Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Petition of Stephen Williamson and others, inhabitants of the town of Mercer and vicinity for the incorporation and endowment of a Maine State Seminary, January 1, 1855
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 8
Identifier: CA0282/02
Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
The Maine State Seminary Records includes handwritten materials relating to the founding of the Maine State Seminary, later called Bates College. The collection includes petitions signed by citizens of 14 towns requesting the State incorporate and endow the Maine State Seminary (Jan-Feb 1855); the 1856 bond giving title for the land where Bates College was built, signed by Ammi R. Nash and Alonzo Garcelon; bills and correspondence concerning the construction of Hathorn and Parker halls...
Dates:
January 1, 1855