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Reports for 1863-90 include accession lists for the year. Beginning with 1893, the apprendixes consist of the various bulletins issued by the Library (Additions; Bibliography; History; Legislation; Library school; Public libraries)
Excerpt from Report of the Centennial Celebration at Easthampton, Mass: Wednesday, June 17th, 1885 An Act for incorporating a certain Tract of Land lying in the County of Hampshire, being Part of the Towns of Northampton and Southampton, into a District, by the Name of Easthampton. Whereas a number of the inhabitants of a tract of land being part of the towns of Northampton and Southampton, in the County of Hampshire, have petitioned this Court to be incorporated into a separate district, for reasons set forth in their petition; and it appearing to this Court that it is expedient that the said tract of land, with the inhabitants thereon, (except as is herein after excepted) be incorporated: Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the lands taken from Northampton, described as follows, viz. 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.
