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Col. Isaac Croom

No 185 For the endowment of a Professorship of scientific
& practical agriculture in the Southern University. I
agree to give the Trustee [Nuneq? Tuneny?] the sum of Twenty Five
Thousand dollars upon the following terms and conditions,
as well as for the use and funds here[^in]after enumerated
[viz .?] Where the University shall be a successful operation &
a [? and ?] for the payment of a salary to the
[incumbent?] of [the?] Professorship I will pay for [neat?] purposes
the draw of two thousand dollars per [annum?] to be
made in two equal semi-annual payments in advance
for & during the [tenure? term?] of my natural life - Pro. rata [?]e
[?] to be made when [the?] Chair is not fille[d?]. The
payment of the [principal?] [sum?] of Twenty Five Thousand
Dollars to be paid by my legal [representatives?] after
my death & to remain [intact?] & [inviolabile?] [for?] a [period?]
[most?] [?], [the?] interest of which shall be applied to
[the?] payment of [the?] Salary of [the? this?] Professor, and [allocate?]
[?] accruing during [the?] vacancies, shall be applied to
augment [the?[ principal [sum?].

[In the?] event that [there?] shall be
a [dissolution?] of the Southern University withing [twenty?] [one?]
years after my death, I [give?] this [fund?] [with ?] all [its?]

No 185 For the endowment of a Professorship of scientific & practical agriculture in the Southern University. I agree to give the Trustee [Nuneq] the sum of Twenty Five Thousand dollars upon the following terms and conditions, as well as for the use and funds hereafter enumerated