All Items 3 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 3 Contributor 10 Crocker & Brewster 3 Amherst College 2 Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) 2 Anderson, Rufus, 1796-1880 1 Armstrong, Samuel Turell, 1784-1850 1 Brown, Catharine, 1800?-1823 1 Charity Fund (Amherst, Mass.) 1 Eisenberg, Pablo 1 Haven, John Preston, 1800-1880 1 Massachusetts. General Court 1 show more 5 show fewer Location 3 Amherst 1 Massachusetts 1 New England 1 Topic 8 Charters 2 History 2 Universities and colleges 2 Biography 1 Cherokee Indians 1 Cherokee women 1 Finance 1 Funds and scholarships 1 show more 3 show fewer Part Of 2 Amherst College Early History Collection 2 Younghee Kim-Wait (Class of 1982)/Pablo Eisenberg Collection of Native American Literature 1 Genre 4 Pamphlets 2 Biographies (documents) 1 Books 1 Petitions 1 Amherst College Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) A pamphlet of information relating to Amherst College and the petition to the Massachusetts Legislature made by the Trustees of Amherst Academy requesting charter for the College. Background on the debate in the legislature and statements and statistics in favor of granting charter are included. Among the contributors of the included content are state legislator Sherman Leland, college treasurer John Leland, and state legislator Daniel Davis. Other persons mentioned in the pamphlet include Zephaniah Swift Moore, Adam Johnson, the Overseers of the Charity Fund, the Trustees of Amherst Academy, and College faculty members. Also included are statistics relating to other New England colleges. Amherst College 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 Memoir of Catharine Brown: a Christian Indian of the Cherokee nation Anderson, Rufus, 1796-1880 Memoir of Catharine Brown: a Christian Indian of the Cherokee nation
