Shelburne house saw birth of Amherst College, minister leading spirit
Amherst College
Newspaper clipping of the article "Shelburne House Saw Birth Place of Amherst College, Minister Leading Spirit" which discusses Reverend Theophilus Packard, his estate in Shelburne, Massachusetts, and the May 10, 1815 meeting in his house at which a group of gathered ministers decided to recommend Amherst as the most eligible place for a college. The article includes excerpts of a letter from Theophilus Packard, Jr. to Mr. and Mrs. Zenas D. Bardwell, a copy of which is in Box 2 Folder 1 of this collection. The clipping also includes an image of the house. The clippings are pasted on a page on which there are unattributed handwritten annotations, one noting the source of the article as the January 9, 1929 issue of the Greenfield Recorder.
