Histoire de la ville de Upper Winchendon (Comté de Worcester, Mass.) : à partir de la subvention d'Ipswich Canada, en 1735, à l'heure actuelle . ee a rédigé un rapport. En ce qui concerne les conditions du don de l'Académie, ils ont signalé comme suit : ? La ville est entrée en possession des biens de la manière suivante.Dans le dernier testament du défunt Éphraïm Murdock, Esq., est l'élément suivant : J'ordonne par les présentes que le bâtiment de l'académie dans la région de Upper Winchendon dit,et le terrain clôturé autour dudit bâtiment, être utilisés et occupés pour aschool, gratuitement, aussi longtemps que la ville, ou d'administration de l'Académie dit, shallca

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History of the town of Winchendon (Worcester County, Mass.) : from the grant of Ipswich Canada, in 1735, to the present time . ee made a report. In relation to the conditions ofthe gift of the Academy, they reported as follows: ? The town came in possession of the property in the following manner.In the last will and testament of the late Ephraim Murdock, Esq., is the fol-lowing item : I hereby order that the Academy building in said Winchendon, and the ground enclosed around said building, be used and occupied for aschool, free of rent, so long as the town, or Trustees of said Academy, shallcause a good school to be kept therein, and the building, and fence around theenclosure, to be kept in good repair; and upon the failure of the town of Win-chendon, or the Trustees of said Academy, to perform these conditions, thensaid Academy building and land to revert to my heirs. This clause to be con-strued reasonably ; a continued neglect in the particulars only to work a for-feiture. The committee considered the house entirely inadequate for a HighSchool, but did not agree on any special recommendation. Messrs. O.. HISTORY OF WDTCHENDON. 223 Mason, B. D. Whitney and G. B. Raymond were chosen a committeeto examine and get up a plan for a High School building. On motionof Rev. George A. Litchfield, it was voted that the town purchase threeand three-quarters acres of land recently offered by E. Murdock, Jr., for $1000, for High School purposes. The meeting was then adjournedto August -t, at which time there were not persons enough present towarrant the clerk in calling the meeting to order, he, in the words ofthe Records, considering the meeting dead for want of friends. Atthe annual meeting, March 5, 1867, the committee chosen by the townat a meeting held on the loth day of November, 1366, to confer withE. Murdock, Jr., in regard to giving a title to the property referred toby the vote of the town, July 20, 1866, reported in these words: They have had a conference with Capt. Mu

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