All Items 3 Collection 2 Archives & Special Collections 3 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Contributor 8 Amherst College 1 Charity Fund (Amherst, Mass.) 1 Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) 1 Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 1 Geological Society of London 1 Hamilton, William John, 1805-1867 1 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 1 Humphrey, Heman, 1779-1861 1 show more 3 show fewer Location 2 Massachusetts 1 New England 1 Topic 9 American poetry 1 Career in geology 1 Charters 1 Finance 1 Funds and scholarships 1 Geological surveys 1 History 1 Universities and colleges 1 Women poets, American 1 show more 4 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 Declaratory documents 1 Pamphlets 1 Poems 1 mods.shelfLocator 2 Box 3 Folder 13 3 Box 3 Folder 12 1 Compilation of Collegiate Institution statements regarding the petition for incorporation and the Charity Fund Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) A printed compilation of Collegiate Institution statements regarding the petition for incorporation. The first statement included is "To the Public," dated March 12, 1824 and written by Heman Humphrey on behalf of the Trustees in favor of granting charter. Other content includes sections titled "Residence of Students" and "Extracts from the Printed Constitution, to Various Copies of which a Charity Fund is Subscribed," dated June 2, 1824, as well as a note regarding the Charity Fund subscribers' petition in support of granting charter. A closing note from a Committee of the Trustees of Amherst Academy explains that they submit the foregoing together with a pamphlet annexed to the members of the Legislature. The Committee consists of Heman Humphrey, Nathaniel Smith, Israel E. Traske, Jonathan Going, and John Fiske and the accompanying pamphlet includes information relating to the Collegiate Institution, the Charity Fund, and the Thirty Thousand Dollar Subscription along with statistics regarding other colleges. An appendix with further information is also provided. Information included in the pamphlet is from various dates and is attributed to various individuals including Rufus Graves, Lucius Boltwood, and John Leland. Compilation of Collegiate Institution statements regarding the petition for incorporation and the Charity Fund Geological Society of London letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1840 January 6 Geological Society of London A form thank you letter from Secretary William J. Hamilton of the Geological Society of London thanking Hitchcock for topographical & geological maps of Massachusetts, made by order of the Legislature, mounted on rollers. Geological Society of London letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1840 January 6 Elisabeth told Essex Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 Elisabeth told Essex
