A statement of the affairs of the Amherst Institution, on the fourth of October, 1824: compiled from evidence exhibited to the committee of investigation, with affidavits, etc.

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statement of the affairs of the Amherst Institution, on the fourth of October, 1824
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Printer Allen, Phinehas, 1776-1860
Title A statement of the affairs of the Amherst Institution, on the fourth of October, 1824: compiled from evidence exhibited to the committee of investigation, with affidavits, etc.
Date Issued 1824-12
Dates 1824-10-04
Abstract A pamphlet of an unattributed statement opposing the Collegiate Institution's petition for incorporation based on evidence presented regarding the Charity Fund subscriptions, subscriptions to the fund commonly called the Thirty Thousand Dollar Subscription, and the financial state of the Institution along with testimonies from disgruntled fund subscribers. The appendix to the pamphlet includes written statements or letters from specific fund subscribers: Samuel Austin, John Hooker, James Gould, Thomas Snow, Simeon Ballard, William Ballard, Gideon Moody, Joseph Carew, Jared Hawks, Jr., Henry Sargent, William B. Wesson, Thomas Moody, Jotham Clark, Aaron Smith, Thomas Powers, William Walker, Samuel Warren, Philip Davis, and John Warner. Jona Allen, Samuel Church, Sylvester Maxwell, Charles Ferry, William B. Calhoun, I.C. Bates, Daniel Notes, Daniel Ruggles, Laban Marcy, and William Billings are Justices of the Peace who are noted as having verified statements in the appendix.
Notes Amherst College was conceived out of the previously existing Amherst Academy and was founded in 1821 as the Collegiate Institution. From 1821-1825 the College was known primarily as the Collegiate Institution or the Amherst Institution. In 1825 the institution was granted charter by the Massachusetts State Legislature and was thereafter known as Amherst College.
Physical Description 1 item (36 pages) ; 22 cm
Languages English
Place of Manufacture Pittsfield (Mass.)
Place of Production Boston (Mass.)
Genre Reports
Genre Pamphlets
Genre Testimonies
Subject Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.)
Subject Charity Fund (Amherst, Mass.)
Subject Amherst College – Funds and scholarships
Subject Amherst College – Finance
Subject Amherst College – Charters
Subject Amherst College – History
Part of Amherst College Early History Manuscripts and Pamphlets Collection
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Repository Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Shelf Location Box 1 Folder 99
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