Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Brown Alumni Monthly, Vol. 58: November, 1957
Months, even years of suspense, ended that morning in Superior Court in Providence when sealed bids for the Dexter property were Opened. Brown University's offer of was the highest by a quarter of a million. Because it was so fair and generous a bid, Judge Patrick P. Curran promptly directed the City to accept it and to sell to Brown the 39 acres of the l3o-year - old poor farm.
In this one transaction the University acquired a unique parcel of undeveloped land which is almost half as large as its previous central holdings. No wonder there was incredible relief among the officers and friends of the University when the outcome was known. No wonder the bell on u.h. Was rung right after noon Chapel to signal the victory, only one token of a great jubilation. The Herald editorially saluted the Three Lucky Sevens. The whole town seemed to share in the University's delight.
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