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Amherst College financial subscription notebook, 1822 January 28
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Date Created
1822-01-28
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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.
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1 volume (18 pages) ; 15 x 10 cm
Abstract
An unattributed handwritten subscription notebook for a fund for Amherst College, possibly the Charity Fund. There is introductory text dated January 28, 1822 in which it is stated that the Trustees of the Collegiate Charity Institution in Amherst express their thanks to those who have donated to the Charity Fund and provide information on the buildings that have been erected for the Institution. It states that all of the current or completed building projects including a college building for student accommodations, a house for the president, and a philosophical apparatus, could not have been done without the board going into debt. Thus, the Trustees feel confident that friends of virtue and literature will provide financial aid. Following this text there is a register of subscribers which includes their names, residences, sums to be paid, and four additional columns for the documentation of sums paid each year.
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English
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