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... volumes , or an average of 131 volumes to a borrower . In Boston , a population of 225,000 with 16,797 borrowers carried away 198,975 volumes , an average of nearly 11 each . In Manchester , 10 per cent . of the population have obtained ...
... volumes , or an average of 131 volumes to a borrower . In Boston , a population of 225,000 with 16,797 borrowers carried away 198,975 volumes , an average of nearly 11 each . In Manchester , 10 per cent . of the population have obtained ...
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... volumes ; the Lower Hall , nearly 29,000 . The collection in the Bates Hall is one of great valuc , indicating comprehensiveness of plan in the selection of books , and being almost equally rich in the departments of general literature ...
... volumes ; the Lower Hall , nearly 29,000 . The collection in the Bates Hall is one of great valuc , indicating comprehensiveness of plan in the selection of books , and being almost equally rich in the departments of general literature ...
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... volumes indispensable to make it complete . No year should be allowed to pass without witnessing some attempt to fill up these deficiencies ; and the Trustees as far as their means will allow steadily keep this object in view . The sum ...
... volumes indispensable to make it complete . No year should be allowed to pass without witnessing some attempt to fill up these deficiencies ; and the Trustees as far as their means will allow steadily keep this object in view . The sum ...
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... volumes , with proper working rooms for the assistants of the Library , and with a room to accommodate the collections in the fine arts . Should this plan be adopted , the Library would have space for 400,000 volumes . A reference to ...
... volumes , with proper working rooms for the assistants of the Library , and with a room to accommodate the collections in the fine arts . Should this plan be adopted , the Library would have space for 400,000 volumes . A reference to ...
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... volumes was received , the whole number was 97,386 . Since then the additions have been from 5,300 to 8,600 volumes a year , so that the Library now contains nearly 153,000 volumes . If , as the Committee hope and trust , private gifts ...
... volumes was received , the whole number was 97,386 . Since then the additions have been from 5,300 to 8,600 volumes a year , so that the Library now contains nearly 153,000 volumes . If , as the Committee hope and trust , private gifts ...
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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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