The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. More information can be found via www.amdigital.co.uk
If you believe you should have access to this document, click here to Login.
| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05926 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | An act donating public lands to the several state & territories, which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture & the mechanic arts |
| Date | ca. 1866 |
| Author | Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870) |
| Document Type | Land transaction document; Government document |
| Content Description | A copy of the Morril Land Grant act, granting public lands to individual states for the building of agricultural colleges, written by Robert E. Lee. The act, passed in 1862, offered states 30,000 acres of public land per Congressman from that state, to be used as an endowment to build agricultural and mechanical schools. Lee, who following the war became the President of Washington College (now Washington and Lee), was heavily engaged in trying to raise funds to rebuild education in the decimated South. In January of 1866 Lee met with the Committee on Education of the Virginia Legislature in an attempt to raise funds for education. It is likely that this document was written during this period when Lee was heavily involved in raising money for education. |
| People | Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Agriculture; Education; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |