Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-16
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the subject and inducing as extended an
interest as possible throughout the city. In
these efforts the
PASTORS OF THE CHURCHES
were prominent and active, and several
young men, merchants and others, gave
| the matter much labor and attention.
Without making any inVidiOus distinction
l am certain that all who know of these
efforts will agree with me that the thanks
Of the benefciaries of the association are
due more than to any other individual to
Thomas II. Hamilton, Esq, now of Mem
phis.
The result of these endeavors was that on
Thursday evening, June 10, 1871.
...--r.. A GENERAL MEETING
of all persons interested was held in the
chamber of the Common Council of the
city at which the association was organized
by the election OF The ohioers aud directors
whose term of Office has now expired.
Immediately after their election this
! Board met and organized, adopted rules for
their government and appointed the follow
| committees:
On Rooms: DR.. Sheffield, w. F. Foster
and l.. II. Lainer.
On Books: Thomas II. Hamilton, T.
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! On FINANCES: James 3. Craighead,
| c. II. Stockell and G. P. Thruston.
The first requisite was to procure a suit
| able room. Two places were offered neither
of which met the ideas of the Board as to
location or arrangement, and while they
were in doubt as to the proper course to be /
pursued, this room was offered by
SAMUEL YATsoN, Esq,
the Trustee Of the Bank of Tennessee, at
the extremely low rate of $3.50 per annum.
1t being by far the best room in the city,
being as to location the most central and
accessible, and as to internal arrangement
everything that was essential to their pur-
poses, the Board accepted the generous offer
and hal ed it as providential, and though
they had determined that the library should
become a success any fears they might have
had were by this offer at once dissipated
and they went about their work as if the
library were already an accomplished fact
THE COMMITTEE ON ROOMS
proceeded at once to prepare the room for !
the reception Of the library. They removed |
the books and fixtures belonging TO the |
Bank of Tennessee, had all the woodwork. !
Tepsint5G anq The velilng ana walls not |
covered by cases papered, provided shelves, |
tables, chairs, carpets, etc, and expended |
in this manner, as you viii perceive from I
the rspOrt Of TIE Treasurer, S6d4.21, /
While this was being done,
THE COMMITTEE ON hooks
were constantly receiving donations of books /
and pamphlets. The names of these do
nOrs and the number of volumes contrib
uted, which appear in the report on that
subject, attest the extensive and deep inter
est n ZIP library felt by the entire
community. Up to the present. time
we have received from 134 different sources
3,719 bound volumes. The number of
pamphlets is also very great, but has not
been aSCeTtain6d. All these donations W6re |
accepted by the Board upon this condition;
that the owners should deposit them in the
library room for the benefit of the AssOcia-
ton and permit them TO remain there; but
that ifthe library should at any time cease
to exist, or the Association be devoted to
other objects than those originally intended,
they might assert their ownership and re-
sumo possession Of their property. La ad-
diti0ns to tie TeaSlls t0f this course which
Will readily present themselves to the mem
bers of the Association, the Board thought
proper to make this arrangement because it
was the only condition upon which very
|
brary, could have been procured.
we have
BOUGHT
Isl bound volumes at a cost of S275.10.
This amount is very small, but even this
was beyond our meaps, as the .Treasurer's
report will show. NE Board was placed
in a dilemma on this subject not readily es-
capped. Members of the association were
Ioi1y
and popular books which ought TO have .
been in the library. They had not been con-
tributed and there was no money in the
But the Board found that it was
virtually necessary that the Library should
supply the most frequent of these demands
and accordingly ventured upon the pur-
chase to the extent mentioned. Not 1.-THE
Of the books needed was procured, but it
will be seen that even this small purchase
US to leave our rent unpaid.
IN SUBSCRIBING TO MAGAZINES AND !:
NEWSPAPERS
The Board found it necessary to expend a
larger amount. The list contained in the
Librarians report will show the character
of tbess periodicals and the Importance of :
all of them win be appreciated by
hose who have frequented the Library. In
addition to these paid subscriptions, all the :
publishers in the city have sent their papers
FREE OF CHARGE.
We have also received from Memphis the {
AUdLdnche and appeal, and from other
parts of the State the following: Clarks-
vile T06dcCO-Ledf do Chronicle; Murfrees- {
Doro Monitor, Columbia Herald and the 4
Lawrenceburg Journal. We also received l
'or time the Shelbyvile american Re
,ielC and the Pulaski Giles county Press G
out they are not sent now. The St. Louis ;
Daily Times and the Little Rock Replt5H- l
;dn have also been sent by the publishers {
rec of charge. The Louisville Courier
was sent free for six months and q
We have since paid for it. BY the generosi-
" of. Messrs. Powell q Co, cotton mer- q
chants of New York city, the library has
leen furnished with the New York Times
he Herald and the Sun. Mr.. G. w. Owen,
If this city, has sent in the Nely Jerusalem {,
messenger of New York, and the New ]
Jerusalem magazine, Of Boston. t.
To Dr.. G. s. Blackie, our corresponding Z
we are indebted for a regular
supply of the London Saturday Reuielg. j
FINANCES.
All the funds of the Association have
leen derived from three sources-annual Y
life memberships and dona- y
ions.
SOURCES OF REVENUE. I
During the past year there have been 313 S
tickets issued, of which 29S were to gen \
lemen and Is to ladies. The price of I
hese tickets was fixed at So, payable in \
ldvance, and from this source the great T
,ulk of our revenue has been derived.
LIFE MEMBERS.
The Directors also created life member
hip at the price of $50. Of this privilege
he following eight gentlemen availed them
elves: DR.. II. Sheffield, A. G. Adams, M. '
Burns, W. F. Cooper, J. NJ. Hamilton, A.