Author: Morse Institute

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-09

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9780656140411

Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Library of the Morse Institute, Natick, Mass But there was an increasing desire for books among all the peo ple of the town, which could not be satisfied by a private collection, and in order to meet this reasonable feeling, the proprietors of the Citizens' library. On the loth day of February, 1857, voted to give it to the town, as a foundation of a Town library, provided the town will appropriate three hundred dollars, to be expended the first year in enlarging the library. And one hundred dollars at least annually, for the same purpose, and provide a room for the library, and appoint and pay a librarian. This was accepted by the town, April 6, 1857, and thereupon the Citizens' library became merged in a Town library. The town made annual grants for its support, generally in excess of the amount it was required to make. By the terms of its contract. A catalogue, published in 1859, shows that it had then increased to volumes, of which only 483 belonged to the Citizens' library. Another catalogue was published in 1866, and annual supplements of volumes added thereafter. These show a constant increase of interest by the inhabitants in their library, and when it was transferred by the town committee to the Morse Institute, June 2, 1873, there were in it volumes of well selected books. The Morse Institute was founded by Mary Ann Morse, who died June 30, 1862, leaving her whole estate by will, for the purpose of establishing a library for the use and benefit of all the inhabitants of the town. Under these circumstances, the town wisely trans ferred. By vote passed March 3, 1873, its library to the care and management of the Trustees, elected by the town, under the pro visions of the will of Miss Morse, thus forming the basis of the library of the Morse Institute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.