Word: shapleigh
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Library was moved to Gore Hall; and on the death of Mr. Thaddeus W. Harris, Mr. Sibley filled his place as Librarian. On taking charge of the Library there were found to be 41,000 volumes, with the Hollis and Shapleigh Fund of $5,000, which yielded for the purchase of books an income of only $250 per annum. Now there are 164,000 plus volumes, with a permanent fund of $170,000. During his administration there have been, among lesser ones, the donations of the Pickman, Walker, Wales, and Sumner libraries, besides the William Gray Fund...