Picket acquires at the cost of 858.25 dollars a 250 acre plot which is a section of the Late Oneida Reservation. Writing on the reverse, dated 25 July 1812, passes control of the mortgaged premises contained in the deed to the Trustees of Hamilton College.
Announcement of opening of academy, statement of purpose, requests for funds from "the Honorable Board of Commissioners for propagating Christian Knowledge among the Indian."
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Description: Text also found in "Documentary History of Hamilton College," 1922, p. 75.
Fairfield Trustees ask Hamilton Oneida Trustees to send 1-2 delegates for a convention to deal with state aid. The meeting is scheduled for next winter.