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... considered of public interest . Mr. John Jacob Astor died on the 29th day of March , 1848 , leav- ing by his will the sum of four hundred thousand dollars for the es- tablishment of a public library in the city of New.
... considered of public interest . Mr. John Jacob Astor died on the 29th day of March , 1848 , leav- ing by his will the sum of four hundred thousand dollars for the es- tablishment of a public library in the city of New.
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... hundred thousand dollars , leaving three hundred thousand for the purchase of books , and for investment to maintain and increase the library . In the month of April , 1849 , the trustees 6 [ ASSEMBLY.
... hundred thousand dollars , leaving three hundred thousand for the purchase of books , and for investment to maintain and increase the library . In the month of April , 1849 , the trustees 6 [ ASSEMBLY.
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... hundred dollars for the two best . The plans submit- ted , about thirty in number , and many of them evincing excellent taste , were examined by the trustees and their committees at re- peated special meetings , and the premiums were ...
... hundred dollars for the two best . The plans submit- ted , about thirty in number , and many of them evincing excellent taste , were examined by the trustees and their committees at re- peated special meetings , and the premiums were ...
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... hundred and thirty - six . Desiring to render a public benefit to the city of New - York , and to contribute to the advancement of useful knowledge and the gener- al good of society , I do , by this codicil , appropriate four hundred ...
... hundred and thirty - six . Desiring to render a public benefit to the city of New - York , and to contribute to the advancement of useful knowledge and the gener- al good of society , I do , by this codicil , appropriate four hundred ...
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... hundred and twenty thousand dollars may be expended in the pur- chase of books , and other objects for the establishing of the library , and the residue shall be invested as a fund for the maintaining and gradually increasing of the ...
... hundred and twenty thousand dollars may be expended in the pur- chase of books , and other objects for the establishing of the library , and the residue shall be invested as a fund for the maintaining and gradually increasing of the ...
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45th Congress Agriculture Albany alcove readers American amount Annual Report Archæology ASTOR LIBRARY Board bonds and mortgages books read Boston British building Cash Catalogue City Cogswell College Commerce Commissioners of Patents cost DANIEL LORD December 31 donations Editio edition English expenditures expenses Folio Francis Griffin French fund German halls Heraldry Hungarian and Polish income increase Index Institute interest Italian January John John Jacob Astor Journal Jurisprudence Legislature Librarian Lipsiæ London Memoir Mercantile Library Museum New-York number of books number of readers number of volumes numismatics Orientalia pamph pamphlets Paris Philadelphia Philology Philology and Linguistics Presented by Astor President Proceedings Prof Public Documents Public Library Respectfully submitted RUGGLES SAMUEL Scandinavian Secretary Senate shelving showing the number Statistics superintendent tion total number Transactions Treasurer trustees U. S. Naval Observatory United VAN BENTHUYSEN Voyages and travels W. B. Astor Washington WASHINGTON IRVING William York
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