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Prospectus of the Literary Exchange.
Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition 21002. Connect to full text. Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 21002.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literary Exchange (New York, N.Y.).
- Boston Athenaeum.
- Subscription libraries--New York (State)--New York.
- Subscription libraries.
- Libraries--Aims and objectives--New York (State)--New York.
- Libraries.
- Library fund raising--New York (State)--New York.
- Library fund raising.
- Libraries--Aims and objectives.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Prospectuses.
- Physical Description:
- 4 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : [publisher not identified], [1810]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- An attempt to raise funds to establish a subscription library and reading room on the model of the Boston Athenaeum. This and other attempts were unsuccessful, and Payne was forced to abandon the project.
- Caption title.
- Signed on p. 3: John Howard Payne.
- "The terms of subscription"--p. 3-4. Dated: New-York, December 20, 1810, and followed by blank columns for subscribers' names and time of payment in advance.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 21002).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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