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Land

SUMMARY OP PBOPERTT SALES Acres 1867 1868-1904 City Property Farm Property ...400.0 Total 1904-1920 (Sty Property Item 30, Part of Sec. 12 Farm Property* Total TOTAL ..400 2 24,000 $24,200 . •. Price ••• •

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LIST AND DESCRIPTION OF LANDS ACQUIRED BY THE UNIVERSITY

I. A T URBANA AND CHAMPAIGN IN 1867

1. (13) 44 1867. Commencing at the N W corner of the S W y 4 of S E y 4 of Sec 7, Twp. 19 N R 9 # . , at a stone placed at the intersection of E Main Street and Wright Street as shown by the plat of the Seminary Addition to Urbana recorded in Book " G M page 208 of the records remaining in the Recorder's Office of said Champaign County, running thence E 462 ft.; thence S 700 f t ; thence W 462 ft.; and thence N 700 ft. to the place of beginning, the said property being known as the Seminary Grounds in the City of Urbana. 7.4 acres, $40,000. 2. (7) 1867. Beginning at the N E corner of the S W % of Sec. 18, Twp. 19, R 9 E, 3d P. M., thence W 80 rods to the centre of the north and south road known as the "Cemetery Road" then S along the centre of said road 107.30 rods,

•See note on page 54 "Numbers i s parenthesis indicate the order in which the items appear i s the Comptroller's Bept., June 30, 1918, p. 64