All Items 3 Collection 2 Archives & Special Collections 3 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Contributor 9 Amherst College 1 Amherst of Arracan, William Pitt Amherst, Earl, 1773-1857 1 Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797 1 Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) 1 Cooper, Abigail (Abigail Ingersoll) 1 Cooper, Abigail, (Abigail Ingersoll) 1 Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 1 Field, Lucius 1 Van Alen, John E., (John Evert), 1749-1807 1 show more 4 show fewer Location 2 Amherst 1 Massachusetts 1 Topic 11 Correspondence 2 College discipline 1 Complaints against 1 Death and burial 1 Discipline 1 Estate 1 History 1 Poets, American 1 Student evaluation of teachers 1 Students 1 Teachers 1 show more 6 show fewer Part Of 3 Amherst College Early History Manuscripts and Pamphlets Collection 1 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Jeffery Amherst Collection 1 Genre 2 Correspondence 2 Resolutions 1 mods.shelfLocator 1 Box 1 Folder 64 3 Collegiate Institution faculty resolution regarding the student petition against Lucius Field, 1822 Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) A document stating that at a meeting of the faculty of the Collegiate Institution it was resolved that the petition of the Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman classes against the tutor Lucius Field cannot and ought not to be granted. The document lists the reasons for this resolution. It notes that the faculty also resolved that the claims made in the petition are groundless and slanderous and no student should have stated them or have consented others to stating them. The document goes on to describe the conclusions drawn by faculty after examination of the case. Finally, the document provides the faculty's conclusions in regards to punishment of students. It states that the faculty has decided to treat the students with paternal tenderness and expect the good sense of the students will prevail after time for reflection, but should there be any further disorder or disrespect to the officers of the Institution, the faulty will proceed to notice them with all the severity required. There is another version of this document with slight modifications in Box 1 Folder 65 of this collection. The student petition referred to in this document is in Box 1 Folder 7 of this collection. Collegiate Institution faculty resolution regarding the student petition against Lucius Field, 1822 William Pitt Amherst letter to John Van Alen, 1797 August 30 Amherst of Arracan, William Pitt Amherst, Earl, 1773-1857 A letter from William Pitt Amherst to John Evert Van Alen, dated August 30, 1797. William Pitt Amherst writes to inform Van Alen of the death of his uncle, Jeffery Amherst, and his inheritance of the Amherst title, estate and business. William Pitt requests that Van Alen conduct a survey of Jeffery Amherst's property in New York State so that he may determine the rent and duration of the current leases on the property. William Pitt Amherst letter to John Van Alen, 1797 August 30 Emily Dickinson letter to Mrs. James S. (Abigail) Cooper Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 Emily Dickinson letter to Mrs. James S. (Abigail) Cooper
