Hezekiah Wright Strong letter to unidentified recipient, 1839 October 30

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Creator	Strong, Hezekiah Wright, 1768-1848
Title	Hezekiah Wright Strong letter to unidentified recipient, 1839 October 30
Dates	1839-10-30
Abstract	H.W. (Hezekiah Wright) Strong, an Overseer of the Charity Fund, letter to an unidentified recipient, possibly Thomas Bond, in which Strong writes about his concerns regarding the Charity Fund and its Financier, Lucius Boltwood. He states that the Prudential Committee of the Trustees of Amherst College met on the subject of the Financier's conduct, and he writes what the Committee reported of this meeting. Strong believes more should be done than what the committee recommended, and provides his recommendations mentioning the McFarland loan and Deacon Flagg. Strong states that he asked President Heman Humphrey for the Committee's report, but Humphrey would only read it to him. He writes that he believes a meeting should be called before Commencement and requests that the recipient sign the enclosed application or make one of his own and send it to General Town. The enclosure note no longer accompanies this item.
Physical Description	1 item (2 pages) ; 24 x 20 cm
Languages	English
Place of Production	Amherst (Mass.)
Genre	Correspondence
Subject	Charity Fund (Amherst, Mass.)
Subject	Boltwood, Lucius, 1792-1872
Subject	Strong, Hezekiah Wright, 1768-1848 – Correspondence
Subject	Amherst College – Funds and scholarships
Subject	Amherst College – Finance
Subject	Amherst College – History
Part of	Amherst College Early History Collection
Finding Aid	View the finding aid for this item's collection
Repository	Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Shelf Location	Box 3 Folder 6
Rights	No Copyright - United States