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Charter (1815)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Acta Universitas Georgiopolitanae [Acts of Georgetown University]. A Die 28 Julii Anni 1825

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-000580
Scope and Contents Includes text of 1815 Federal charter, 1844 corporate charter, decree of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith re awarding Doctorates in Scared Theology (S.T.D.s), 1833. Also listing of honorary degrees awarded from John Tuomy in 1821 to Thomas Watson in 1951. Includes honorary degree citations (including for James Brown Scott and W. Coleman Nevils, S.J., October 27, 1928, J. Edgar Hoover, June 6, 1939, and Prince Abdul Ilan, the Regent of Iraq, May 31, 1945 -- with...
Dates: 1825-1951

Charter, 1815 and 1844 (Reproductions)

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-130116
Scope and Contents

Contains copies of 1815 Federal Charter signed by James Madison (photostatic and print-out of scan) and of 1844 Corporate Charter signed by John Tyler (photostatic). Three additional copies of the 1815 Federal Charter located in map case 1 drawer 4. Inlcudes two photostatic copie from the National Archives with seal and one large print out from scan.

Dates: 1956, 2012 and undated