All Items 16 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 16 Contributor 20 Amherst College 14 Massachusetts. General Court 8 Humphrey, Heman, 1779-1861 7 Amherst College. Board of Trustees 5 Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Special Committee on the Petition of the Trustees of Amherst College 4 Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) 3 Banister, William B. (William Bostwick), 1773-1853 2 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 2 Lathrop, Samuel, 1772-1846 2 Moore, Zephaniah Swift, 1770-1823 2 Adams, Ezra, 1809-1864 1 Amherst College. Anti-Slavery Society 1 Charity Fund (Amherst, Mass.) 1 Crocker & Brewster 1 Farwell, John Edward, 1809-1858 1 Field, Lucius, 1796-1839 1 Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 1 Haven, Joseph, 1816-1874 1 Howard, William George, 1813-1865 1 Lincoln, John W. (John Waldo), 1787-1852 1 show more 15 show fewer Location 2 Massachusetts 10 Amherst 9 Topic 16 History 14 Finance 8 Education and state 6 Charters 3 Funds and scholarships 3 Correspondence 2 Finance, Personal 2 Antislavery movements 1 Complaints against 1 Geological surveys 1 Societies, etc. 1 Student evaluation of teachers 1 Student movements 1 Students 1 Teachers 1 Universities and colleges 1 show more 11 show fewer Part Of 3 Amherst College Early History Collection 9 Amherst College Early History Manuscripts and Pamphlets Collection 5 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 2 Genre 9 Petitions 16 Pamphlets 9 Correspondence 5 Reports 5 Resolutions 4 Constitutions 2 Drafts (documents) 2 Bylaws (administrative records) 1 Speeches (documents) 1 show more 4 show fewer Documents relating to Amherst College, House No. 11 Massachusetts. General Court A pamphlet consisting of documents relating to a petition for financial aid made by Amherst College to the Massachusetts Legislature. The first statement is the petition written by Heman Humphrey on behalf of the Trustees, followed by lists of the legislators from the House of Representatives and the Senate appointed to the Joint Committee to whom the petition was referred, noted by clerks L.S. Cushing and Charles Calhoun. Also included is the report of the Joint Committee which contains financial information regarding Amherst College and is attributed to James C. Merrill, Chairman of Committee. The resolve states that aid will be granted. The last section contains the 1825 Amherst College charter. All other content included in the pamphlet is dated from 1831 to 1832. Documents relating to Amherst College, House No. 11 Report on the petition of the Trustees of Amherst College, Senate No. 37 Massachusetts. General Court A pamphlet containing documents relating to a petition for financial aid made by Amherst College to the Massachusetts Legislature. The first statement included is the petition written by Heman Humphrey on behalf of the Trustees. The pamphlet also contains the report of the Joint Special Committee to whom the petition was committed, signed by M. Lawrence as Chairman of the Committee. The report provides financial information regarding Amherst College. Following the report is the Committee resolve in which it is stated that pecuniary aid will be provided. An unattributed pencilled note that appears after the resolve states "Defeated." Content in the pamphlet is from various dates in January 1837. Report on the petition of the Trustees of Amherst College, Senate No. 37 Amherst College Amherst College A pamphlet attributed to Heman Humphrey, Samuel Lathrop, and William B. Bannister (Banister) serving as a Committee on behalf of the Trustees of Amherst College. Humphrey, Lathrop, and Banister provide an introductory statement regarding the financial history of Amherst College, the Charity Fund, and the Thirty Thousand Dollar Subscription. Following the introduction are two petitions made by Amherst College to the legislature in 1831 followed by extracts from speeches which were made when the second petition was discussed in the legislature. Extracts are attributed to Mr. Brooks, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Foster, Mr. Buckingham, Mr. Bliss (George Bliss), Mr. Calhoun, and the Speaker of the House. Humphrey, Lathrop, and Banister go on to explain that subject was indefinitely postponed in the legislature and after a meeting on March 6, 1832, the Trustees decided to ask the friends of the College for fifty thousand dollars. They go on to appeal to members of the public for financial aid. This item is similar to the pamphlet in Box 5 Folder 8 of this collection with some variations. Amherst College House No. 13 Massachusetts. General Court A pamphlet consisting of documents relating to a petition for financial aid made by Amherst College to the Massachusetts Legislature. The first statement is the petition written by Heman Humphrey on behalf of the Trustees, followed by lists of the legislators from the House of Representatives and the Senate appointed to the Joint Committee to whom the petition was referred, noted by clerks Charles Calhoun and P.W. Warren. Also included is the report of the Joint Committee which contains financial information regarding Amherst College and is attributed to James C. Merrill, Chairman of Committee. Following the report is information regarding the movement of the report in the Senate and the House, noted by Calhoun and Warren. The resolve states that aid will be granted. Content included in the pamphlet is from various dates in 1831. House No. 13 Amherst College Amherst College A pamphlet attributed to Heman Humphrey, Samuel Lathrop, and William B. Bannister (Banister) serving as a Committee on behalf of the Trustees of Amherst College. Humphrey, Lathrop, and Banister provide an introductory statement regarding the financial history of Amherst College, the Charity Fund, and the Thirty Thousand Dollar Subscription. Following the introduction are two petitions made by Amherst College to the legislature in 1831. followed by extracts from speeches which were made when the second petition was discussed in the legislature. Extracts are attributed to Mr. Brooks, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Foster, Mr. Buckingham, Mr. Bliss (George Bliss), Mr. Calhoun, and the Speaker of the House. Humphrey, Lathrop, and Banister go on to explain that subject was indefinitely postponed in the legislature and after a meeting on March 6, 1832, the Trustees decided to ask the friends of the College for fifty thousand dollars. They go on to appeal to members of the public for financial aid. This item is similar to the pamphlet in Box 5 Folder 7 of this collection with some variations and a longer concluding section. Amherst College Senate No. 17 Massachusetts. General Court A pamphlet containing the January 12, 1831 petition for financial aid made by Amherst College to the Massachusetts Legislature. The petition is written by Heman Humphrey on behalf of the Trustees of Amherst College. Humphrey requests pecuniary aid and provides his reasons for the petition and background on the College. The final page lists the legislators from the House of Representatives and the Senate appointed to the Joint Committee to whom the petition was referred, noted by clerks Charles Calhoun and P.W. Warren. Senate No. 17 Report on the petition of the Trustees of Amherst College, Senate No. 27 Massachusetts. General Court A pamphlet containing documents relating to a petition for financial aid made by Amherst College to the Massachusetts Legislature. The first statement is the petition written by Heman Humphrey on behalf of the Trustees, followed by lists of the legislators from the House of Representatives and the Senate appointed to the Joint Committee, noted by clerks L.S. Cushing and Charles Calhoun. Also included is a report of the Joint Special Committee attributed to S.G. Goodrich as Chairman of the Committee. The report provides financial information regarding Amherst College, and it is noted as being accepted in the House of Representatives and sent up for concurrence by Cushing. Content in the pamphlet is from various dates in 1838 and 1839. Report on the petition of the Trustees of Amherst College, Senate No. 27 Amherst Institution: from official documents : January 17, 1825 : Petition of the founders and proprietors, presented June 5, 1823 Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) Pamphlet containing the "Petition of the Founders and Proprietors" of the Amherst Institution requesting charter status dated January 17, 1825 and noted as presented June 5, 1823. The undersigned, noted as the Subscribers to the Charity Fund of the Collegiate Institution at Amherst write that this petition is to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Amherst Institution: from official documents : January 17, 1825 : Petition of the founders and proprietors, presented June 5, 1823 Bound pamphlets regarding the Charity Fund and the founding of Amherst College, 1818-1881 Charity Fund (Amherst, Mass.) A volume containing 11 pamphlets "bound at the expense of Mr. Frank W. Stearns." An unattributed typed table of contents is included at the beginning of the volume and there are unattributed handwritten notes on the pamphlets. The pamphlets primarily pertain to the controversy regarding the suggested removal of Williams College from Williamstown, Massachusetts, the proposed chartering of the Collegiate Institution, or the Charity Fund. The pamphlets contain contributions from various individuals, including: Lucius Boltwood, John Morton Greene, Rowland Ayres, Christopher Cushing, Joseph Gowing Kendall, Nathaniel Smith, John Fiske, Hezekiah W. Strong, J.E. Trask, Rufus Graves, Paul Willard, Daniel Davis, Joseph E. Sprague, John Leland, Sherman Leland, Redford Webster, and Zephaniah Swift Moore. Bound pamphlets regarding the Charity Fund and the founding of Amherst College, 1818-1881 Student petition for a band and proposed constitution, 1836 March Amherst College A student petition to the faculty asking that they be permitted to organize a society called the Amherst College Band under the proposed constitution provided with the petition. The petition is signed by five students: David Sewall Oliphant, Frederick Augustus Fiske, James Hovey, William Thomas Doubleday, and Jonathan Amos Fowler. An unattributed note on the document states "Petition for a College Band- March 1836- Not Granted." Student petition for a band and proposed constitution, 1836 March Student petition to Zephaniah Swift Moore, 1822 February 25 Moore, Zephaniah Swift, 1770-1823 A petition from students in the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes regarding the tutor Lucius Field. The students write to Zephaniah Swift Moore, president of the College, and explain that they are dissatisfied with Field. They include the reasons for their dissatisfaction and ask that Moore take measures to secure another instructor as soon as possible. There are unattributed notes in pencil on this item. Student petition to Zephaniah Swift Moore, 1822 February 25 Josephus Wheaton letter to Zephaniah Swift Moore, 1823 May 18 Wheaton, Josephus, 1788-1825 Josephus Wheaton letter to Zephaniah Swift Moore in which Wheaton encloses a petition to the Massachusetts legislature in support of granting charter to the Collegiate Institution. In the included petition, nine subscribers to the Charity Fund from Holliston, Massachusetts request that the Massachusetts legislature grant such powers as are usually given to the trustees of colleges to the Trustees of Amherst Academy. They describe the success of the Collegiate Institution under the direction of the Trustees of Amherst Academy and state that as they understand that said Trustees are about to petition to the legislature for charter, they request that the prayer of said petitions may be granted. The names of the nine petitioners are included at the end of the document. Before the petition, Wheaton includes a note to Moore explaining the enclosure and providing the names of the local subscribers to the Charity Fund who were not included in the petition and the reasons for their exclusion. Josephus Wheaton letter to Zephaniah Swift Moore, 1823 May 18 Senior class petition to add the remainder of the term to senior vacation, 1837 July Amherst College A student petition to the faculty asking that, on account of the feeble health of the president who is also their instructor, the faculty add the remainder of the term to senior vacation, except what may be necessary for the senior examination. The petition is noted as signed by all the members of the senior class in town, and includes the signatures of: Lewis Franklin Clark, Joseph Peckham, Robert Stevens Hitchcock, Daniel Jefferson Poor, William Murdock, Calvin Chapin Bayley, Walter March, Henry Warren Williams, James Green, Uriah Balkam, Andrew Clark Lippitt, Lucian Barbour, Sidney Brooks, Benjamin Franklin Brooks, Joel Edson Rockwell, Daniel Seeds, Stedman Wright Hanks, Rufus Taylor, Nathan Lyndes Lord, Benjamin Mann, Edmund Freeman Waldo, Daniel Rice, Charles Cragin, John Langdon Ashby, James Averill, Austin Cary, Frederick Vinton, Joel Kenney, Sanford Leach, George Bliss Morris, Daniel Warren Poor, Frederick Dickinson, Alender Osmyn Clapp, Samuel Austin Taylor, George Berkley Rowell, Henry Hanmer, Samuel Herman Shipley, John Hagedorn Wells, Morris Holman, William Barrett Reed, Hemingway Jacob Gaylord, Cyrus Egbert Rosenkrans, and Stephen Watkins Clark. After the signatures there is a note, likely written by Heman Humphrey, stating that "the class was informed that the President hoped to hear them as usual and they went on without any interruption to the end of their term." Senior class petition to add the remainder of the term to senior vacation, 1837 July Anti-Slavery Society letter to the faculty, 1834 October 21 Farwell, John Edward, 1809-1858 A letter signed by students John E. Farwell, Leander Thompson, Joseph Haven, Jr., William George Howard, Henry G. Pendleton, and Ezra Adams, Jr. on behalf of the Anti-Slavery Society addressed to the faculty of Amherst College in which the society members respond to a request from the faculty that they disband. The authors explain that they respect the instructors and would gladly reply with their request if they could do so consistently with the dictates of their conscience and the wants and woes of perishing millions. However, they go on, they met and after prayer and deliberation they resolved unanimously that they could not disband the society. They provide background on the formation of the society and the measures they have taken. They then specifically address the objections that were raised in regards to the society's potential negative impact on the progress of religion for the individual society members and the community, explaining that they feel the reverse to be true. They conclude by reiterating that they cannot disband their society as was requested and state that they feel their cause is the cause of humanity and the cause of the Bible. They ask that they be allowed to continue to hold their usual monthly meetings for prayer. They say that should the faculty still believe that the society must be dissolved for the good of the College, they pray that the faculty will continue this work themselves. They also state that they would rather abandon any of the literary societies than this society. Anti-Slavery Society letter to the faculty, 1834 October 21 Edward Hitchcock draft petition to Massachusetts state legislature, 1842 January Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 A draft of a petition by Edward Hitchcock to the Massachusetts state legislature requesting payment for his efforts editing his "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts" for a new edition. Hitchcock discusses the work that went into the report and the cost of undertaking the geological survey itself in an attempt to justify why he believes he is owed compensation, and explains why he did not request compensation for certain undertakings related to the report earlier. Additionally, Hitchcock asks the legislature to consider housing the samples collected during the survey in a place that is both safe and accessible to visitors who may wish to view the collection. Edward Hitchcock draft petition to Massachusetts state legislature, 1842 January Edward Hitchcock draft petition to Massachusetts state legislature, 1835 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 A draft of a petition by Edward Hitchcock to the Massachusetts state legislature requesting payment for his efforts editing his "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts" for a second edition. Hitchcock discusses the work that went into this edition and the previous edition in an attempt to justify why he believes he is owed compensation. Edward Hitchcock draft petition to Massachusetts state legislature, 1835
