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Seminary Contract

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Also all of Wright and Roraine's addition to Urbana according to the recorded Plot as recorded in Book " R " of Deeds on page 3X4, in the Recorders office of Champaign County Illinois said plot containing Forty Six and forty eight hundredth (46 48/100) acres including Streets and Alleys said streets and alleys having been heretofore released to the public by said Wright and Romine in said Plot, excepting so much of said plot as is contained in Block " A " lying south of Church Street in said Plot. And at the instance and request of the parties of the Second part and for and in Consideration of the premises and undertaking of the parties of the second part as hereinafter mentioned, have been induced to plot and lay off all of said land into town lots except ^eight acres thereof, and to build and construct upon said eight acres suitable buildings for a Seminary of Learning, for the use and benefit of the parties of the second part and such others as may be entitled thereto as hereinafter provided—The parties of the first part for themselves and for their heirs hereby covenant and agree to and with the parties of the second part their heirs and assigns that in the compliance by the parties of the second part of the covenants hereinafter mentioned on their part to be done and performed they the parties of the first part will within a reasonable time thereafter lay off and Plot all said land except eight (8) acres of the south west qr of the South East quarter of Section Seven (7) Township Nineteen (19) ninth Range Nine (9) East into Town Lots four rods by Eight rods each in dimension, so far as the grounds will admit with suitable Streets and Alleys, corresponding with and making connections with the Streets and Alleys of Champaign City on the East side of the Ills Cent R.R. That they will between the first day of August 1860 and the 15th day of November 1862 upon a plot or piece of the said south west qr of the South East qr Section Seven (7) Township Nineteen (19) North Range Nine (9) East embracing Eight (8) Acres, construct, build and finish for use a Seminary building with substantial Stone foundation and brick walls of equal size capacity and of the general form and model of the Clark Seminary at Aurora, 111. provided Clark Seminary were built of brick to be constructed built and finished with good and fit materials and in a workmanlike manner—