But I agreed at the same time to subscribe five thousand dollars on the subscription book of the Church towards erecting it.

So that I am now sole owner of the store and cellar under the Chapel--the Church has no ownership there at all--but the Church is legal owner of this Chapel and all the rooms above it.

The Church appointed me their agent to build the house, and as such I have made all the contracts, paid out all the monies, and assumed all the liabilities.
Before commencing the building, as before stated, my own subscription was...................................$5,000 My brother, J.C.Crane, from whom I expected efficient personal aid, gave..1,000 Bro.

Franklin Wilson,..................1,000 A.Fuller Crane,.........................500 John W.Ball,............................250 J.B.Thomas,............................100 Among our colored friends, about.........200 -- ---- Amounting to, say,....................$8,050 Since that time, the pressure on the money market has prevented any general effort to obtain subscriptions, but a city pastor has subscribed..............................$150 A sister of the First Baptist Church.....100 Bro.

Jonathan Batchelor, of Lynn, Mass...100 -- ---- Making in all, a total of.............$8,400 The entire cost of the building, notwithstanding the most rigid economy, will be over eighteen thousand dollars, and full half of this amount is yet unprovided for.