All Items 4 Collection 2 Archives & Special Collections 4 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Contributor 8 Amherst College 1 Amherst College. Anti-Slavery Society 1 Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797 1 Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 1 Dickinson, Lavinia Norcross, 1833-1899 1 Great Britain. Army 1 Nelson, Arthur W., 1880-1958 1 Tuckerman, Sarah Eliza Sigourney 1 show more 3 show fewer Location 2 Amherst 1 Massachusetts 1 Topic 11 Correspondence 3 Adventure and adventurers 1 Antislavery movements 1 History 1 Juvenile fiction 1 Poets, American 1 Records and correspondence 1 Seafaring life 1 Shipwrecks 1 Societies, etc. 1 Student movements 1 show more 6 show fewer Part Of 4 Amherst College Early History Manuscripts and Pamphlets Collection 1 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Jeffery Amherst Collection 1 Nelson Family Juvenilia Collection of Pamela Russell and Murray McClellan 1 Genre 3 Correspondence 3 Booklets 1 Children's literature 1 mods.shelfLocator 1 Box 1 Folder 48 4 Faculty letter to the Anti-Slavery Society, 1834 November 26 Amherst College. Anti-Slavery Society Faculty letter addressed to the Committee of the Anti-slavery Society in Amherst College in which the faculty respond to the "memorial" sent to them from the Anti-Slavery Society, presumably the letter dated October, 21 1834 in Box 1 Folder 48 of this collection. The faculty explains their delay in responding and write that despite the petition from the society, they still feel that the interests of the Institution would be best served by the voluntary disbanding of the Anti-Slavery Society. They go on to say that since it seems the society members cannot conscientiously take this step, and since the faculty ordering it to be done would be so afflictive, they have decided to let the society continue under certain regulations. They provide these regulations in detail including that the society must only meet once a month and chiefly for prayer, that the society cannot solicit new members, that discussion and formal addresses before the society be entirely discontinued, and that neither the society or members of it can correspond with the press or any other persons to bring their opinions before the public. The faculty explain that the object of the regulations is to guard against evils that they feel would result from frequent meetings, earnest discussion, and newspaper notoriety. They conclude by stating again that under these regulations they will permit the society to remain intact for now, but retain the right to disband it in the future should they feel it is necessary for the good of the Seminary. They end of the letter states "by the unanimous vote of the Faculty." Faculty letter to the Anti-Slavery Society, 1834 November 26 The voyage of the Francis Nelson, Arthur W., 1880-1958 This simple story by Arthur Nelson tells of the ill-fated fishing vessel, "Francis." While at sea fishing for salmon the ship encounters a storm and the entire crew is stranded for ten days before being rescued by a passing ship. While stranded the men face limited rations and cold weather conditions but are kept alive and safe thanks to their Captain, Ethan (presumably the Nelson brothers' fictional hero, Ethan Allen). The voyage of the Francis Jeffery Amherst letter to Colonel Kemble, 1789 June 15 Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797 Letter from Jeffery Amherst to Colonel Kemble, dated June 15, 1789. Amherst discusses the accounts of Captain Wickham. The identity of Colonel Kemble could not be determined. Jeffery Amherst letter to Colonel Kemble, 1789 June 15 Emily Dickinson letter to Mrs. Edward (Sarah) Tuckerman Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 Includes a letter written by Lavinia Dickinson. Emily Dickinson letter to Mrs. Edward (Sarah) Tuckerman
