. The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six . ons; but in this table no account is made of transac-tions which did not relate to land now in possession of theuniversity : — 54 separate purchases. 7 separate re-purchases of land previous^ sold by the University. 8 separate devises and gifts. 1 gift or purchase (Bradish lot on Holyoke Street,—mode of acquisi-tion uncertain).25 separate sales. 4 separate sales of land, the whole or part of which was afterwardbought back. 7 or more contributions, or takings by the town or city, for laying outor widening streets. 1 taking by the city for par
. The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six . ons; but in this table no account is made of transac-tions which did not relate to land now in possession of theuniversity : — 54 separate purchases. 7 separate re-purchases of land previous^ sold by the University. 8 separate devises and gifts. 1 gift or purchase (Bradish lot on Holyoke Street,—mode of acquisi-tion uncertain).25 separate sales. 4 separate sales of land, the whole or part of which was afterwardbought back. 7 or more contributions, or takings by the town or city, for laying outor widening streets. 1 taking by the city for park purposes. 107 transactions. Of this area of 82y3^5- acres, the town gave 3|-f acres. Therest of the area is the result of purchases, devises, and othergifts, offset in some measure by sales, contributions from col-lege land to streets, and takings by the town or city. The College Yard — as the inclosure between MassachusettsAvenue and Broadway, Peabody Street and Quincy Street iscalled — was acquired in twelve parcels in the course of two. THE COLLEGE ESTATE. 143 centuries, that is, between 1638 and 1835. The delta on whichMemorial Hall stands was bought in two parcels between 1786and 1816, one of these parcels having been procured in oneof the College Yard transactions. After these purchases weremade, Cambridge Street and Broadway were laid out throughthem. The land north of Cambridge Street and south of Ever-ett Street was bought in thirteen parcels between 1816 and1839. Before many years had elapsed, considerable portions ofthis land were sold ; and there have been seven re-purchases ofparts of the parcels thus sold. In this region the President andFellows once owned more than twice the area which they nowown; but the sales made by the college were nevertheless judi-cious ; for land within this region has been repeatedly boughtback at prices less than those for which it was sold by the col-lege with compound interest at five per cent, computed the laud p
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