ENPages That Mention Isaac Croom
Fairbanks Papers Box 2 Document 1
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Report of the condition of the funds of the University of the South in the hands of A. R. Bell Treasurer for the Diocese of Alabama.
| Donors Names | Amount of Subscription | How Secured &c | Remarks -- |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Croom | 25.000 | His Bond for the endowment of a Professorship of Agriculture when the University shall be in successful operation, and a demand arises for the payment of a Salary to the Incumbent, Principal payable after death | Mr. Croom died some time since, do not know, but presume his Estate is solvent. -- |
| James W. Cook | 5.000 | His notes payable 1st Jany 1862 for 2.000. & for 1000. Ea payable 1st Jany 63, 64, & 65. | Died in Virginia do not know the condition of his Estate Interest due from mat=urity of notes. |
| Thomas B. Taylor | 2.000 | His note payable 1st Jany 1861 | Int due from Maturity |
| A. G. McGehee | .500 | His note payable 1st Jany 1864. | Int due from Maturity |
| A R. Bell | .400 | His notes for $100 Ea payable 10th Jany 1862, 63. 64 & 65. | Interest due from |
| J.J. Seibels | .500 | His note payable 1st Jany 1865 | Int due from Maturity Dead. Est good |
| W G. Farley | .500 | His note payable 19th Jany 1865 | Int due from maturity |
Fairbanks Papers Box 2 Document 10
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University of the South [No 185?] Certificate No
Isaac Croom of the State of Alabama hereby makes a subscription in favor of the University of the South an institution duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Tennessee of the sum of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars payable to the Treasurer of said University for the Diocese of Alabama or to his order as follows — Upon the terms & conditions subject to the limitations & for the uses & purposes & no other specified & set forth in a certain paper [donation?] presented by said [Donor?] to the Trustees of the University of the South at a meeting held by them in the City of Montgomery Alabama in the month of November [----?] 185[7?] for the purpose of endowing a Professorship of ^Scientific & Practi[-] [-]cal Agriculture in said Institution & which document is now in the keeping of the Treasurer of the Diocese of Alabama & to which reference is hereby specially made.
signed Is. Croom
Dated Greensboro Alabama This 5th day of January 1859