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for the purchase of books for the library.
Lowell Mason gave TO the library his
valuable collection of music literature.
other Great Benefactions.
Lehigh university, at South Bethle
hem, Pa, was more fortunate than any
other educational institution in the en-
who founded the university, giving 1t
$500, 900, left by his Will 81, 500, 600 70
the college and nearly $500, 600 TO the
college library.
Cornell college library received a gift
of 800, 900 from Ezra Cornell, $780,
600 for building from John McGraw
of Ithaca and collection of 80, 600 vo--
umes and 10000 pamphlets WIN
800, 900 from Andrew d. White, the
first president Of the college.
The University of Rochester received
500. 900 from Hiram Sibley, the fnan
cier who helped Morse get an approprla-
tion from compress to test the telegraph,
and who was the first president OF the
Western Union Telegraph company.
George Peabody was more generous
to libraries than any other American.
He gave $50, 900 to found the Peabody
institute and library at Danvers, Mass,
afterward Peabody, and subsequently
$4,000 to the same institution. He
gave $50, 900 TO found library at North
Danvers. He gave $3.50, 900 to the Pea
body museum and library at Salem,
Mass. These sums were in addition TO
the millions he devoted to the cause OF
education in Massachusetts and IN the
south.
Silas Bronson, a native of Middle
bury, Conn, left an enduring monu-
ment to his name at Waterbury, Conn,
in the library which he founded, and
which bears his name. He gave to this
library 5000, 900. He was a retired New
York merchant at the time of his death.
Bangor, Me-, owes its Public library
to the hberality of Samuel T. Hersey,
at one time a member of congress, who
bequeathed 800, 900 to found this insti
tuition West Bay City, Mich, has to
thank a W. Sage of Connecticut for
library established with an endowment
of $50, 900. Charles e. Forbes, who was
county attorney at northampton, left
about the same amount, his entire for
tune, to found the Northampton library.
E. B. Morgan, a New York congress
man, WAS Ou6 VI LILO DouS1dCtOlS VI bLO
Auburn Theological seminary. With
William e. Dodge he built, at a cost of
$40, 200, the structure in which the
library is housed. Mr.. Morgan was a
phi1anthropist in other directions.
The Philadelphia library, which was
founded by Benjamin Franklin, was in
debted early in its career to James Lo-
gan, once private secretary to William
Penn, for 3, 900 volumes, large library
at that time. Later Logan S nephew pre-
sented to the library 300 volumes, and
William Mackenzie gave to it 5000 vol
'umes more.
The library of the Long Island His
torical society is indebted to George L.
Seney, the banker, who gave 800, 900
to it. Mr.. Seney's benefaotions have
amounted to 81, 100000
The Lenox library of New York,
while claiming an endowment of only
$500, 900, was actually worth So, 600, 600
when James Lenox, its founder, con-
veyed it to the city of New York. The
Aston library was founded on bequest
of $500, 600 in the will of the first John
Jacob Aston His son William B. added
requests of $3.50, 600 value, and the
present John Jacob Aston has increased
the benefaction $3.50. 900.
GEORGE GRANTHAM BAN.