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In the United States of America the national endowments of the Faith, already representing one and three- quarter million dollars of assets, and established through a series of Indentures of Trust, created in 1928, 1929, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1941 and 1942 by the National Spiritual Assembly in that country, acting as Trustees of the American Baha'i Community, now include the land and structure of the Mashriqu'l- Adhkar, and the caretaker's cottage in Wilmette, Ill.; the adjoining Haziratu'l- Quds (Baha'i National Headquarters) and its supplementary administrative office; the Inn, the Fellowship House, the Baha'i Hall, the Arts and Crafts Studio, a farm, a number of cottages, several parcels of land, including the holding on Monsalvat, blessed by the footsteps of Abdu'l- Baha, in Green Acre, in the state of Maine; Bosch House, the Baha'i Hall, a fruit orchard, the Redwood Grove, a dormitory and Ranch Buildings in Geyserville, Calif.; Wilhelm House, Evergreen Cabin, a pine grove and seven lots with buildings at West Englewood, N.J., the scene of the memorable Unity Feast given by Abdu'l- Baha, in June, 1912, to the Baha'is of the New York Metropolitan district; Wilson House, blessed by His presence, and land in Malden, Mass.; Mathews House and Ranch Buildings in Pine Valley, Colo.; land in Muskegon, Mich., and a cemetery lot in Portsmouth, N.H.
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