Senior class petition to add the remainder of the term to senior vacation, 1837 July

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Title	Senior class petition to add the remainder of the term to senior vacation, 1837 July
Dates	1837-07
Abstract	A student petition to the faculty asking that, on account of the feeble health of the president who is also their instructor, the faculty add the remainder of the term to senior vacation, except what may be necessary for the senior examination. The petition is noted as signed by all the members of the senior class in town, and includes the signatures of: Lewis Franklin Clark, Joseph Peckham, Robert Stevens Hitchcock, Daniel Jefferson Poor, William Murdock, Calvin Chapin Bayley, Walter March, Henry Warren Williams, James Green, Uriah Balkam, Andrew Clark Lippitt, Lucian Barbour, Sidney Brooks, Benjamin Franklin Brooks, Joel Edson Rockwell, Daniel Seeds, Stedman Wright Hanks, Rufus Taylor, Nathan Lyndes Lord, Benjamin Mann, Edmund Freeman Waldo, Daniel Rice, Charles Cragin, John Langdon Ashby, James Averill, Austin Cary, Frederick Vinton, Joel Kenney, Sanford Leach, George Bliss Morris, Daniel Warren Poor, Frederick Dickinson, Alender Osmyn Clapp, Samuel Austin Taylor, George Berkley Rowell, Henry Hanmer, Samuel Herman Shipley, John Hagedorn Wells, Morris Holman, William Barrett Reed, Hemingway Jacob Gaylord, Cyrus Egbert Rosenkrans, and Stephen Watkins Clark. After the signatures there is a note, likely written by Heman Humphrey, stating that "the class was informed that the President hoped to hear them as usual and they went on without any interruption to the end of their term."
Physical Description	1 item (4 pages)
Languages	English
Place of Production	Amherst (Mass.)
Genre	Correspondence
Genre	Petitions
Subject	Amherst College – Students
Subject	Amherst College – History
Part of	Amherst College Early History Manuscripts and Pamphlets Collection
Finding Aid	View the finding aid for this item's collection
Repository	Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Shelf Location	Box 1 Folder 53
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