The city of New Brunswick; its history, its homes & its industries . ST. PETERS SCHOOL •COLUMBIA HALL cipal; Mrs. Sarah Price, Principal Lower Nathan Hale—Miss Cecelia Boudinot, Department. Principal. Bayard—Miss Katharine McLaughlin, Washington—Miss Elenore Lett, Prin- Principal. cipal. Lord Sterling—Miss Sarah O. Whit- Lincoln—Miss Grace March, Princi- lock. Principal. pal. ^^^M^^nnL^^S ^^ ^^^^ w^^^C^^^^ 1^^^ ^^^^^Mj «^^^p;^^l ^^ %^^m^ 62 » (iur Hibrart^ FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY THE first library that was instituted in the City of NewBrunswick was known as theUnion Library Company,which was or
The city of New Brunswick; its history, its homes & its industries . ST. PETERS SCHOOL •COLUMBIA HALL cipal; Mrs. Sarah Price, Principal Lower Nathan Hale—Miss Cecelia Boudinot, Department. Principal. Bayard—Miss Katharine McLaughlin, Washington—Miss Elenore Lett, Prin- Principal. cipal. Lord Sterling—Miss Sarah O. Whit- Lincoln—Miss Grace March, Princi- lock. Principal. pal. ^^^M^^nnL^^S ^^ ^^^^ w^^^C^^^^ 1^^^ ^^^^^Mj «^^^p;^^l ^^ %^^m^ 62 » (iur Hibrart^ FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY THE first library that was instituted in the City of NewBrunswick was known as theUnion Library Company,which was organized in 1 796with John Hill as Librarian.^e continued as Librarian until 1811,when he was succeeded by Miss HannahScott. The library was located on thenorthwest corner of Albany and NeilsonStreets. About 1820 another library wasfounded called the New Brunswick Li-brary Company, and a little later theUnion Library Company was merged intothis; and this library continued in fulloperation until nearly 1850. It then sus-pended operations and the books weretransferred to the Trustees of RutgersCollege. In 1868 these books were given to the Young Mens Christian As-sociation and were continued in circula-tion until 1 888. The New Brunswick Free CirculatingLibrary was organized in 1883 and oc-cupied a small frame house on the south-east corner of George and ChurchStreets, an illustration of which is shownin this book as the Schneewiss library
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