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Henry Wells Will

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Title	Henry Wells Will
Subject	Literary Ohio Wills Benefactors Public libraries
Place	Athens (Ohio) Athens County (Ohio)
Description	These are the probate records of Henry Wells, an Athens County merchant who in 1860 endowed the creation of a library in Albany, Ohio. His actions were significant because it was unusual for a small town to have a public library at such an early date. The file contains his will and materials relating to his mother Mary Wethee's role as executor. The nine pages range in size from 8.05 x 4.76 inches (20.44 x 12.09 cm) to 8.1 x 12.44 inches (20.57 x 31.59 cm). All of the documents are contained in a packet measuring 7.95 x 9.52 inches (20.19 x 24.18 cm). Wells died in 1860 of consumption at age 28. Regretting his lack of a formal education, he frequently spoke of his desire to establish a library in Albany. In his will he left $1000 as an endowment for the library and $250 for the immediate purchase of books.
Creator	Wells, Henry
Date of Original	1860; 1866
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts) Athens County Probate Court Will Packets, Box 260, Wells, Henry
Submitting Institution	Ohio University, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections
Type	Text
Format	manuscripts

Title	Om165_780201_001
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; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om165_780201_001.tif
Image Height	3808
Image Width	3181
File Size	4520.175 KB
Full Text	[envelope for will]

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