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The query naturally arose as to what disposition was made of 
the endowment money and property. Through the good offices 
of Judge Thomas I. Chatfield, of the United States District 
Court, Brooklyn, a search was made for the records of deeds of 
the property comprising the site of the proposed garden. The 
following transfers are recorded in the Hall of Records, county 
of Kings, New York State. 
Deed, Bargain and Sale: Dated and acknowledged April 30, 
1855. Recorded May 5, 1855. Liber 393, c.p. 544, h.g A .M. 
Grantors: Thomas Hunt and Emeline Sibella, his wife. Gran- 
tees: Brooklyn Hunt Botanical and Horticultural Garden of the 
County of Kings. Located as follows: In the 8th ward, begin- 
ning at the intersection of the center line of 57th St. and the 
center line of 5th Ave., thence south 260 ft., to the center line of 
58th St., thence east along the center line of 58th St. 780 ft. to the 
center line of 6th Ave., thence north along the center line of 
6th Ave. 260 ft. to the center line of 57th St., thence west along 
the center line of 57th St., 780 ft., to the point of beginning. 
The grantor conveys the above premises on the condition that it 
remain as long as used by the grantee; otherwise said premises is 
to revert to the grantors; or if the grantee shall remove from said 
premises, then the same is to revert to the grantor or his heirs. 
Similarly (Liber 393, c.p. 547-550), on the same date, Wil- 
liam C. Langley and Sarah A. H. Langley, his wife, convey the 
premises on 58th and 50th Sts., between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, 
Brooklyn, on the condition that it remain as a horticultural gar- 
den only; and Henry A. Kent and Sarah W. Kent, his wife 
(Liber 393, ¢.p. 550-552) convey the property on 59th and 6oth 
Sts., between Fifth. and Sixth Avenues, also on the condition 
that the property remains as a horticultural garden only, reserv- 
ing the right to 30 ft. on the south for a street (now 6oth St.). 
Evidently the terms of the deeds were not, or could not be 
complied with, for in Liber 426, c.p. 542, it is recorded (June 26, 
1856), that on April 10, 1856, the Brooklyn Hunt Botanical and 
Horticultural Garden of the County of Kings gave to Thomas 
Hunt a quit claim deed of the property donated by him the pre- 
ceding April; and quit claim deeds (as of April 10, 1856) from 
the Garden to William C. Langley (Liber 427, c.p. 33-34, June 26, 
