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WALTER M. SEWARD ESTATE

The President reported that the University had received an offer for several lots in
Petersburg which had been bequeathed the University in the Seward estate. The University has
held these lots for more than fifteen years, and it is the recommendation of the attorney for the
University that they be sold. The President and the attorney for the University were authorized
to negotiate with the Fort Abbott Corporation of Petersburg and if a satisfactory offer can be
obtained, to sell the lots