Download or read book Resolve on the Petition of the President and Fellows of Harvard University written by Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Upon the petition of the President and Fellows of Harvard University, praying for a grant of money to enable them to erect a fire proof building for the library of said University, it has been made to appear, that the said library is deposited in rooms insufficient for its proper location and arrangement, and where it is in imminent danger of destruction by fire--and the said corporation have no funds which they can rightfully appropriate for the erection of a suitable building for its safe keeping and arrangement ... Resolved ... there be allowed and paid out of the Treasury of this Commonwealth, to the Treasurer of Harvard University, for the purpose of erecting a fire proof building for the library of said University, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ... for eight successive years ..."--Page [1]-2.