Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Minutes of the Thirty-Fourth Anniversary of the Alabama Baptist State Convention: Held at Marion, April 10-13, 1857, and of the Alabama Bap; Bible Society, Held at the Same Time and Place
Last year it was reported that the Ladies of Marion had presented to the College $450 to purchase a Telescope. Since then. They have with their usual liberality, Increased the sum to The instrument has been made by Clark. Of Boston, and its arrival is daily expected. It will be ac cessary to erect an observatory building for Its reception. The Board con gratuiate the-convention on the prospect of possessing for Its College such a Telescope. There are only seven colleges in the United States out of one hundred and twenty seven. Which own larger Instruments.
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