All Items 3 Collection 2 Archives & Special Collections 3 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Contributor 7 Amherst College 1 Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) 1 Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 1 Eustaphieve, Alexis, 1783-1857 1 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 1 Leland, Sherman, 1783-1853 1 Massachusetts. General Court 1 show more 2 show fewer Topic 7 American poetry 1 Charters 1 Correspondence 1 Dramaturgy 1 History 1 Playwriting 1 Women poets, American 1 show more 2 show fewer Part Of 3 Amherst College Early History Collection 1 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 1 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Genre 4 Correspondence 1 Pamphlets 1 Poems 1 Reports 1 mods.shelfLocator 1 Box 3 Folder 11 3 Report on the petitions for the incorporation of Amherst College, 1824 Leland, Sherman, 1783-1853 A pamphlet of a report made by a Joint Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature regarding the petitions for the incorporation of Amherst College. The report provides background on the petition and on Amherst College, especially in regards to the buildings, location, and financial state of the College. The Joint Committee states that it is their opinion that the prayer of the petitioners ought so far to be granted and that they have leave to bring in a bill. Sherman Leland's name is at the end of the report and he is noted as chairman of the committee. It is also noted that the report was read before the Senate, accepted, and sent down for concurrence on June 3, 1824 by Nathaniel Silsbee, Senate President. Report on the petitions for the incorporation of Amherst College, 1824 Alexis Eustaphieve letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1815 August 22 Eustaphieve, Alexis, 1783-1857 A letter from Alexis Eustaphieve to Edward Hitchcock discussing Hitchcock's playwriting and a specific tragedy, possibly "The Downfall of Bonaparte". Alexis Eustaphieve letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1815 August 22 Echo has no magistrate Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 Echo has no magistrate
