Chairman of the Trustees of the Public Library, had a
communication to present to the City Council.

Judge Ware said that he appeared before the Council at the
request of Honorable Rodney Wallace, who, previous to his
departure for the South, left with him the following
communication which gave him pleasure and gratification to be
able to present to the City Council:

_To His Honor, the Mayor and the City Council of the City of
Fitchburg_;

GENTLEMEN:--The subscriber has felt for a long time that a
building with proper appurtenances for our Public Library here
in Fitchburg was much needed, and makes the following
proposition, viz:

I propose to convey by proper deed to the city of Fitchburg my
lot of land situated at the corner of Main street and Newton
place, and to expend, with the advice and approval of the
Trustees of the Public Library, within the next two years, a sum
not less than forty thousand dollars ($40,000) in erecting a
building on said lot; said building to be under the care and
management of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library for
the time being, and to be used for a Free Public Library,
Reading Rooms and Art Gallery, and for no other purpose.

And it is understood that the city government, accepting these
donations for the above purposes, shall assume and bear the
current expenses of said building, grounds and appurtenances,
after the Library building shall have been completed and
furnished.

If the above proposition is accepted I shall proceed to carry
out the same as soon as it can conveniently be done.

RODNEY WALLACE.
FITCHBURG, March 17, 1884.

Mayor Davis said this act on the part of our esteemed fellow
citizen calls forth the profound gratitude of all the
inhabitants of our city. I cannot allow this opportunity to pass
without expressing my thanks, as a citizen, for the munificent
gift. May his life be long and his prosperity increasing.

The following order, introduced by Mayor Davis, was then
unanimously adopted:

_Ordered_, That the City of Fitchburg accept the donation of
Honorable Rodney Wallace to it of the lot of land on the corner
of Main street and Newton place, and the Library building to be
erected by him thereon, upon the conditions and in accordance
with the terms and provisions contained in his