All Items 2 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 2 Contributor 4 Grennell, George, 1786-1877 2 Amherst College 1 Bond, Thomas, 1777-1852 1 Charity Fund (Amherst, Mass.) 1 Topic 4 Correspondence 2 Finance 1 Funds and scholarships 1 History 1 Part Of 1 Amherst College Early History Collection 2 Genre 1 Correspondence 2 Subject 6 Grennell, George, 1786-1877 – Correspondence 2 Amherst College – Finance 1 Amherst College – Funds and scholarships 1 Amherst College – History 1 Bond, Thomas, 1777-1852 – Correspondence 1 Charity Fund (Amherst, Mass.) 1 show more 1 show fewer George Grennell letter to his son, 1876 January 6 Grennell, George, 1786-1877 George Grennell, former Trustee of Amherst College, letter to one of his sons in which Grennell writes in reply to a letter received from his son at Christmas. Grennell thanks him for his letter, well wishes, and his mention of Grennell's mental and physical condition in a touching manner. Grennell expresses his thanks to God for God's protective care of his family and responds to his son's comments on his mental and physical condition. He also mentions that Willie was preserved from a railway accident during his return trip from Montreal and that he is glad that Helen was blessed in her passage to San Francisco. George Grennell letter to his son, 1876 January 6 George Grennell letter to Thomas Bond, 1839 October 30 Grennell, George, 1786-1877 George Grennell, a Trustee of Amherst College and member of the Prudential Committee, letter to Thomas Bond, an Overseer of the Charity Fund, in which Grennell writes regarding the measures adopted at a recent Prudential Committee meeting on the sufficiency of securities obtained by the Financier of the Charity Fund for sundry notes given for the Fund's benefit. Grennell writes to inform Bond of the measures adopted at this meeting. He discusses the cases of Mr. Sweetser (Luke Sweetser), Mr. Boltwood (Lucius Boltwood), Enoch Flagg, McFarland, and Reverend Dr. Brown and provides the conclusions of the Committee in each case including any recommendations that were made to the Financier of the Charity Fund. He also discusses a letter he received from Mr. Calhoun (William Barron Calhoun) in September regarding the debts and security to the Fund. Grennell asks that Bond mention to Calhoun and to Reverend Dr. Osgood the subject matter of this communication. George Grennell letter to Thomas Bond, 1839 October 30
