Author: Quincy, Josiah
Title: The History of the Boston AthenæUm, with Biographical Notices of Its Deceased Founders
Description: Cambridge, Mass. Metcalf and Company, 1851. First edition. Hardcover. xii, 263, [1], 104 p. 24 cm. Very good condition Contents: History of the Athenæum.--Chronological list of the proprietors.--Alphabetical list of the proprietors.--List of life subscribers.--Biographical notices of the founders: John Sylvester. John Gardiner. William Emerson. Arthur Maynard Walter. William Smith Shaw. Peter Oxenbridge Thacher. Joseph Stevens Buckminster. William Tudor. John Thornton Kirkland.--Memoir of John Bromfield.

Keywords: Libaries; Boston Athenaeum


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