All Items 3 Collection 2 Archives & Special Collections 3 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Contributor 6 Amherst College 1 Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 1 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 1 Hopkins, Erastus, 1810-1872 1 Massachusetts. General Court 1 Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Committee on Education 1 show more 1 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 Legislative acts 1 Pamphlets 1 Poems 1 Reports 1 mods.shelfLocator 1 Box 5 Folder 20 3 House No. 112 Massachusetts. General Court A pamphlet of the March 25, 1848 report made by the Joint Standing Committee on Education to whom was referred a request made by the president and fellows of Harvard College and the presidents and trustees of Williams College and Amherst College along with other petitions all requesting that state aid be given to these institutions. The report is signed "by order of the Committee" by Erastus Hopkins. The report provides information on the request and on the three colleges including their current financial status and previous state grants received. Hopkins also discusses the role of the State in supporting higher education, the relation between colleges and common schools, and the relationship between the public and colleges. The Committee concludes that state aid to the colleges should be increased and an accompanying bill regarding the School Fund is included. House No. 112 Edward Hitchcock letter to the Smith family, 1856 September 20 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 A letter to Hannah A. Smith, Jane Smith, Debbie F. Smith, and Sallie L. Smith in which Edward Hitchcock replies to a letter they had written him about his work "The Religion of Geology and its Connected Sciences." He thanks them for their kind words and responds to their charge that there is no religion in the text. He also informs them that the "poem" they inquired about was simply text that the printer formatted in a poetic way. Edward Hitchcock letter to the Smith family, 1856 September 20 The bird did prance - the bee did play Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 The bird did prance - the bee did play
