Edward Hitchcock letter regarding a Memorial to the legislature, 1848 January 6
Description:
A printed form letter signed by Edward Hitchcock in which he writes that the governments of several Massachusetts colleges will address a memorial to the legislature asking that the School Fund be increased. Hitchcock asks the recipient of the letter to endeavor to obtain subscriptions to the enclosed petition in aid of this "Memorial of the Colleges." A handwritten postscript clarifies where the recipient may send the petition after they have obtained names. The Memorial of the Colleges discussed is included in the pamphlet "Remarks at a hearing before the Joint Committee of Education, 1 February, 1848 in aid of the memorial of the colleges" in Box 5 Folder 18 of this collection.
