All Items 2 Collection 2 Archives & Special Collections 2 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Contributor 8 Amherst College 1 Amherst College. Board of Trustees 1 Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 1 Humphrey, Heman, 1779-1861 1 Jenkins, Sarah Maria Eaton 1 Massachusetts. General Court 1 Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Special Committee on the Petition of the Trustees of Amherst College 1 Merrill, James C. (James Cushing), 1784-1853 1 show more 3 show fewer Location 2 Amherst 1 Massachusetts 1 Topic 7 American poetry 1 Correspondence 1 Education and state 1 Finance 1 History 1 Poets, American 1 Women poets, American 1 show more 2 show fewer Part Of 2 Amherst College Early History Collection 1 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Genre 6 Correspondence 1 Pamphlets 1 Petitions 1 Poems 1 Reports 1 Resolutions 1 show more 1 show fewer mods.shelfLocator 1 Box 5 Folder 4 2 Documents relating to Amherst College, House No. 11 Massachusetts. General Court A pamphlet consisting of documents relating to a petition for financial aid made by Amherst College to the Massachusetts Legislature. The first statement is the petition written by Heman Humphrey on behalf of the Trustees, followed by lists of the legislators from the House of Representatives and the Senate appointed to the Joint Committee to whom the petition was referred, noted by clerks L.S. Cushing and Charles Calhoun. Also included is the report of the Joint Committee which contains financial information regarding Amherst College and is attributed to James C. Merrill, Chairman of Committee. The resolve states that aid will be granted. The last section contains the 1825 Amherst College charter. All other content included in the pamphlet is dated from 1831 to 1832. Documents relating to Amherst College, House No. 11 Summer is shorter than any one Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 Summer is shorter than any one
