Subscriptions put into the hands of John Green (August 9, 1819)

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"John Green and Joseph McDowell, Esqs., are appointed as collectors of the funds due the institution in the room of David G. Cowan, who is about absent, and they are authorized to use their discretion as to any coercion to be used in the collection of any monies due the college, and also to receive notes as they may deem expedient." Board of Trustee Minutes, August 5, 1819.

The list are the names assigned to Green of those who had subscribed to the Danville Academy. The money subscribed for the academy, which was never established, was given to the Trustees of Centre College. It formed the initial funds of the new college.

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The following subscriptions put into the hands of John Green Esq. for Collection by order of the Trustees of the Centre College of Kentucky; one fourth being due on the 1st July 1819.


Sevier Tadlock	$100
George Bast	100
M.G. Youce	100	paid 25
John C. Harlan & Co.	100	pd 50
P.G. & G. Rice	100	$25 pd by check
Michl Hope	100
David G. Thomas	100	25 pd
Jesse Coffee	200
Mrs. [Tabitha] Cocke	100	pd 25 by check pd 25 by check
R.D. Crutchfield	100
Thompson Gains	100	$25 pd
M.S. Miller	100
Will Miller	250	$62 1/2 pd
John Fleece jr	100
Wm C. Cowan	100
Evan Rodgers	100
Jacob Boice	50
Robt Russell [i.e. Russel]	100
Stephen Fisher	100
	2100

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	2100
Jonathan Nichols	200
Tho W. Fry	200	$50 pd by order on treasurer
Will Marshall	50
Saml. Davis	50	$25 pd
	2600

J. Barbour Clk p tem [Clerk pro tem]
Augt 9, 1819