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Library Information

Library date
1803-12-03
"YYYY-MM-DD", "YYYY" "YYYY-MM-DD BCE", "5th-6th c. BCE",
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Location
"Boston, Massachusetts, USA", "London, England", "The Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, USA", "Hogwarts", "Alpha Centauri", "Hell"
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Library Size (titles)
Unknown ("1 lot books")
Number of titles in the library. 1,459; ~50; 100-200; Unknown ("1 lot books")
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Library Size (volumes)
Number of volumes in the library. 1,459; ~50; 100-200
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Sources
Will; Suffolk County, MA Probate Records (dated October 1803)
Probate Inventory; Suffolk County, MA Probate Records 101:557 (taken 12 December 1803)
Will (1765, approved 1784); Probate inventory (1675)
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Library Notes
Will: "I give to my beloved wife Elizabeth all her wearing apparel, I also give her such Books as she was the owner of previous to my intermarriage with her."
Probate inventory: "1 lot books," valued at $30 (same as "2 cows" and "1 Bed bedstead & curtains").
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Links
www.example.com, https://www.example.com/, www.example.com/some/url
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Provenance Marks
Bookplate design, common ownership marks, etc.
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Legacy Categories
Libraries of Early America; Artists; Signers of the Declaration of Independence; U.S. Presidents
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Total Book Value
$30
$300; £52/10/2
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Total Inventory Value
$3000; £654/13/5
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Contributors
A LibraryThing member name.
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Entity Information

Date of Birth
1722-09-27
"YYYY-MM-DD", "YYYY" "YYYY-MM-DD BCE", "5th-6th c. BCE",
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Date of Death
1803-10-02
"YYYY-MM-DD", "YYYY" "YYYY-MM-DD BCE", "5th-6th c. BCE",
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Gender
male
"female," "male," "n/a" or enter as free text
Places of Residence
"Boston, Massachusetts, USA", "Paris, France", "Algeria"
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Education
"Mississippi State University (BS|Library Science)","Oxford University (Christ Church)", "University of California, Berkeley"
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Occupations
plumber or waiter or engineer
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Legacy Connections
Huxley, Julian (brother), Orwell, George (student), Huxley, Leonard (father)