All Items 4 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 4 Contributor 8 Grennell, George, 1786-1877 4 Amherst College 2 Charity Fund (Amherst, Mass.) 2 Billings, Joseph 1 Bond, Thomas, 1777-1852 1 Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) 1 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 1 Stearns, William A., (William Augustus), 1805-1876 1 show more 3 show fewer Topic 5 Correspondence 3 History 2 Death and burial 1 Finance 1 Funds and scholarships 1 Part Of 2 Amherst College Early History Collection 3 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 1 Genre 5 Correspondence 3 Copies (derivative objects) 1 Minutes (administrative records) 1 Reports 1 Transcriptions (documents) 1 George Grennell letter to his son, 1876 January 6 Grennell, George, 1786-1877 George Grennell, former Trustee of Amherst College, letter to one of his sons in which Grennell writes in reply to a letter received from his son at Christmas. Grennell thanks him for his letter, well wishes, and his mention of Grennell's mental and physical condition in a touching manner. Grennell expresses his thanks to God for God's protective care of his family and responds to his son's comments on his mental and physical condition. He also mentions that Willie was preserved from a railway accident during his return trip from Montreal and that he is glad that Helen was blessed in her passage to San Francisco. George Grennell letter to his son, 1876 January 6 George Grennell letter to Thomas Bond, 1839 October 30 Grennell, George, 1786-1877 George Grennell, a Trustee of Amherst College and member of the Prudential Committee, letter to Thomas Bond, an Overseer of the Charity Fund, in which Grennell writes regarding the measures adopted at a recent Prudential Committee meeting on the sufficiency of securities obtained by the Financier of the Charity Fund for sundry notes given for the Fund's benefit. Grennell writes to inform Bond of the measures adopted at this meeting. He discusses the cases of Mr. Sweetser (Luke Sweetser), Mr. Boltwood (Lucius Boltwood), Enoch Flagg, McFarland, and Reverend Dr. Brown and provides the conclusions of the Committee in each case including any recommendations that were made to the Financier of the Charity Fund. He also discusses a letter he received from Mr. Calhoun (William Barron Calhoun) in September regarding the debts and security to the Fund. Grennell asks that Bond mention to Calhoun and to Reverend Dr. Osgood the subject matter of this communication. George Grennell letter to Thomas Bond, 1839 October 30 Proceedings of convention in Amherst, 1818 September 29 Billings, Joseph A handwritten pamphlet of proceedings from the convention held in Amherst, Massachusetts September 29-30, 1818 to deliberate on the founding of an institution "to give a classical or Collegiate education to indigent pious young men of talents." Attendees included members of the Trustees of Amherst Academy, subscribers to the Charity Fund, and ministers and lay delegates from the western part of Worcester County and Hampshire, Hampden, and Franklin counties. The proceedings note that twelve attendees of the convention were elected to serve on a committee and report on the subject of the institution. The pamphlet describes the convention and includes lists of the ministers and delegates from parishes in attendance, the names of those elected as president and secretaries of the convention, the proceedings of the convention, and the committee report that was read and voted on during the second day of the convention. The report notes that the committee approves of founding such a literary institution in Amherst, Massachusetts and lists five articles recommended by the committee. The proceedings of the convention also provide amendments proposed and voted on regarding the articles and the vote to accept the report as amended. Colonel Joseph Billings and George Grennell are noted as secretaries of the convention and the report is noted as a "A true copy" and signed by Jos. (Joseph) Billings, acting as secretary. Also included is an unattributed typed transcript of the document. The source and date of the transcript are unknown. Proceedings of convention in Amherst, 1818 September 29 George Grennell letter to William Augustus Stearns, 1864 March 1 Grennell, George, 1786-1877 A letter in which George Grennell acknowledges receipt of William Augustus Stearns' letter informing him of Edward Hitchcock's death, and also states his intention of attending Hitchcock's funeral. George Grennell letter to William Augustus Stearns, 1864 March 1
