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... cent . , and has been placed in a condition to continue to increase from year to year in proportion with the most desirable portions of the city . In explanation of the delay in presenting such an important matter near the close of the ...
... cent . , and has been placed in a condition to continue to increase from year to year in proportion with the most desirable portions of the city . In explanation of the delay in presenting such an important matter near the close of the ...
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... cent . of the population have obtained permission to borrow books ; in Boston , about 72 per cent . , which percentage has since largely increased . Thus , for the reasons just stated , a smaller proportion of residents borrow , on the ...
... cent . of the population have obtained permission to borrow books ; in Boston , about 72 per cent . , which percentage has since largely increased . Thus , for the reasons just stated , a smaller proportion of residents borrow , on the ...
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... cent . of the books it contains are works of English prose fiction , including " juveniles " ; and the circulation of these is three - quarters of the whole circulation of the Lower Hall . We thus have a library , containing in both ...
... cent . of the books it contains are works of English prose fiction , including " juveniles " ; and the circulation of these is three - quarters of the whole circulation of the Lower Hall . We thus have a library , containing in both ...
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... cent . more than it was in 1859 , while the losses were 300 per cent . more . The old system was thus abandoned , because it was a demoralizing system , a system which encouraged theft more than it diffused enlightenment . Under the new ...
... cent . more than it was in 1859 , while the losses were 300 per cent . more . The old system was thus abandoned , because it was a demoralizing system , a system which encouraged theft more than it diffused enlightenment . Under the new ...
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... cent . The use in August was 92 per cent . of that of July . In August there were 62 volumes taken home daily from the Bates Hall . The highest use of the Lower Hall in one day was Saturday , the 28th , when 646 issues were made ; the ...
... cent . The use in August was 92 per cent . of that of July . In August there were 62 volumes taken home daily from the Bates Hall . The highest use of the Lower Hall in one day was Saturday , the 28th , when 646 issues were made ; the ...
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100 A parcel amount avenue basin Board bounded as follows bridge building cent channel Charles River City of Boston committee commonwealth containing one thousand cost court dollars eastwardly Edward effect eighteen expense extended fifteen fifty five flats foot formerly belonging forty four George give Hall harbor heirs Henry Hill houses hundred increase James John Joseph laid less Library loan Mary mean measuring twenty nine Northeast northeastwardly by land Northwest parcel of land park persons portion present Printed proposed Public purchase question Railroad reference Samuel seven side sixty Southeast southwest square feet street Suffolk taken thirty Thomas tion trustees twenty feet volumes wardly by land Washington westwardly by land White whole widening
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| Title | Documents of the City of Boston, Volume 3 |
| Author | Boston (Mass.). City Council |
| Published | 1870 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Oct 2011 |
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