All Items 3 Collection 2 Archives & Special Collections 3 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Contributor 7 Amherst College 1 Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 1 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 1 Massachusetts. General Court 1 Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Special Committee on the Petition of the Trustees of Amherst College 1 Park, Park, John C.(John Cochran), -1889 1 Salem Lyceum (Salem, Mass.) 1 show more 2 show fewer Location 2 Amherst 1 Massachusetts 1 Topic 6 American poetry 1 Correspondence 1 Education and state 1 Finance 1 History 1 Women poets, American 1 show more 1 show fewer Part Of 3 Amherst College Early History Collection 1 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 1 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Genre 5 Correspondence 1 Pamphlets 1 Poems 1 Reports 1 Resolutions 1 mods.shelfLocator 1 Box 5 Folder 11 3 Report on the petition of the Trustees of Amherst College, House No. 45 Massachusetts. General Court A pamphlet of the March 1838 report made by the Joint Special Committee to whom was committed a petition made by the Trustees of Amherst College requesting pecuniary aid. The report is signed "by order of the Committee" by John C. Park. The report provides financial information regarding Amherst College. Following the report is the Committee resolve which states that pecuniary aid will be provided. An unattributed note in pencil after the resolve states "Defeated." Report on the petition of the Trustees of Amherst College, House No. 45 Edward Hitchcock letter to unidentified recipient, 1840 July 29 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 A letter to an unidentified recipient in which Edward Hitchcock declines an invitation to lecture at the Salem Lyceum Society. Hitchcock explains that he is too busy with the geological survey of Massachusetts, and he also cannot be absent from his work at Amherst College. Edward Hitchcock letter to unidentified recipient, 1840 July 29 Take all I have away Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 Take all I have away
