. Moffatana bulletin . 000 vol-umes. In one of the library roomsthere are two memorial windows ofstained glass. One of these bearsthe Moffat coat of arms (four feetsquare) with the motto, Spero Mel-iora, and in the lower part the fol-lowing inscription: Erected at therequest and in memory of Catherine Moffat, bv her children Samuel,Charles, James. Mary. Henry, Fred-erick. Hunter and David. - on theground on which they were window was designed and madeat Tiffanys. The second window has two in-scriptions, one : In memoryof Samuel Moffat who erected hisresidence mi this site in
. Moffatana bulletin . 000 vol-umes. In one of the library roomsthere are two memorial windows ofstained glass. One of these bearsthe Moffat coat of arms (four feetsquare) with the motto, Spero Mel-iora, and in the lower part the fol-lowing inscription: Erected at therequest and in memory of Catherine Moffat, bv her children Samuel,Charles, James. Mary. Henry, Fred-erick. Hunter and David. - on theground on which they were window was designed and madeat Tiffanys. The second window has two in-scriptions, one : In memoryof Samuel Moffat who erected hisresidence mi this site in 1S12.—theI other: In memory of David H. Mof- The hall seats three hundred per-sons, and is used for all the purposesof a public hall in a small place, suchas plays, lectures, balls, and clubmeetings. It is heated by steam andlighted by gas. The cost of site and building was•■ not including the cost several thousand in addi-tion. All this was borne by Mr. Mof-fat, and he has also maintained the. i MOFFAT MEMORIAL LIBRARY, Wash X. Y fat, son of Samuel Moffat: Samuel| Moffat and David H. Moffatbeing thej grandfather and father respectivelyI of the donor, the present David H.: Moffat. The wails of this room arejhung with pictures of authors, whileI over the mantel is a fine portrait of Mr. Moffat. j In the lobby, opposite the maini entrance, are two tablets; that at theI ris:ht reading:—This buildine erected 1887 by David H. Moffat, of Colo., as a gift to his native town. ■j The other, in memory of a cousin of Mr. David H. Moffat, who acted as; one of the trustees of the fund for the,I erection of the building, and who died:j while it was in course of construe-,ition:—To the memory of John New-i ton Moffat, born June 3, 1820; died Dec. 23. 1886. • . j library ever since it was no other community of thesize of Washingtonville has such abuilding and library, certainly noneother has such entirely without costto itself for mai
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