The Salem Athenæum, 1810-1910Berkeley Press, 1917 - 67 sider |
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... Institute . The organization of these societies , devoted to kin- dred and allied purposes and appealing largely to the same constituency , naturally tended to diminish the support given the Athenæum . Added to this was the fact that ...
... Institute . The organization of these societies , devoted to kin- dred and allied purposes and appealing largely to the same constituency , naturally tended to diminish the support given the Athenæum . Added to this was the fact that ...
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... Institute . After much discussion the Proprietors voted to erect a building of two stories which would accommodate both itself and the Essex Institute . The work of construction was begun in 1856 and the building was dedicated in ...
... Institute . After much discussion the Proprietors voted to erect a building of two stories which would accommodate both itself and the Essex Institute . The work of construction was begun in 1856 and the building was dedicated in ...
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... Institute . At the time of the occupancy of Plum- mer Hall the Essex South District Medical Society , organized in 1805 , was admitted to the use of a portion of the building for the deposit of its library , and in 1862 the Essex ...
... Institute . At the time of the occupancy of Plum- mer Hall the Essex South District Medical Society , organized in 1805 , was admitted to the use of a portion of the building for the deposit of its library , and in 1862 the Essex ...
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... Institute . Consideration for these interests is in evidence in Miss Plummer's permis- sion " to have the rooms thereof ( of the building ) used for meetings of any scientific or literary insti- tutions , or for the deposite of any ...
... Institute . Consideration for these interests is in evidence in Miss Plummer's permis- sion " to have the rooms thereof ( of the building ) used for meetings of any scientific or literary insti- tutions , or for the deposite of any ...
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... Institute , and of two minor libraries , that of the Salem Mechanic Association , organized in 1817 , and that of the Salem Fraternity , organized in 1869 . This effort was not directly successful , but it shortly led to a definite and ...
... Institute , and of two minor libraries , that of the Salem Mechanic Association , organized in 1817 , and that of the Salem Fraternity , organized in 1869 . This effort was not directly successful , but it shortly led to a definite and ...
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alcoves Andrews annual assessment Appleton Ashton Athenæum the sum Benjamin Barstow Benjamin H Benjamin Merrill Benjamin Peirce Benjamin Pickman bequest by-laws Cabot catalogue Charles Church Corporation Daniel Daniel Appleton Edward Augustus Holyoke Endicott Essex Institute Essex street Fabens fifty dollars five Francis Frederick funds further enacted Gardner George Peabody Harvard Hawthorne Henry Wheatland hundred dollars Ichabod Tucker interest John Clarke Lee John Glen John Glen King John H John Pickering Jonathan Neal Joseph N Joseph Story lectures Leverett Saltonstall librarian literary Mary MASSACHUSETTS meeting Messervy Miss Plummer's næum Nathaniel Bowditch Nathaniel Silsbee Nichols Oliver organization original board Osgood payment Peirce period persons Phillips Philosophical Library Plummer Hall proprie proprietors public library purchase Putnam Rantoul reading room Richard Richardson Salem Athenæum Samuel share or shares Shepard Social Library Society sold Stephen subscribers Thomas thousand dollars Treadwell Treasurer Trus Trustees Upton voted Ward
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Side 63 - Company," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United States, and may make and have a common seal.
Side 28 - ... to collect such facts and observations as tend to the improvement and security of navigation ; " third, " to form a museum of natural and artificial curiosities, particularly such as are to be found beyond the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn.
Side 21 - Item. It is well known, that the valuable scientific library of the celebrated Dr. Richard Kirwanf was, during the revolutionary war, captured in the British Channel, on its way to Ireland, by a Beverly privateer ; and that, by the liberal and enlightened views of the owners of the vessel, the library thus captured was sold at a very low rate ; and in this manner was laid the foundation upon which have since been successively established, The Philosophical Library, so called, and the present Salem...
Side 63 - House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by authority of the same, that the...
Side 63 - ... said corporation; and they shall also be capable in law to take, receive, and hold personal estate, to an amount, the yearly value of which shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, exclusive of the books, papers, memorials, and other articles composing...
Side 64 - Salem, the sum due on such share or shares, and the time and place of sale, at least thirty days before the time of sale ; and such sale shall be a sufficient transfer of the share or shares so sold, to the purchaser ; and...
Side 22 - Thus, in early life, I found near me a better collection of philosophical and scientific works than could be found in any other part of the United States nearer than Philadelphia. And by the kindness of its proprietors I was permitted freely to take books from that library and to consult and study them at pleasure.
Side 65 - This bill having had three several readings, passed to be enacted. TIMOTHY BIGELOW, Speaker. In the Senate, June 20*A, 1812.
Side 22 - ... than could be found in any other part of the United States nearer than Philadelphia. And by the kindness of its proprietors I was permitted freely to take books from that library and to consult and study them at pleasure. This inestimable advantage has made me deeply a debtor to the Salem...
Side 64 - That the proprietors of said Corporation shall have power to impose suitable fines, not exceeding five dollars, for the nonfulfilment or breach of the same by-laws. And the said Corporation shall have a suitable remedy, by action, to recover such fines in any court of law proper to try the same. SECT. 5. Be it further...