The trustees purchased eight acres of land on what is now known as Milledge Avenue.

The trustees purchased neighboring properties for the Asylum in 1879.

The church's trustees purchased its first property in 1815.

When a system of public schools was organized in 1871, the trustees purchased the Institute and used the building as a public school.

The trustees purchased land on Willow Street and built a small wooden church (on the site of the later school building).

The trustees, all free men of color, purchased their first property for a worship place in 1815.

Under Section 8 of the Act, trustees can purchase land "as an investment, for occupation by the beneficiaries or for any other reason".

The town's trustees instead purchased adjacent land belonging to William Petty and laid out the town.

Salomon said that to put its previously reported plan in effect, an independent trustee would purchase the shares on the open market.

In 1949 the trustees purchased all the outstanding shares and debentures.