All Items 2 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 2 Contributor 5 Amherst College 2 Charity Fund (Amherst, Mass.) 2 Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) 2 Crocker & Brewster 1 Humphrey, Heman, 1779-1861 1 Location 1 New England 2 Topic 5 Charters 2 Finance 2 Funds and scholarships 2 History 2 Universities and colleges 2 Part Of 1 Amherst College Early History Collection 2 Genre 2 Pamphlets 2 Declaratory documents 1 Subject 7 Amherst College – Charters 2 Amherst College – Finance 2 Amherst College – Funds and scholarships 2 Amherst College – History 2 Charity Fund (Amherst, Mass.) 2 Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) 2 Universities and colleges – New England 2 show more 2 show fewer Amherst College Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) A pamphlet of information relating to Amherst College and the petition to the Massachusetts Legislature made by the Trustees of Amherst Academy requesting charter for the College. Background on the debate in the legislature and statements and statistics in favor of granting charter are included. Among the contributors of the included content are state legislator Sherman Leland, college treasurer John Leland, and state legislator Daniel Davis. Other persons mentioned in the pamphlet include Zephaniah Swift Moore, Adam Johnson, the Overseers of the Charity Fund, the Trustees of Amherst Academy, and College faculty members. Also included are statistics relating to other New England colleges. Amherst College Compilation of Collegiate Institution statements regarding the petition for incorporation and the Charity Fund Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) A printed compilation of Collegiate Institution statements regarding the petition for incorporation. The first statement included is "To the Public," dated March 12, 1824 and written by Heman Humphrey on behalf of the Trustees in favor of granting charter. Other content includes sections titled "Residence of Students" and "Extracts from the Printed Constitution, to Various Copies of which a Charity Fund is Subscribed," dated June 2, 1824, as well as a note regarding the Charity Fund subscribers' petition in support of granting charter. A closing note from a Committee of the Trustees of Amherst Academy explains that they submit the foregoing together with a pamphlet annexed to the members of the Legislature. The Committee consists of Heman Humphrey, Nathaniel Smith, Israel E. Traske, Jonathan Going, and John Fiske and the accompanying pamphlet includes information relating to the Collegiate Institution, the Charity Fund, and the Thirty Thousand Dollar Subscription along with statistics regarding other colleges. An appendix with further information is also provided. Information included in the pamphlet is from various dates and is attributed to various individuals including Rufus Graves, Lucius Boltwood, and John Leland. Compilation of Collegiate Institution statements regarding the petition for incorporation and the Charity Fund
