Word: chapmen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...exhibition of samples of English and American chap-books and broadside ballads is being shown in the Widener Treasure room this week. The collection is now twice as large as it was when started by the late Professor F. S. Childs many years ago. The Chapmen, from whence the book gets its name, existed several centuries ago and travelled all over the country visiting town and hamlet. He became the purveyor of literature, and was the only means whereby the people could get literature of any sort...
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