Student petition for a band and proposed constitution, 1836 March
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| Title | Student petition for a band and proposed constitution, 1836 March |
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| Dates | 1836-03 |
| Abstract | A student petition to the faculty asking that they be permitted to organize a society called the Amherst College Band under the proposed constitution provided with the petition. The petition is signed by five students: David Sewall Oliphant, Frederick Augustus Fiske, James Hovey, William Thomas Doubleday, and Jonathan Amos Fowler. An unattributed note on the document states "Petition for a College Band- March 1836- Not Granted." |
| Physical Description | 1 item (4 pages) |
| Languages | English |
| Place of Production | Amherst (Mass.) |
| Genre | Correspondence |
| Genre | Constitutions |
| Genre | Petitions |
| 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 52 |
| Rights | Public Domain: We believe this material to be in the public domain and free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. While Amherst College Archives & Special Collections claims no rights or authority over this material, we do ask that any publication or use of this material cite the Archives & Special Collections at Amherst College as the source of the images and the repository where the original documents can be found. |