Historical Sketch of Iowa College (Classic Reprint)

Name: Historical Sketch of Iowa College (Classic Reprint)
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By Magoun, George Frederic

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Excerpt from Historical Sketch of Iowa College<br/><br/>The original site of the College was on the blufi in Davenport overlooking the river. The first building is now the residence of S. S. Gillett, Esq. In 1854 the city having laid out a street through the grounds, destroying their use for College purposes, and declining to vacate it on request of the Trustees, they were obliged to remove to a new location her back. A fine stone building was there erected, and aboarding house of wood. The new grounds were of great beauty, containing nearly ten acres, part of which however was granted to the public for adjacent streets. In 1857 the city took steps to extend a street through these grounds, and in 1858 it was decided to dispose of them and again remove. The funds of the College were insufficient to make needed improvements, or sustain the Faculty, Â now consisting of four profess ors, Â the unsettled condition of things prevented p gress, through misrepresentation and breach of trust by the financial officer the treasury had become helplessly embarred, and in 1859 the property was sold to Bish op H. W. Lee and others for an Episcopal College, the first of the proceeds being devoted to liquidating the debts. Proposals were invited for a new site.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 12
Release Date:: 2018-08-24
Publication Date:: 2018-08-24
Publisher:: Forgotten Books
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 0266137512

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