July 2, 1862

Congress passed the act donating 240,000 acres of land to Wisconsin for establishing an agricultural college.

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RegionJuly 1862Month

Rev. Samuel Fallows preached at the Methodist Episcopal Church at Oshkosh.

CountyJuly 1862Month

The First National Bank of Janesville obtained a new charter (No. 2748).

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Nation & worldJuly 2, 1862

Congress passed the act donating 240,000 acres of land to Wisconsin for establishing an agricultural college.

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The State school fund apportioned was $151,816.34; total amount expended during the year for the support of public schools, $1,036,068.57 ; cash value of school houses and sites, $1,669,770.06. An act of Congress, passed July 2d, 1862, donates to Wisconsin 240,000 acres of land for the purpose of establishing an agricultural college, in which it is intended to join a military education with other parts.

Love, William DeLoss. Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion: A History of All Regiments and Batteries the State Has Sent to the Field. Chicago: Church and Goodman, 1866. Cornell University Library copy, Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924095623637.PDF p. 50 / book p. 32

1862 / July 2

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July 2, 1862

Congress passed the act donating 240,000 acres of land to Wisconsin for establishing an agricultural college.

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The evidence

Nation & worldJuly 2, 1862

Congress passed the act donating 240,000 acres of land to Wisconsin for establishing an agricultural college.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

The State school fund apportioned was $151,816.34; total amount expended during the year for the support of public schools, $1,036,068.57 ; cash value of school houses and sites, $1,669,770.06. An act of Congress, passed July 2d, 1862, donates to Wisconsin 240,000 acres of land for the purpose of establishing an agricultural college, in which it is intended to join a military education with other parts.