Annual Report, Issues 36-53The 76th report, submitted Sept. 25, 1911, includes "The Providence Athenaeum 1753-1911," an article by J. L. Harrison reprinted from the New England magazine of Sept. and Oct. 1911. |
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... Corporation . It is well known to a great part of the shareholders that Mr. Patten has served the Athenæum for many years in different capacities . The period of his active usefulness to this institution began with its very origin in ...
... Corporation . It is well known to a great part of the shareholders that Mr. Patten has served the Athenæum for many years in different capacities . The period of his active usefulness to this institution began with its very origin in ...
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... Corporation for the year ; and Mr. Alexander Farnum , Vice President . Mr. J. Dunham Hedge was reappointed Librarian ; and Mr. W. Whitman Bailey , Assistant Librarian . The repairs on the building , during the past year , have been ...
... Corporation for the year ; and Mr. Alexander Farnum , Vice President . Mr. J. Dunham Hedge was reappointed Librarian ; and Mr. W. Whitman Bailey , Assistant Librarian . The repairs on the building , during the past year , have been ...
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... Corporation like this should endeavor to furnish for its members a good assortment of Cyclopædias , Lexicons , and other books which are exclusively used for reference . Many special treatises , too , are consulted here , to gain or ...
... Corporation like this should endeavor to furnish for its members a good assortment of Cyclopædias , Lexicons , and other books which are exclusively used for reference . Many special treatises , too , are consulted here , to gain or ...
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... corporation of shareholders holding and using its property by virtue of its charter of incorporation , and it is also , in a certain and very important sense , a public charity , whose posses- sions and privileges are of the nature of a ...
... corporation of shareholders holding and using its property by virtue of its charter of incorporation , and it is also , in a certain and very important sense , a public charity , whose posses- sions and privileges are of the nature of a ...
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... Corporation consist of- 74 shares in the Blackstone Canal National Bank , par value $ 1,850 00 63 shares in the American National Bank , par value , 7 United States Bonds , 6s of 1881 , and 5.20s of 1865 , and the new issue of 1867 ...
... Corporation consist of- 74 shares in the Blackstone Canal National Bank , par value $ 1,850 00 63 shares in the American National Bank , par value , 7 United States Bonds , 6s of 1881 , and 5.20s of 1865 , and the new issue of 1867 ...
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