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Page 10
... library in the world . " In a popula- tion of 338,722 in the City of Manchester , there were last year 35,336 borrowers ( including suburban residents ) , who took from the library 477,544 volumes , or an average of 131 volumes to a ...
... library in the world . " In a popula- tion of 338,722 in the City of Manchester , there were last year 35,336 borrowers ( including suburban residents ) , who took from the library 477,544 volumes , or an average of 131 volumes to a ...
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... Library permits the institution to make known the great value of its additions in the past three years . Originally based , and still adminis- tered upon the principle of supplying the largest number of books useful to the largest ...
... Library permits the institution to make known the great value of its additions in the past three years . Originally based , and still adminis- tered upon the principle of supplying the largest number of books useful to the largest ...
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... Library , it is re- quired that a Committee of five persons , elected from the citizens of Boston , with a member of the board of Trustees as chair- man , shall annually examine the Library , and report generally on its condition and ...
... Library , it is re- quired that a Committee of five persons , elected from the citizens of Boston , with a member of the board of Trustees as chair- man , shall annually examine the Library , and report generally on its condition and ...
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... Library is almost 153,000 , show ing an increase for the year of 8,685 , a larger number than has been added , by the ordinary means of increase , in any other year since its establishment . The Upper or Bates Hall now con- tains almost ...
... Library is almost 153,000 , show ing an increase for the year of 8,685 , a larger number than has been added , by the ordinary means of increase , in any other year since its establishment . The Upper or Bates Hall now con- tains almost ...
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... Library in the Bates Hall , it must still be remembered that it is large only as compared with the other libraries in the country , and not as compared with the great libraries of Europe . In almost every department a specialist would ...
... Library in the Bates Hall , it must still be remembered that it is large only as compared with the other libraries in the country , and not as compared with the great libraries of Europe . In almost every department a specialist would ...
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100 A parcel 25 feet 50 feet avenue Back Bay Beacon street bounded as follows bridge building Castle street cent channel Charles River City of Boston committee commonwealth containing eight hundred containing nine hundred containing one thousand containing seven hundred containing six hundred described as taken dollars Dover street East Boston eastwardly Edward Tuckerman Eliot street Emerald street filling flats foot formerly belonging formerly of George formerly of Henry formerly of James formerly of John formerly of Mary formerly of William heirs of Edward Indiana place land belonging legislature less Lucas street measuring twenty feet Middlesex street Northeast northeastwardly by land Northwest parcel of land park Sarah SHATTUCK side South Boston Southeast southwest square feet Suffolk street tidal basins Tremont street trustees twenty and feet wardly by land Washington street West Boston bridge westwardly by land wharf