A statement of the affairs of the Amherst Institution, on the fourth of October, 1824: compiled from evidence exhibited to the committee of investigation, with affidavits, etc.
Allen, Phinehas, 1776-1860
A pamphlet of an unattributed statement opposing the Collegiate Institution's petition for incorporation based on evidence presented regarding the Charity Fund, the Thirty Thousand Dollar Subscription, and the financial state of the Institution along with testimonies from disgruntled fund subscribers. The statement is dated October, 4 1824. An appendix includes written statements or letters from specific fund subscribers: Samuel Austin, John Hooker, James Gould, Thomas Snow, Simeon Ballard, William Ballard, Gideon Moody, Joseph Carew, Jared Hawks, Jr., Henry Sargent, William B. Wesson, Thomas Moody, Jotham Clark, Aaron Smith, Thomas Powers, William Walker, Samuel Warren, Philip Davis, and John Warner. Jona Allen, Samuel Church, Sylvester Maxwell, Charles Ferry, William B. Calhoun, I.C. Bates, Daniel Notes, Daniel Ruggles, Laban Marcy, and William Billings are Justices of the Peace who are noted as having verified statements.
