Copy of land scrip no. 2702 for one quarter section, colleges for agriculture and mechanical arts, act of Congress July 2d 1862 for the state of Pennsylvania, 1863 July 22.

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Copy of land scrip no. 2702 for one quarter section, colleges for agriculture and mechanical arts, act of Congress July 2d 1862 for the state of Pennsylvania, 1863 July 22.

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The state of Pennsylvania accepted scrip for 780,000 acres of public lands to sell, the interest on the proceeds to endow, support, and maintain at least one college of agriculture and mechanical arts according to the terms of the Morrill land grant act of 1862.

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