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Show 2 <br> securing from Messrs. Peyton and Siris the offer* a conditional gift** of a most beautiful and valuable college site of 80 acres, a thing which the Trustees had lobbied for more than three years to secure - <br> In view of the important sessions of Dr. Jackson in helping to secure, to the college, the valuable property known as the Temple Estate in Washington - <br> In view of the fact that in January 1899, of the urgent request of the Trustees he deeded to the college, as he says*, his two most valuable pieces of real estate in Washington D.C., one of which, as he states, he fully expected, in due time, he fully expected* to realize the $50,000 he had pledged to the college, on the ground that only three years before he had been offered $40,000 in cash for one of these pieces, (but which together cannot be sold for $50,000 at the present time because of the depressed value of real estate in Washington)* <br> In view, further, of the statement <br><br><br> * The following asterisked phrases are crossed out by author: "the most valuable", "College", "the offer", "as he says", "he fully expected", "(but which together…in Washington)", "therefore, with the…September 1st, 1901.", "valuable property" <br> ** handwritten inserts in pencil while the rest of the document is handwritten in ink. <br><br> |
