Research Guides: Morrill Act of 1862: Contemporary & Primary Sources

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New York Times Historical.
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One article from 1862 wherein Mr. Morrill of Vermont "spoke on donating lands to the several States for establishing Agricultural Colleges." ("House of Representatives." New York Times June 7, 1862: 8.)
Nineteenth (19th) Century U.S. Newspapers.
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Some brief mentionings of the Morrill Act. Look up: agricultural and education and colleges
U.S. Congressional Serial Set.
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Find 46 entries (the Morrill Act and its aftermath) by doing a search for: College Land Grant Act (1862)

This is but a small sampling of material. Many land-grant institutions have put material on the Web about their own specific land-grant story.

Morrill Act (1862).
100 Milestone Documents. Our Documents. See transcript of the Morrill Act.
Morrill Act: Primary Documents in American History. Library of Congress.
Links to materials found in the American Memory Historical Collections and elsewhere. Selected bibliography.
Morrill Act & Land-Grant Universities. LibGuide. Ed Goedeken. Iowa State University Library.
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The Origin of the Land Grant Act of 1862: (The So-Called Morrill Act) and Some Account of Its Author, Jonathan B. Turner.
Edmund J. James. Urbana-Champaign: University Press, 1910. Internet Archive. Read online, PDF, B/W PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Daisy, Full Text DjVu, http. Table of content on p. 7 of PDF.

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