Alphabetical and Analytical Catalogue of the New York Society Library: With a Brief Historical Notice of the Institution, the Original Articles of Association in 1754 and the Charter and By-laws of the SocietyJ. van Norden & Company, 1838 - 328 pages |
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... present number is four hundred and eighty . The number of volumes now in the library is about twenty - five thou- sand . In 1836 , the trustees sold the property in Nassau - street , on very ad- vantageous terms , and purchased a lot in ...
... present number is four hundred and eighty . The number of volumes now in the library is about twenty - five thou- sand . In 1836 , the trustees sold the property in Nassau - street , on very ad- vantageous terms , and purchased a lot in ...
Page xi
... presents shall come , Greeting : and others in 1754 for WHEREAS our loving subjects , John Watts , William Smith , Preamble . Robert R. Livingston , Whitehead Hicks , William Livingston , Goldsbrow Banyar , and Samuel Jones , of our ...
... presents shall come , Greeting : and others in 1754 for WHEREAS our loving subjects , John Watts , William Smith , Preamble . Robert R. Livingston , Whitehead Hicks , William Livingston , Goldsbrow Banyar , and Samuel Jones , of our ...
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... present trustees of the said library , humbly prayed our letters patent , forming a corporation for the purposes ... presents do will , give , grant , ordain , constitute and appoint , That the said Members of John Watts , William Smith ...
... present trustees of the said library , humbly prayed our letters patent , forming a corporation for the purposes ... presents do will , give , grant , ordain , constitute and appoint , That the said Members of John Watts , William Smith ...
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... presents , really and fully make , erect , create , constitute and declare one body politic and corporate , in deed , fact and name , for ever ; and will , give , grant and ordain , that they and their successors , the trustees of The ...
... presents , really and fully make , erect , create , constitute and declare one body politic and corporate , in deed , fact and name , for ever ; and will , give , grant and ordain , that they and their successors , the trustees of The ...
Page xiv
... present trus- To hold their tees of the said library and corporation , and who shall hold , last Tuesday possess and ... presents ; and we trustees die , remove , or refuse , or neglect to serve , the surviving others , within such ...
... present trus- To hold their tees of the said library and corporation , and who shall hold , last Tuesday possess and ... presents ; and we trustees die , remove , or refuse , or neglect to serve , the surviving others , within such ...
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