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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... New York Society Library. AN HISTORICAL NOTICE OF THE LIBRARY . THIS Society has been established for nearly a century , and is the oldest existing institution of the kind in the city of New - York . * In 1729 , the Rev. Dr. Millington ...
... New York Society Library. AN HISTORICAL NOTICE OF THE LIBRARY . THIS Society has been established for nearly a century , and is the oldest existing institution of the kind in the city of New - York . * In 1729 , the Rev. Dr. Millington ...
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... city fell into the possession of the enemy ; the effect on all our public institutions was more or less disastrous , and to the library nearly fatal . An interval of no less than fourteen years , ( of which it possesses no record ...
... city fell into the possession of the enemy ; the effect on all our public institutions was more or less disastrous , and to the library nearly fatal . An interval of no less than fourteen years , ( of which it possesses no record ...
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... city , and may be also advantageous to our intended college , we , whose names are hereunto subscribed , in order to promote the de- sign of erecting one in this city , do promise to pay five pounds , New - York currency , each , on the ...
... city , and may be also advantageous to our intended college , we , whose names are hereunto subscribed , in order to promote the de- sign of erecting one in this city , do promise to pay five pounds , New - York currency , each , on the ...
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... City of New - York , April 2d , 1754 . FIRST TRUSTEES OF THE NEW - YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY , CHOSEN IN 1754 . The Hon . JAMES DE LANCEY , Lieutenant Governor of the Province . The Hon . JOSEPH MURRAY , one of the Legislative Council . The ...
... City of New - York , April 2d , 1754 . FIRST TRUSTEES OF THE NEW - YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY , CHOSEN IN 1754 . The Hon . JAMES DE LANCEY , Lieutenant Governor of the Province . The Hon . JOSEPH MURRAY , one of the Legislative Council . The ...
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... New York Society Library. THE CHARTER . GEORGE the Third , by the Grace of GoD , of Great Britain , France and Ireland ... city of New- York , Esquires ; Peter Van Brugh Livingston , and Peter Ketteltas , of our said city of New - York ...
... New York Society Library. THE CHARTER . GEORGE the Third , by the Grace of GoD , of Great Britain , France and Ireland ... city of New- York , Esquires ; Peter Van Brugh Livingston , and Peter Ketteltas , of our said city of New - York ...
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