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Title
Charity Fund register and records book, 1818-1840
Contributor
Creator: Charity Fund (Amherst, Mass.)
Creation Information
Date Created
1818 - 1840
Location
Date Note
This item is undated. The date range provided is drawn from the year of the first subscriptions noted and the year of the last subscription register recorded in the book.
Note
Original volume contains a section of blank pages that were not digitized and are not included in the page count.
Physical Description
1 volume (94 pages) ; 45 cm
Abstract
A Charity Fund administrative records book that contains an historical overview of the establishment of the Fund and its relation to the founding of Amherst College, a copy of the Charity Fund's 1818 Constitution and System of Bylaws, a schedule of Charity Fund subscribers from May 1818 to May 1819, registers titled "State of the original Fund," "Property of the fund secured by real estate with interest to be paid annually," "List of Bonds, Notes, and other securities given as substitutes for a subscription and Bond of Fifteen Thousand dollars executed to the Trustees of Amherst Academy by David Parsons and others, as part of the Fifty Thousand dollar fund of the Collegiate Institution," and "List of Notes, Bonds, etc. belonging to the Charity of Amherst College," a register of property in real estate dated August 23, 1833, a register of "Notes secured by Mortgage, Real estate, and Bank stock," and a final register labeled "Charity Fund of Amherst College" and dated August 24, 1840 with subscriptions organized into categories of real estate, bank stock, notes secured by mortgage, or notes resting on personal security.
Subjects
Shelf Location
Finding Aid
Language
English
Repository
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