History of Oregon, 1848-1888, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of Oregon, 1848-1888, Vol. 2In July 1847 a bond was signed by Wilson, the conditions of which were the forfeiture of or the fulfilment of the following terms: That he should hold in trust the six hundred and forty acres thrown ofl' from the land-claims above mentioned; that he should pay to the missionary society of the Methodist Epis copal church of Oregon and to the Oregon Institute certain sums amounting to that he should use all diligence to perfect a title to the institute claim, and when so perfected convey to the first annual con ference of the Methodist church, which should be established in Oregon by the general conference of the United States, in trust, such title as he himself had obtained to sixty acres known as the 'institute reserve,' on which the institute building was situated for which services he was to receive one third of the money derived from the sale of town lots on the nu reserved rtion of the six hundred and forty acres compri in the Salem town-site and belonging to the several claimants. Under this arrangement, in 1848, Wilson and his wife were residing in the institute building on the reserved sixty acres, Mrs Wilson having charge of the school, while the agency of the town property remained with her husband.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.