mshm279 Library books which I have read, 1800-1803. Finding Aid Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections

South Hadley, MA

Finding aid generated in MARC format from database, then encoded using Perl scripts and XSL stylesheet. 2004-04-06 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mshm279 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections Library books which I have read, 1800-1803. Finding Aid Ms 0030 Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Anonymous. Library books which I have read 1800-1803. Ms 0030 [8] p. ; 16 cm. Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections

South Hadley, MA

Anonymous. List of Books Read, 1800-1803, presumably by a member of the Social Library of Petersham, Massachusetts. Most of the 29 books listed are non-fiction; brief comments accompany each entry. English. Biographical Note

No information available.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

List of 29 library books taken to be read between May 1800 and Dec. 1803 with comments. Most of the works are non-fiction. "Paul and Virginia" by Bernardin de Saint Pierre and several satires represent the fiction read. Among the recent non-fiction are William Goldsmith's "Citizen of the World", Richard Cumberland's "Calvary, or the Death of Christ, and Benjamin Franklin's "Autobiography". The last page contains a list of due dates for 1803 for the Social Library in Petersham [Massachusetts] beginning the 11th of April. The author is unknown.

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Library books I have read, Mount Holyoke College, Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley, Massachusetts

Search Terms Petersham (Mass.) - Social Library. Books and reading - Massachusetts. Public libraries - Massachusetts - Petersham.