A History of Harvard University From Its Foundation in the Year 1636 to the P
A History of Harvard University From Its Foundation in the Year 1636 to the P
Benjamin Peirce
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" ^ The cost of the new Hall was c£6112 18s. 7-|c/. In addition to this, various sums were paid out of the public treasury to officers and students, w^ho lost property, amounting in all to c£685 1 45. 8d ; so that, including the fire-en- gine, the Province by this event w^as put to the expense of nearly £6900, or 23, 000 dollars, besides other inci- 1 Memoirs of Plollis, Vol. I. P. 468. 2 Journal of H. Of Rep. Of Mass. 3 Eliot's Biocr. Diet. Art. Bernard. 1737-1769. ] PRESIDENT HOLYOKE. 299 den...tal charges ; a loss, which could not be so easily borne then, as ten times that amount might at the pre- sent day. The result of all these labors and bounties was gratifying in the highest degree. An old building, old books, and old instruments were exchanged for new, more elegant, and in many respects more valuable ones ; and an impulse w^as given towards the augmen- tation of the Library which is felt to the present mo- ment, and has raised it to a point, which almost secures to it a due measure of attention in future.
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