The Salem Athenæum, 1810-1910Berkeley Press, 1917 - 67 sider |
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... matters also , the Athenæum was in marked advance over the earlier organizations . For , whereas the value of the libraries of the earlier societies was estimated to be twenty - five hundred dollars , —the amount paid by the Athenæum ...
... matters also , the Athenæum was in marked advance over the earlier organizations . For , whereas the value of the libraries of the earlier societies was estimated to be twenty - five hundred dollars , —the amount paid by the Athenæum ...
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... matters went as well as they did through these years of slight supervision . Not until 1857 was the library placed in the charge of a constant attendant . The first dozen years or more of the life of the Athenæum had been a period of ...
... matters went as well as they did through these years of slight supervision . Not until 1857 was the library placed in the charge of a constant attendant . The first dozen years or more of the life of the Athenæum had been a period of ...
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... matter to the front in his inaugural address , and much con- sideration was given to the matter . The friendly interest of the Athenæum is shown by a vote of the Proprietors in May , 1873 , and repeated the next year , " that the ...
... matter to the front in his inaugural address , and much con- sideration was given to the matter . The friendly interest of the Athenæum is shown by a vote of the Proprietors in May , 1873 , and repeated the next year , " that the ...
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... matter , and in 1905 Plummer Hall was sold to the Essex Institute . The Athenæum then secured a site at 339 Essex street and erected thereon a new Plummer Hall for its own exclusive use . The new building was completed in May , 1907 and ...
... matter , and in 1905 Plummer Hall was sold to the Essex Institute . The Athenæum then secured a site at 339 Essex street and erected thereon a new Plummer Hall for its own exclusive use . The new building was completed in May , 1907 and ...
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... management of the library . It became necessary to have someone in attendance during all the time the library was open . In 1858 the matter of devising " some plan for the " " permanent employment of a librarian and for the 33.
... management of the library . It became necessary to have someone in attendance during all the time the library was open . In 1858 the matter of devising " some plan for the " " permanent employment of a librarian and for the 33.
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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...