Annual report of the trustees. [1st]-44th, 46th |
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45th Congress Agriculture Albany alcove readers American amount Annual Report Archæology ASTOR LIBRARY Board bonds and mortgages books read Boston British building Cash Catalogue City Cogswell College Commerce Commissioners of Patents cost DANIEL LORD December 31 donations Editio edition English expenditures expenses Folio Francis Griffin French fund German halls Heraldry Hungarian and Polish income increase Index Institute interest Italian January John John Jacob Astor Journal Jurisprudence Legislature Librarian Lipsiæ London Memoir Mercantile Library Museum New-York number of books number of readers number of volumes numismatics Orientalia pamph pamphlets Paris Philadelphia Philology Philology and Linguistics Presented by Astor President Proceedings Prof Public Documents Public Library Respectfully submitted RUGGLES SAMUEL Scandinavian Secretary Senate shelving showing the number Statistics superintendent tion total number Transactions Treasurer trustees U. S. Naval Observatory United VAN BENTHUYSEN Voyages and travels W. B. Astor Washington WASHINGTON IRVING William York
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