[p.1, line 1] We the undersigned agree to pay the sums set
2 to our names respectively for the erection
3 of a church edifice in the village of Wilmette
4 according to the following conditions, to wit:
5 [Section numbered] 1 These subscriptions shall be due and pay-
6 able provided the entire amount secured on
7 subscription shall be at least four [in pencil]
8 thousand dollars
9 [Section numbered] 2 They shall be payable as follows, namely:
10 one third [1/3] when the work is commenced, one
11 third [1/3] when the building is roofed and en-
12 closed and one third when it is com-
13 pleted ready for occupancy.
14 [Section numbered] 3 The location of the church shall be
15 fixed by the concurring vote of so many
16 of these subscribers as shall represent
17 at least two thirds [2/3] of the whole amount
18 subscribed.
19 [Section numbered] 4 The church shall for the present be held
20 in trust by the Executive Committee of
21 the Wilmette Evangelical Association namely
22 John Stevenson, Alexander McDaniel, John
23 D. Brown, Samuel M. Dingee and Thomas B. Mor-
24 ris and their successors in office and shall
25 be used and occupied under their direction.
26 [Section numbered] 5 The subscriptions that may be made on
27 this paper shall be for the ultimate and
28 permanent benefit of such religious denom-
29 inations as each subscriber here shall des-
[p.2, line 1] ignate at the time of making his subscription
2 as hereinafter provided: and if any amounts
3 are left undirected they shall be divided
4 in the same proportion as those here designated.
5 [Section numbered] 6 Whenever any denomination mentioned in
6 this subscription and represented here to an
7 amount not less than one fifth [1/5] of the whole
8 shall see fit to organize a church and un-
9 dertake the maintenance of stated public
10 worship in the village of Wilmette it may
11 give notice of a desire to terminate this co-
12 partnership in church property to the Evan-
13 gelical Association of Wilmette or the officers
14 thereof. Then one of two courses shall be open
15 to the Association. First either to pay back to
16 the representatives of such denomination the
17 money that has actually been paid in in its
18 interest, or Second within six months of the
19 time of giving such notice this co-partnership
20 shall cease and determine and the following
21 steps shall be taken, to wit:
[Subsection numbered] (1) The committee having the temporary guard-
22 ianship of the property shall proceed to sell
23 it at public auction on the premises public
24 notice of the time and place of sale having
25 been given for at least four weeks by posting
26 up such notice in four of the most public
27 places in Wilmette.
[p.3, line 1] [Subsection numbered] (2) They shall divide the proceeds of such sale
2 among the religious denominations represented
3 in this copartnership according to the a-
4 mounts actually paid in in their interest
5 giving to each [damaged] prorated [underlined] share.
6 [Subsection numbered] (3) These amounts shall be paid to the
7 trustees of such denominations in Wil-
8 mette provided churches have been organ-
9 ized and Trustees elected otherwise they shall
10 be paid to the Trustees of the First Church
11 of each of these denominations respectively
12 in the town of Evanston to be held sacredly
13 in trust to be used for the erection of church
14 edifices for the benefit of such denomination
15 in the village of Wilmette.
16 [Subsection numbered] (4) Should any denomination become the
17 purchaser of this church property at such
18 sale, when it shall have complied with the
19 conditions above specified the Trustees or
20 Executive Committee of the Evangelical
21 Association of Wilmette shall convey
22 the property to them to be held by them
23 for their sole use and benefit.
24 To all of which above mentioned condit-
25 ions we hereby agree, and on these conditions
26 we agree to pay the sums set to our re-
27 spective names
28 Dated this 12th day of July, 1872.
[p.4 handwritten sheet contains four columns: date and amount paid,names,preferred
denomination,and amount pledged]
1 Feb 29 paid $100 L. L. Greenleaf Congregational $450.00
2 Mar 15 paid $25 C. D. Paul Protestant Episcopal $125.00
July 5 paid $57
3 July 12 paid $100 Isaac R. Hitt Methodist Episcopal $125.00
100 paid
4 April 18, 1873 [illegible] Congregational $125.00
Paid 50
July 5
Paid 50
5 Paid July 29/73 C. H. Morse Congregational $250.00
$250 [?] L. L. Greenleaf
6 Paid $66.66 Dawson Kerr Jr. [?] Methodist Episcopal $100.00
August 9th 1873
7 Oct 25/ 73 E. R Paul Baptist $100.00
Paid in full Feb 24
Paid $35
Paid $35 $70=
Paid $30
Babtist [Baptist] $625.00
8 Aug 4 paid Henry A. Dingee Protestant Episcopal $450.00
$850.75
[Page mending makes some text illegible]
9 Paid $800.00 A. McDaniel Methodist paid $800.00
10 paid $100 J. G. Westerfield Baptist paid $100.00
11 S. V. Kline $100.00
12 July 31, paid $50 Obadiah Huse [?] Methodist pd 35$ Nov.14 $200
Paid $25
October 2, paid $15 January 29th [18]74 paid 50 dollars
13 Methodist John H. Foster has paid $50- paid $50
14 Paid $50 John Culver Methodist $50
15 Paid $10 Jared Gage Methodist $10
16 Paid $10 John Doig $10
17 Paid 10 Charles McDaniel [check mark] $10
18 Paid $25.0 [illegible] Protestant Episcopal $25
19 C. P. [Charles Pomeroy] Westerfield Baptist $20
20 L. Hibbard [ditto
mark] $20
21 paid by credit} Mich Smith [ditto mark] $15
on bill for parity [?]
22 Paid by hauling Sam [?] Mahoney [ditto mark] $10
[handling?] gravel
[page 5 handwritten sheet contains four columns: date and amount paid, names, preferred
denomination, and amount pledged]
1 Paid by A. T. Sherman Congregationalist $15.00
store for ch [church?]
2 Paid July 22 [18]74 L. L. Greenleaf Baptist $100.00
3 Paid $10 Mrs. S. M. Dingee Methodist $20 paid
Aug 7 pd $10
4 Paid $10 Mr. S. M. Dingee Do [Ditto] $20 paid
Aug 7 pd $10
5 Aug 6 paid $10 C. A. Vail Presbyterian $10 paid
6 Paid Oct 9th 1874 M. A. Gedney Methodist $1000 [no
decimal]
7 paid $7[?] Mrs. A. L. Glidden Baptist $10.00
8 John Stevenson [check mark] $10.00
9 paid $25 Lambert Blum Methodist $25. paid
10 paid $200 A. McDaniel Methodist $200.00
11 Nov 3 paid $10 T.[?] C. Griffith Congregationalist $20.00
12 paid $25 Lambert Blum paid in brick, Methodist $20.00
Sept 23
13 Paid $25 Henry Curtis Prodistant Episcapal [sic]$25.00
14 Paid by note $125 C. D. Paul [ditto] $25.00
[illegible] 29, 187[?]
15 paid Sept 17 $25 [illegible] [no mark] $25.00
16 Oct 2[?]paid $38.[?]Henry A. Dingee Baptist $200.00
Van [?] paid 51.00
[ditto]
10.[?]5
[ditto]100 [bracket enclosing four numbers for entry 16 ] $200 paid
2,901.41 paid [numbers for entry 16 written in pencil]
17 Oct paid $25 S. V. Kline [check mark] $25.00
18 Oct 25 Paid $13 S. J. S[en?]da[m?]t 2 Kegs 3 Nails $13.00
Co. b.650 m.650
19 paid $27.10 NorthWestern R R Refunded 1/3, of Freight $27.10
Com. money on lumber
20 paid in cornice J. G. [John G.] Westerfield Baptist $190
lightning rod &
putting up scaffolds
[Cover] Agreement and Subscrip[tion] [damaged]
2 to build a church [damaged]
3 Wilmette [,] Ill[inois]
4 July 12, 1872
Wilmette Evangelical Association subscription list, 1873
Description
- Media Type
- Text
- Image
- Item Type
- Documents
- Notes
- A list of donors follows an agreement to establish the Wilmette Evangelical Association. Money was used to build a co-operative church at Lake and Wilmette Avenues, in Wilmette. The list includes the names of Wilmette's leading land developers and village fathers, each listed with the amount of the subscription and religious denomination.
- Date of Publication
- 1873
- Subject(s)
- Corporate Name(s)
- Wilmette Evangelical Association
- Local identifier
- Document 14
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to United States law. No restrictions on use.
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