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Title	Wells Library Circulation Ledger
Subject	Education Literary Ohio Public libraries Libraries--Circulation Library records
Place	Albany (Ohio) Athens County (Ohio)
Description	This circulation ledger was used by librarians at the Wells Library to record books checked out by patrons between 1866 and 1872. This selection from the ledger shows activity during March, April, and May of 1866, first months of the library's existence. The library was founded in 1860 through a bequest from Henry Wells, an Albany, Ohio merchant who died of consumption at the age of 28. Regretting his lack of a formal education, Wells left $250 for the immediate purchase of books and $1,000 to endow the library. Because of the high price of books during the Civil War, the actual establishment of the library was postponed until 1866, when the first books were purchased and housed in the Masonic Lodge Hall. The Wells Public Library was a source of great pride to the people of Albany, since it was unusual for a small town to have a library at the time.
Creator	Wells Library (Albany, Ohio)
Date of Original	1866
Collection	Wells Library Collection
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts)
Submitting Institution	Wells Public Library
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html
Type	Text
Format	manuscripts

Title	Om11_557104_001
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File Name	Om11_557104_001.tif
Image Height	4928
Image Width	3008
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Full Text	[illegible ink scribbles] Thursday March 15th 1866 When Returned D.W. Brown No 66 Mch 22 A.W. Vorhes x..23 Apr. 9 Jno. Dewing 209 Mch 29 A. Vorhes 231 Mch 22 " " {Jno) 65 " 22 E.C. Humphry 18 Mch 22 J.B. Jorden 191 April 5 J.S. Black 106 Mch 22 " " " x 230 Apr. 9 JN Rigg 192 Mch 29 " " " 204 Mch 22 H.J. Goff 207 " 29 " " " 87 " 29 Robt. J. Walker 80 Mch 22 " " " 138 " 22 E.C. Humphry 200 Mch 22 J.D. Brown x 7 Apr. 9 Jno. Brown 116 Mch 22 Jno. Dewing 199 Mch 22 A. Palmer A. Palmer 195 Mch 22 " " 202 " 22 Pheba Lindley 104 22 Albina Lindley x 136 April 5 J.S. Bigg x 150 Mch 29 [struck] April 5 " " 170 Mc 29 March 15 H.A. Thompsen 162 Mach 15 Jno. Vorhes 205 " 22 Jno. Radcif (Harry) 193 " 22 " " " 194 " 22 30 [pencil] S. Brown 95 Mch 22

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