found: Tyler, W.S. A hist. of Amherst Coll., 1895 (Amherst Academy, the "mother" of Amherst College; trustees of Academy, also trustees of college during early days of college; Academy opened 1814; in 1815 estab. Charity Fund (rec'd contributions from thousands of people throughout NE states) for purpose of providing free instruction to young men seeking ministerial training; cornerstone laid 1820 for Collegiate Institution (on property adjacent to the Academy); in 1824 chartered as Amherst College; in 1815 controversy arose concerning poss. move of Williams College to a more centralized location; also of possible merger of the two colleges; petitions denied by Mass. legis.)
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