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| Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
| John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
| Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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New York public Library, the
Arthur E. Bostwick, of the New York Public Library, writes:
The present New York Public Library— Astor, Lenox, and Tilden foundations—is the result, as its name indicates, of the consolidation of several pre-existing institutions.
The three whose names appear in the title were united on May 23, 1895, and on Feb. 25, 1901, the New York Free Circulating Library was added to the combination, the new body retaining its old name.
Of these various consolidated institutions the Astor Library was originally incorporated Jan. 18, 1849.
It was endowed and supported by various gifts of the Astor family, and at the time of consolidation owned its site and buildings on Lafayette Place, with 267,147 volumes, and enjoyed an annual income of about $47,000.
The Lenox Library, incorporated Jan. 20, 1870, as the gift to the public of James Lenox, owned its site and building on Fifth Avenue, between 70th and 71st streets, with 86,000 volumes and an annual in
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