the Catholics. A question was asked by the chair relative to the cost of the —which was answered by Er viz about $2000.— It was then concluded that if the Catholics would give $1500.— for it, it would be best to sell it.
The then instructed the Captains of hundreds and fifties to ascertain today and tomorrow the situation of the several companies in regard to means and being prepared to start on the journey and how many can be ready to start in a few days and to prepare themselves to make report in this room next tuesday at 10 A.M.
The council then adjourned to next tuesday morning at this place at 10 o clock—
The Seventies Hall was one of several buildings church leaders had offered to sell or lease to the Catholics. However, in June 1846 the lot containing the Seventies Hall was sold in connection with a vacant city block to James E. Furness from Quincy, Illinois, for $1,400. Just over a year later, William Quarter, the Catholic bishop of Chicago, purchased the lot from Furness for $700. (Historian’s Office, General Church Minutes, 9 Dec. 1845; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, 1817–1917, vol. P, pp. 419–420, 1 June 1846, microfilm 954,602, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Hancock Co., IL, Deed Records, 1817–1917, vol. T, p. 2, 5 July 1847, microfilm 954,604, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.)
Historian’s Office. General Church Minutes, 1839–1877. CHL