Collegiate Institution faculty resolution regarding the senior class examinations, 1824 May 10
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A document stating that at a meeting of the faculty of the Collegiate Institution on May 10, 1824 it was voted that the late examination of the senior class "has given good satisfaction" and that this result should be communicated to the class by the president of the Institution. The document is signed by Heman Humphrey by order of the faculty. A note on the back of the document states "Result of the May examination 1824."
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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.
