 | American Antiquarian Society - 1912 - 600 str.
...thing, and I have more zeal than the whole of them : and in this way I am kept very. busy. Many things I obtain are of small value, but the course adopted will be most useful to the society." "Jan'y. 1o, 1834. I have proposed to myself the task of forming in our library a perfect collection of every... | |
 | 1913 - 594 str.
...everything, and I have more zeal than the whole of them: and in this way I am kept very busy. Many things I obtain are of small value, but the course adopted will be most useful to the society." Again he writes, in referring to his endeavors to acquire files of early newspapers, "I suffer no traveler... | |
 | 1913 - 582 str.
...everything, and I have more zeal than the whole of them : and in this way I am kept very busy. Many things I obtain are of small value, but the course adopted will be most useful to the society." Again he writes, in referring to his endeavors to acquire files of early newspapers, "I suffer no traveler... | |
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... then comes a collector of geography: another wants religious newspapers: another wants books printed in New York before 1700. I accommodate myself to all; for I want every thing, and collect every thing, and I have more zeal than the whole of them... 