Letter from Joshua Bates, London, to Mayor Benjamin Seaver, Boston, 1852 October 1

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Item Information

Title:
Letter from Joshua Bates, London, to Mayor Benjamin Seaver, Boston, 1852 October 1
Description:
A letter from Joshua Bates to Benjamin Seaver, Mayor of Boston, in which Bates offers to donate $50,000 to the Boston Public Library, the funds to be used for the purchase of books. Bates explains that his donation would be contingent on several conditions: "that the building shall be such as shall be an ornament to the city, that there shall be room for 100 or 150 persons to sit at reading tables, that it shall be perfectly free to all, with no other restrictions than such as may be necessary for the preservation of the books."
Author:
Bates, Joshua, 1788-1864
Addressee:
Seaver, Benjamin, 1795-1856
Date:
October 1, 1852
Format:
Manuscripts
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Special Collections, Rare Books
Subjects:
Public libraries
Public libraries--Massachusetts
Libraries--Massachusetts--Design and construction
Boston Public Library
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 item (3 pages) : paper ; 21 x 28 cm + 1 envelope (11 x 8 cm)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/hq37wc506
Terms of Use:
No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
London
Language:
English
Notes (object):
Written on a sheet of paper 21 x 28 cm, folded in half to create leaves measuring 21 x 14 cm.
Identifier:
06_01_015604
06_01_015605
06_01_015606
Call #:
RARE BKS MS Bos. Li. Trustees Records, v.1, p.1
Barcode:
39999088026545