Chicago Public Library Records: Early CPL Series: Papers of the President of the Board of Directors Subseries

Dates: 1871-1897
Size: 0.5 linear feet
Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605
Collection Number: SPE: CPL-Early
Provenance: These papers were found by the archivist already gathered together, distinct from other papers which constitute the Early Chicago Public Library Series.
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Citation: When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Chicago Public Library – Early CPL Series, [Subseries Name, Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library
Processed by: Morag Walsh, 2001

Biographical Note: Thomas Hoyne, 1817-1883

Thomas Hoyne was born in New York City on February 11, 1817 to Irish parents. He came to Chicago in 1837 and was elected City Clerk in 1840. He briefly left Chicago between 1842 and 1844, when he practiced law. In 1853 he was appointed United States District Attorney for Illinois and in 1859 he became United States Marshal for the Northern District.

In 1876 Hoyne organized a Reform Club and was nominated for the office of Mayor and he received over 33,000 votes. The election was contested by Mayor Colvin and the circuit court held that the election was null and void because it had not been called for by the Common Council, as required by law. Hoyne surrendered his office and refused to run in the following election.

After the 1871 fire, Hoyne was among the leading Chicagoans who led the drive to establish a free public library for the city and once legislation had been passed, was named the first President of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Public Library, an office he held until 1875.

Thomas Hoyne was killed in a railroad collision on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad in New York on July 27, 1883.

Scope and Content

This subseries contains primarily correspondence to or from Thomas Hoyne to various individuals or organizations. There is some information regarding the legislation which provided for the City of Chicago to provide a free library, as well as substantial information regarding the early donations which formed the Library’s collection. There is also some information regarding the location of the Library and other general library business. Researchers are reminded to look at other subsections within the Early Chicago Public Library Series (Papers of the Secretary of the Board of Directors; Papers of the Librarian) as well as the Proceedings of the Board of Directors and the Annual Reports of the Chicago Public Library.

Arrangement

The files have been arranged into subject order, in accordance with the original arrangement found in Secretary Wickersham’s papers (following) and then chronologically. These subjects are listed in the Box Summary, following.

Box Summary - Box 1

  • Legislation, 1871-1873
  • British Book Donation, 1871-1874
  • German Book Donation, 1872
  • Other Donations, 1872-1874
  • General Library Business, 1872-1897
  • Employment, 1872-1874
  • Library Buildings, 1872-1893

Related Material

Container List

Legislation, 1871-1873

Box 1 Folder 1 Bill for an Act Authorizing Cities to Establish and Maintain Free Public Libraries and Reading Rooms, House # 563, April 1871. Annotated. 2 copies.
Box 1 Folder 2 Willcox, E. (of Peoria) To G.C. Larned [?], January 10, 1872. Informs about the progress of a bill already introduced to the Illinois Legislature to establish free public libraries.
Box 1 Folder 3 Bill for an Act Authorizing Cities to Establish and Maintain Free Public Libraries and Reading Rooms, House # 563, April 1871. Also letter to Senators and Representatives in the Illinois General Assembly from Daniel Shorey (President, Board of Directors) urging passage, January 22, 1872.
Box 1 Folder 4 An Act to Authorize Cities, Incorporated Towns and Townships to Establish and Maintain Free Public Libraries and Reading Rooms, March 7, 1872. Manuscript copy, signed by W.H. Smith, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, John Dougherty, President of the Illinois Senate, and John Palmer (unknown). Also, certificate that the preceding document is a true copy, signed by Edward Rummell, Illinois Secretary of State, March 13, 1872.
Box 1 Folder 5 An Act to Authorize Cities, Incorporated Towns and Townships to Establish and Maintain Free Public Libraries and Reading Rooms, DRAFT, (differs from final version) c. March, 1872.
Box 1 Folder 6 Bill for an Act Authorizing Cities to Establish and Maintain Free Public Libraries and Reading Rooms, House # 563, April 1871. 2 drafts, slightly different. One is Hoyne’s copy.
Box 1 Folder 7 Doolittle, R. To Thomas Hoyne, February 14, 1874. Mentions passing a Bill through Senate.
    See also: 1/112 Bill for an Act...acquire certain property. March, 1873.

British Book Donation

Box 1 Folder 8 Robson, John to William Yocke (Lawyer), November 27, 1871. Mentions the morning after the great fire and upon arriving in Great Britain and discovering plans to “present a Library to Chicago by parties in London.” Asks for Mayor’s support as Librarian.
Box 1 Folder 9 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, January 4, 1872. Mentions a delay in sending the books; financial issues; and bindings for the Patents.
Box 1 Folder 10 Hoyne, Thomas to Thomas Hughes, January 29, 1872. Expresses deep thanks for Hughes’ efforts and stresses the importance of securing the Library. Secretary’s copy.
Box 1 Folder 11 Robson, John to Joseph Medill (Mayor), January 30, 1872. Authorization by Medill and Governor Bross to make application to the Commissioners of Patents for donation.
Box 1 Folder 12 Lowther, Thomas D. to Joseph Medill, February 8, 1872. Mentions monies ($500) raised by subscription to be sent to Robson to cover his expenses.
Box 1 Folder 13 Robson, John to Joseph Medill, February 28, 1872.
Box 1 Folder 14 Robson, John to Joseph Medill, February 29, 1872. Acknowledges receipt of authorization to act on Medill’s behalf to collect books. Also mentions Mr. Burgess (“one of the earliest originators of the idea of a great English donation”). Mentions also Clarendon Press; Duke of Argyll’s gift of entire papers published by the British Colonial Office; Lord Romilly, Master of the Rolls’ gift of 174 volumes of British State Papers; Cobden Club; Religious Tract Society; Camden Society; Meteorological Society; Society of Friends; Mr. Macmillan.
Box 1 Folder 15 Lowther, Thomas D. to Joseph Medill, March 8, 1872. Advises Medill that he has sent Robson $500 in gold to cover 2-3 months’ expenses.
Box 1 Folder 16 Robson, John to Joseph Medill, March 16, 1872. Mentions Clarendon Press; Royal Geographical Society; Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; Crystal Palace; Rev. W. Webb’s donation of transactions of the Astronomical Society.
Box 1 Folder 17 Robson, John to Joseph Medill, March 16, 1872.
Box 1 Folder 18 Robson, John to Joseph Medill, March 16, 1872. Offers to become acquainted with librarians in Great Britain.
Box 1 Folder 19 Lowther, Thomas D. to Joseph Medill, March 18, 1872. Lowther forwards a letter to Medill sent to him by Robson, in support of Robson’s candidacy as Librarian. Also mentions the draft ordinance and expenses and the binding of the British Patents in Great Britain.
Box 1 Folder 20 Robson, John to Joseph Medill, March 23, 1872.
Box 1 Folder 21 Robson, John to Joseph Medill, March 23, 1872. Mentions sending books and making a list of donors and titles (one copy to be placed in the British Museum.) Also mentions making a Library catalog of books arranged alphabetically; gift of Mr. Chalmers of Edinburgh [printer?]; Mr. Dixon of Sunderland; Society of Friends; Greenwich Observatory.
Box 1 Folder 22 Wallen, Thomas S. to Joseph Medill, April 9, 1872. Criticizes Robson’s personality.
Box 1 Folder 23 Lowther, Thomas D. to Bryan Lathrop, April 10, 1872. Details Robson’s involvement in the “Hughes movement and the Free Chicago Library.”
Box 1 Folder 24 Hoyne, Thomas, to John Robson, April 18, 1872. Hoyne’s (recently appointed President, Board of Directors) first communication to Robson. Expresses thanks and asks for a report of subscribers to be published in Chicago newspapers. Also portraits of Hoyne and Hughes. Secretary’s copy.
Box 1 Folder 25 Robson, John to Joseph Medill, April 21, 1872. Mentions the Duke of Wellington’s donation, and others. Original plus secretary’s copy.
Box 1 Folder 26 Lowther, Thomas D. to Thomas Hoyne, June 11, 1872. Reminds Hoyne that Robson requires money to cover his expenses.
Box 1 Folder 27 3 advertisements for Allen Brothers & Company showing rates for passage of freight between Europe and North America, summer 1872.
Box 1 Folder 28 Hoyne, Thomas to Thomas Hughes, July 5, 1872. Thanks Hughes, Robson and others and tells of passage of Library Bill and of the organization of the Board of Directors. Secretary’s copy.
Box 1 Folder 29 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, August 7, 1872. Robson requests more funds to cover costs of packing and shipping. Secretary’s copy also.
Box 1 Folder 30 Hoyne, Thomas to Bennet Woodcroft (Clerk, Commissioners on Patents, U.K.), August 31, 1872. Letter of thanks for the British Patents. Secretary’s copy.
Box 1 Folder 31 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, September 10, 1872. Mentions dispatching 5 boxes of books and sample bindings for the British Patents. Also mentions donation of photograph of Ghiberti’s doors on Florence’s Baptistry. Secretary’s copy also.
Box 1 Folder 32 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, September 16, 1872. Details choices of bindings and costs for British Patents. Partial Secretary’s copy also.
Box 1 Folder 33 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, September 17, 1872. Mentions a list of proposed titles to be purchased for the Library by Mr. Hughes; a list of Parliamentary Papers and Reports to be sought; the number of boxes of books dispatched; explains why he is not using the Crystal Palace any longer. Secretary’s copy also.
Box 1 Folder 34 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, September 17, 1872. Mentions Mr. Hughes’ “private gift”; bindings; asks for more money. Secretary’s copy also.
Box 1 Folder 35 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, October 3, 1872. Asks for expenses to be paid and mentions specifications for Patent bindings.
Box 1 Folder 36 Stevens, B.F. to J.B. Jones, 22 October, 1872. Asks to become the European agent of the new Public Library.
Box 1 Folder 37 Resolution of thanks to Thomas Hughes and John Robson, DRAFT, c. 1872.
Box 1 Folder 38 Wilson, J.G. to Thomas Hoyne, January 9, 1873. Lists a donation of books, titles supplied.
Box 1 Folder 39 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, February 25, 1873. Mentions bindings and dispatch of box of books. Secretary’s copy also.
Box 1 Folder 40 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, March 1, 1873. Mentions publication of proceedings at Library opening in January; bindings. Secretary’s copy also.
Box 1 Folder 41 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, March 5, 1873. Mentions bindings; specific periodicals; Mr. Tom Taylor; Mr. Cracroft; British Museum books; Chaucer; Ballad Society. Secretary’s copy also.
Box 1 Folder 42 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, March 11, 1873. Mentions shipping arrangements and problems experienced with North Atlantic Express; “Hughes Collections”; “Hughes Donation Fund”; bindings for Patents and Parliamentary Papers. Secretary’s copy also.
Box 1 Folder 43 Hoyne, Thomas to John Robson, March 28, 1873. Discusses quality of sample of bindings; funds sent. Secretary’s copy.
Box 1 Folder 44 Brand H. (Speaker, House of Commons (U.K.) to Thomas Hughes, March 31, 1873. Refusal to help the Chicago Committee.
Box 1 Folder 45 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, May 3, 1873. Gives an account of Robson’s past as Librarian of the old Library. Lists duties and circulation figures, salary. Also expresses disillusionment with how he’s been treated by the board of Directors (with the exception of Hoyne).
Box 1 Folder 46 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, May 9, 1873. Mentions the number of patents to be bound in each volume. Secretary’s copy also.
Box 1 Folder 47 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, May 9, 1873. Mentions bindings and the “proffered gift of Mr. Hughes and friends.” Secretary’s copy also.
Box 1 Folder 48 Hughes, Thomas to Thomas Hoyne, May 19, 1873. Refers to a list of subscribers to the Chicago Free Library Fund.
Box 1 Folder 49 Shenton, F.K. (Literary Department, Crystal Palace Company) to F.W. Chessons[?], May 29, 1873. Acknowledges receipt of payment for costs of sending books to the Chicago Library.
Box 1 Folder 50 Warrack, J. (British Vice Consul) to Thomas Hoyne, August 13, 1873. Asks for an institution in Chicago that will accept publications by the Cobden Club.
Box 1 Folder 51 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, September 19, 1873. Asks for more money. Also mentions idea to secure all of the books of the Clarendon Press and the British Museum.
Box 1 Folder 52 Robson, John to Thomas Hoyne, January 29, 1874. Asks for clarification regarding his position and for payment.
Box 1 Folder 53 H. Sotheran & Company to Thomas Hoyne, June 13, 1874. Complains to the Library about a contract for bindings of Patents and mistreatment by the Library. Hoyne’s draft response is on the reverse.
Box 1 Folder 54 Hughes, Thomas to [?], October 19, 1874. Asks how to close the Chicago Free Library Fund account. Mentions Hughes’ brother, Isaac; Mr. Arnold; and Mr. Lincoln. Secretary’s copy.

German Book Donation

Box 1 Folder 55 German Library Association. Statement of objectives and organization of G.L.A., signed by Max Eberhardt, March 13, 1872.
Box 1 Folder 56 Kihlholz, Bernard [& J. Dyrenfurth] to Thomas Hoyne, June 18, 1872. Proposes the deposit of around 1,000 volumes in German towards the founding of a German American Library of Chicago. Also a copy of a petition for these books printed and dispersed across Europe (in German) with an English translation.
Box 1 Folder 57 Kihlholz, Bernard to Thomas Hoyne, July 31, 1872. Asks for a reply to their letter of June 28th.

Other Donations

Box 1 Folder 58 Spaulding, M.C. to Thomas Hoyne, January 10, 1872, Talks about arranging for free delivery of donated books in U.S.A.
Box 1 Folder 59 Goldborough, Robert to Board of Directors [?], March 14, 1872. Mentions sending a box of books.
Box 1 Folder 60 Wilson, J.Grant to Governor Bross, April 1, 1872. Asks how to make a book donation.
Box 1 Folder 61 Bradley, William H. To Thomas Hoyne, December 23, 1872. Regarding British Patent Volumes for the Library.
Box 1 Folder 62 Mosher’s Art Gallery to Thomas Hoyne, December 27, 1873. Wants to donate photograph album of early Chicagoans and proposal to create album of current prominent Chicagoans.
Box 1 Folder 63 Chicago College of Pharmacy (signed Thomas Whitfield) to Thomas Hoyne, March 3, 1874. Regarding depositing books in the Library.

General Library Business

Box 1 Folder 64 Winsor, Justin, (Superintendent, Boston Public Library) to Thomas Hoyne, January 15, 1872. Response to an inquiry by Hoyne for information regarding Boston Public Library. Also a copy of Boston Public Library’s monthly report for December, 1871 and an article about the Boston Public Library.
Box 1 Folder 65 Hotchknife (City Clerk) to Thomas Hoyne, April 9, 1872. Notification of Hoyne’s appointment to Board of Directors.
Box 1 Folder 66 Everhard, H.S. & B.H. Campbell, April 30, 1872. Proposes financial venture for the Library using a lottery. Also a flier for “Memorial Charm Bells” made from the Chicago Court House Bell following the 1871 fire.
Box 1 Folder 67 Hughes, Thomas to Thomas Hoyne, August 19, 1872. Acknowledges Hoyne’s letter of July 5.
Box 1 Folder 68 Invitation, December 27, 1872, to the opening of the Reading Room of the Chicago Public Library on January 1, 1873.
Box 1 Folder 69 Hoyne, Thomas, speech notes, c. 1872. Defines a “public library’ as opposed to a “society library”.
Box 1 Folder 70 Winsor, Justin (Boston Public Library). Specifications of Apartments, Offices and Apartenances of a First Class Public Library, August 20, 1873.
Box 1 Folder 71 Hayes, F.F. and Farwell, J.A. (Comptroller’s Office, Chicago) to Thomas Hoyne, May 22, 1874. “Public Library [Financial] Statement” with envelope.
Box 1 Folder 72 Walbut, Annie to Thomas Hoyne, October 30, 1874. Talks about the Library purchasing a sculpture.
Box 1 Folder 73 Patton, W.W. to Hoyne, January 26, 1875. Invites Hoyne to attend meeting about the wants of the Library.
Box 1 Folder 74 American Bridge Company (signed H.A. Rust, Vice-President) to Thomas Hoyne, April 28, 1875. Asks to borrow Engineering and Engineer magazines.
Box 1 Folder 75 Raster, Hermann to Thomas Hoyne, May 5, 1875. Letter of resignation from the Board of Directors.
Box 1 Folder 76 Hoyne, Thomas to Board of Directors, October 16, 1875. Letter of resignation, criticizes current Mayor (Colvin) and City Council.
Box 1 Folder 77 Medill, Joseph to Thomas Hoyne, October 22, 1877. Thanks Hoyne for his copy of Historical Sketch of the Origin and Foundation of the Chicago Public Library
Box 1 Folder 78 Haslow, George H. (Illinois Secretary of State, ex-officio Librarian) to Thomas Hoyne, October 29, 1877. Acknowledges receipt of Hoyne’s Historical Sketch of the Origin and Foundation of the Chicago Public Library.
Box 1 Folder 79 Foley, Thomas to Thomas Hoyne, November 3, 1877. Thanks Hoyne for sending a copy of his Historical Sketch of the Origin and Foundation of the Chicago Public Library.
Box 1 Folder 80 Storrs, Emery A. to Thomas Hoyne, November 6, 1877. Congratulates Hoyne on his book, Historical Sketch of the Origin and Foundation of the Chicago Public Library.
Box 1 Folder 81 Shorey, Daniel to Board of Directors, May 22, 1880. Letter of resignation upon his election to City Council. Talks about his involvement in the free library movement both before and after the fire of 1871. Also mentions the new library building.
Box 1 Folder 82 Hoyne, Mrs. Thomas to John W. Enright (President Board of Directors), July 21, 1888. Thanks Board for presenting a volume following her husband’s (Thomas Hoyne) death.
Box 1 Folder 83 Shortall, John G. (President, Board of Directors) to Robert McCormick, December 24, 1891. Gives a brief history of the Chicago Public Library and cites a brief list of holdings and statistics.
Box 1 Folder 84 Shortall, John G. to Board of Directors, July 8, 1892. Declines nomination for Presidential (Board of Directors) re-election due to poor health.
Box 1 Folder 85 Lowther, Thomas D. to Azel Hatch (President, Board of Directors), February 18, 1897. Attempts to arrange an appointment for Hatch to visit and interview Lowther.
Box 1 Folder 86 Lowther, Thomas D. to Azel Hatch (President, Board of Directors), February 20, 1897. Offers to donate letters from Robson to the Library and offers also to be interviewed to give the “true history of the beginnings of our Library.”
Box 1 Folder 87 Lowther, Thomas D. to Azel Hatch (President, Board of Directors), October 11, 1897. Talks about Hatch’s dedication speech for the new Central Library building. Points out historical inaccuracies and stresses the connection between the old Chicago Library and the new Chicago Public Library.
Box 1 Folder 88 Lowther, Thomas D. to Azel Hatch (President, Board of Directors), October 15, 1897. Addresses historical inaccuracies leveled against Thomas Hoyne’s Historical Sketch of the Origin and Foundation of the Chicago Public Library, “that monumental piece of lying,” and accuses Hoyne and Medill of falsifying documents. “Probably no two men in Chicago who have had any connection with its affairs have really done so great injury to it as the two above named.”

Employment

Box 1 Folder 89 Yocke, William (Lawyer) to Joseph Medill (Mayor of Chicago), January 15, 1872. Letter of recommendation for Robson to position of Librarian.
Box 1 Folder 90 Mackintosh, J. to Board of Directors, March 9, 1872. Letter of application for position of Librarian.
Box 1 Folder 91 Saunders, Robert P. to Joseph Medill, March 20, 1872. Letter of application for position of Librarian.
Box 1 Folder 92 Wickersham, W.B. to Thomas Hoyne, April 19, 1872. Letter of application for position of Librarian or Assistant Librarian.
Box 1 Folder 93 Peterson, C.I.P. to Thomas Hoyne, June 14, 1872. Invites Hoyne to a Norwegian Mellenarian Festival, newsclipping supplied. Also asks for position of Assistant Librarian.
Box 1 Folder 94 Wickersham, W.B. to Thomas Hoyne, July 21, 1873. Quotes extract from Board of Director’s Proceedings which appoints Hoyne, Rosenthal, and Anthony as committee members responsible for appointing a Librarian.
Box 1 Folder 95 Dowland, J.H. to Board of Directors, November 15, 1873. Letter of application for position of Librarian.
Box 1 Folder 96 Drummond, Thomas to Thomas Hoyne, December 6, 1873. Regarding the appointment of Mr. Stevens.
Box 1 Folder 97 Gray, A.T. to Thomas Hoyne, February 9, 1874. Asks about employment at the Library.
Box 1 Folder 98 Rowland, W.G. to Thomas Hoyne, February 9, 1874. Application for position of Assistant Librarian.
Box 1 Folder 99 Schneider, G. (President, National Bank of Illinois) to Thomas Hoyne, February 10, 1874. Letter of reference for potential employee.
Box 1 Folder 100 Zaremba, Charles W. to Thomas Hoyne, February 10, 1874. Letter of application for position of Assistant Librarian.
Box 1 Folder 101 Turner, John to Thomas Hoyne, February 11, 1874. Letter of application for position with references.
Box 1 Folder 102 Hadden, John to Library Board, February 11, 1874. Asks about position of Assistant Librarian.
Box 1 Folder 103 Meyers, Philip to Thomas Hoyne, February 11, 1874. Recommends C.D. Armstrong [?], former Librarian of the YMCA Library, to position of Assistant Librarian.
Box 1 Folder 104 Schaffner, H. (Cashier at German National Bank) to Thomas Hoyne, February 11, 1874. Letter of reference for potential employee.
Box 1 Folder 105 Webster, J.J. to Thomas Hoyne, June 8, 1874. Letter of application for position at the Library.See also: 1/45 Robson to Hoyne, May 3, 1873
    See also:
  • 1/45 Robson to Hoyne, May 3, 1873
  • 1/8 Robson to Yocke, November 27, 1871
  • 1/19 Lowther to Medill, March 18, 1872
  • 1/22 Wallen to Medill, April 9, 1872

Library Buildings

Box 1 Folder 106 Walker, J.M. (President, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company) to Thomas Hoyne, March 19, 1872. Mentions the possibility of securing the Old Post Office building for the Library.
Box 1 Folder 107 Mullett, A. (Supervising Architect, Treasury Department) to Thomas Hoyne, March 26, 1872. Mentions conversion of Old Customs House.
Box 1 Folder 108 Richardson, William A. (Assistant Secretary, Treasury Department) to Thomas Hoyne, April 20, 1872. Treasury Department has no authority to allow the Library to purchase, lease, or exchange the Post Office.
Box 1 Folder 109 Mullett, A. (Supervising Architect, Treasury Department) to Thomas Hoyne, April 23, 1872. Offers his assistance.
Box 1 Folder 110 Mullett, A. (Supervising Architect, Treasury Department) to Thomas Hoyne, April 25, 1872. Admonishes Hoyne for a letter he had written that was critical of Judge Richardson regarding the use of the Old Post Office.
Box 1 Folder 111 Hoyne, Thomas [?] to W.A. Richardson, c. March, 1873. Regarding the Post Office building.
Box 1 Folder 112 Bill for an Act to Authorize the United States to acquire certain property...[Old Post Office], March, 1873. Senate # 372. 2 copies.
Box 1 Folder 113 Wickersham, W.B. (Secretary, Board of Directors) to Thomas Hoyne, April 8, 1873. Resolves that Hoyne procure documents from the State regarding the Customs House site.
Box 1 Folder 114 King, William H. (President of the Board of Education) to Editor of Chicago Tribune (newsclipping), January 12, 1874. Discusses Library paying rent for Board of Education for use of space.
Box 1 Folder 115 Shortall, John G. to Henry Ives Cobb (Architect). September 3, 1892. Refuses to allow Cobb to present Bill to Board of Directors regarding the competition to design the new library building.
Box 1 Folder 116 Rutan, Charles H. (Architect) to John Shortall, April 20, 1893. Regarding the slow pace of a contractor’s work.
Box 1 Folder 117 McCagg, E.B. to John Shortall, November 13, 1893. Praises new library building.
    See also: 1/81 Shorey to Board of Directors, May 22, 1880

 

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