All Items 2 Collection 2 Archives & Special Collections 2 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Contributor 6 Amherst College 1 Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 1 Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 1 Harvard College (1780-) 1 Metcalf and Company 1 Williams College 1 show more 1 show fewer Location 2 Amherst 1 Massachusetts 1 Topic 6 American poetry 1 Education and state 1 Finance 1 History 1 Speeches, addresses, etc. 1 Women poets, American 1 show more 1 show fewer Part Of 2 Amherst College Early History Collection 1 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Genre 3 Pamphlets 1 Poems 1 Speeches (documents) 1 mods.shelfLocator 1 Box 5 Folder 22 2 Speech in support of the memorial of Harvard, Williams, and Amherst Colleges: delivered before the Joint Committee on Education, in the hall of the House of Representatives, Boston, on the 7th of February, 1849 Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 A pamphlet containing the speech given by Edward Everett in support of the Memorial of Harvard College, Williams College, and Amherst College that was presented to the Massachusetts Legislature requesting that once the School Fund of the state had reached the limit of one million dollars prescribed by law, another fund of one half a million should be allowed to accumulate for the benefit of the colleges. The pamphlet notes that Everett delivered the speech during the February 7, 1849 public hearing held by the Joint Committee on Education to whom the memorial was referred. Before Everett's speech, there is a brief preface in the regarding the hearing. Speech in support of the memorial of Harvard, Williams, and Amherst Colleges: delivered before the Joint Committee on Education, in the hall of the House of Representatives, Boston, on the 7th of February, 1849 The boblink is gone - the rowdy of the meadow Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 The boblink is gone - the rowdy of the meadow
