Bound pamphlets regarding the Charity Fund and the founding of Amherst College, 1818-1881
Description:
A volume containing 11 pamphlets "bound at the expense of Mr. Frank W. Stearns." An unattributed typed table of contents is included at the beginning of the volume and there are unattributed handwritten notes on the pamphlets. The pamphlets primarily pertain to the controversy regarding the suggested removal of Williams College from Williamstown, Massachusetts, the proposed chartering of the Collegiate Institution, or the Charity Fund. The pamphlets contain contributions from various individuals, including: Lucius Boltwood, John Morton Greene, Rowland Ayres, Christopher Cushing, Joseph Gowing Kendall, Nathaniel Smith, John Fiske, Hezekiah W. Strong, J.E. Trask, Rufus Graves, Paul Willard, Daniel Davis, Joseph E. Sprague, John Leland, Sherman Leland, Redford Webster, and Zephaniah Swift Moore.
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.
