Word: washinton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gifts soon restored the library to its former size, and in 1775 when George Washinton's troops occupied the College buildings, one professor packed up the Harvard library in two days and trundled it off to Andover for safe-keeping. Gradually the library began to bulge with valuable books, and it moved from Harvard Hall to Gore Hall, located on Widener's current site, and then to the "Treasure Room" of Widener...