottish Presbyterian minister Charles Nisbet （1736-1804）, who emigrated to America in 1785 to become the first principal of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. As an outspoken advocate for the American cause during the War of Independence, and a friend and colleague of John Witherspoon, Nisbet was the favorite choice for Benjamin Rush and the other trustees at Dickinson College. But soon after his arrival in Pennsylvania, Nisbet＇s relationship with Rush and the other trustees deteriorated. The new principal resented the absolute control of the trustees over the college, and quarreled with them for years about the late payments of his salary. Nisbet found America to be an overall distasteful place to live, especially for a man of letters living on the Pennsylvania frontier. Ignored by the trustees and feeling like an exile, Nisbet used his letters to lash out at the sources of his frustrations. This alleviated some of the tensions of living in America while also irritating the trustees at Dickinson College.
文摘1895年,美国在华传教士金多士于出版关于美华书馆前五十年回顾与在华传教士印书馆活动的著作《在华传教士出版简史》(The Mission Press in China)。该著述分期论述美华书馆(前身花华圣经书房)前五十年的活动变迁,勾勒出美华书馆的发展轨迹及其对中国印刷出版业的贡献;介绍8家在华传教士书馆的情况与大英圣经公会书社等圣经书社的出版活动。金多士《在华传教士出版简史》记录的史料信息对人们认识在华传教士报刊及其印刷出版活动,进而认识中国近代出版史,都是不可或缺的资料。
