Annals of the Redwood Library and AthenaeumRedwood library, 1891 - 528 pages |
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ANNALS OF THE REDWOOD LIB & AT George C. (George Champlin) 1820 Mason,Redwood Library and Athenaeum No preview available - 2016 |
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Abraham Redwood admitted a member annual meeting appointed Augustus N Benjamin Hazard Board of Directors Book Fund catalogue Charles H Church copy corporation Cozzens David King DEAR SIR deceased donation Edward King elected executors folio following letter following resolutions Francis Brinley George G George Gordon King Gibbs gift Hamilton Hoppin Henry Collins Henry E Henry Marchant hereby History hundred dollars Institution interest James John Bours Joseph Joseph Jacob late Ledyard Librarian Library and Athenæum Library building Littlefield Marquand Mason Messrs Newport number of books number of volumes obedient servant October officers portrait present President proprietors purchase of books received Redwood Library repairs requested Resolved respectfully Rhode Island Richard Cornell Robert Rogers Robert Stevens Russell Samuel Secretary September September 26 shares Sheffield Sidney Brooks Society subscribers subscription thanks Thomas thousand dollars tion Tompkins Treasurer Turner Vernon vols Voted whole number William Gilpin William Hunter
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Page 326 - F'ORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God, in his wise providence, to take out of this world the soul of our deceased brother, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; looking for the general Resurrection in the last, day, and the life of the world to come...
Page 326 - Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the -family of the deceased, and that they be spread upon the records of this society.
Page 61 - To the influence of this distinguished man in the circle in which I was brought up, I may owe in part the indignation which I feel towards every invasion of human rights. In my earliest years, I regarded no human being with equal reverence.
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Page 13 - Honyman, jr., did form a society for the promotion of knowledge and virtue, by a free conversation according to several regulations by them agreed. We, the present members of the said society, finding it necessary on many accounts for the more effectual answering the end of our institution, do agree to enter into a...
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Page 71 - Be it therefore enacted by this General Assembly, and by the authority thereof, it is enacted, that an act entitled "An act for the more effectual securing to His Majesty the allegiance of his subjects, in this his colony and dominion of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,