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... Library was first appointed . The Hon . JOSIAH QUINCY , Jr. , while Mayor , offered to give $ 5,000 for a Public Library , on condition that the citizens should add $ 10,000 . The offer was not met . On the 12th of March , 1848 , an act ...
... Library was first appointed . The Hon . JOSIAH QUINCY , Jr. , while Mayor , offered to give $ 5,000 for a Public Library , on condition that the citizens should add $ 10,000 . The offer was not met . On the 12th of March , 1848 , an act ...
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... Library , especially in the direction of the popular Branch of that institution . This anxiety was , however ... Library had risen from 258,659 in 1870 and 1871 , the date of foundation of first Branches , to 289,685 . During these four ...
... Library , especially in the direction of the popular Branch of that institution . This anxiety was , however ... Library had risen from 258,659 in 1870 and 1871 , the date of foundation of first Branches , to 289,685 . During these four ...
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... Library . To these departments will be added the most important periodicals pub- lished in this country . In the foreign lending libraries , daily newspapers are sometimes taken ; but the purchase of the newspaper is so general in New ...
... Library . To these departments will be added the most important periodicals pub- lished in this country . In the foreign lending libraries , daily newspapers are sometimes taken ; but the purchase of the newspaper is so general in New ...
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