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The following gifts have been received during the past year : (December). Mrs. Wm. H. Blanchard, linen .; Mrs. E. L. Davis, grapes ; Miss Miller and Miss Webber, grapes and oranges ; Mrs. Lyman Bartlett, linen ; Miss F. M. Hill, linen; Mrs. J. W. Wetherell, night shirts and pieces ; Mrs. Theo. Brown, pieces ; Mrs. Charles Stewart, linen ; Mrs. Henry Whitcomb, linen ; Mrs. H. H. Chamberlin, sheets, towels and pieces; Mrs. A. G. Walk- er, pieces ; Anonymous, shirts, sheets, and pieces ; Mr. Salisbury, pears. (January). Mrs. Henry W. Miller, sheets, socks, hand- kerchiefs and vest ; Mrs. Sarah Wall, linen ; Mrs. S. H. Colton, pieces ; Mrs. E. H. Brigham, pieces ; Mr. Salisbury, City Di- rectory. (February). Miss Barber, pieces ; Mrs. Whitaker, pieces ; Mrs. Canfield, sheets ; Mr. Jefferson Woodward, linen. (March). Mr. A. M. Howe, jellies, &c .; Dr. Chandler, shirts ; Anonymous, children's clothing, women's under clothing, dress- ing gown. (April). Massachusetts General Hospital, History ; People's Club, reading matter ; Miss F. M. Lincoln, books and magazines ; Mrs. Canfield, earth closet. (May). Miss F. M. Lincoln, women's under clothing ; People's Club, illustrated pa- pers ; Mrs. George F. Hoar and Miss A. M. Miller, dressing gown, under clothing and pieces. (June). Ladies of the Flower Charity, flowers every Friday. (July). People's Club, Graham's Magazine ; Miss F. M. Lincoln, clothing ; Mrs. Warren, shirts and peices ; Flower Mission, flowers every Friday. (August). People's Club, Pictorials ; Flower Mission, flowers ; Mrs. J. M. Barker, dressing gown. (September). Flower Mission, flowers ; Mrs. Barnard, under clothing ; Miss Fanny Cross, pamphlets.
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(October). Mrs. Knight, comforter, dressing gown, slippers, shirts, 1 doz. picture books, toys, wine ; Miss Barber, linen ; Mrs. Woodward, clothing and pieces ; Mrs. John Burns, bandages ; Mrs. Henry W. Miller, pieces ; Mrs. Wm. H. Blanchard, pieces ; Mrs. Prentiss, pieces ; Mrs. Richardson, pieces ; Mr. Clark Jillson,. sheets. (November). Mrs. Chamberlin, pieces ; Tatnuck Sew- ing Circle, bed quilt ; Mr. Salisbury, plants ; Mrs. Richardson, toys ; Mrs. Tucker, linen ; Mrs. Fay, pieces ; Mrs. Green, pieces ; Sunday School of the Church of the Unity, toys. All of the above gifts were most useful, and were thankfully acknowledged.
The Trustees desire to express their continued confidence in and appreciation of the services and administration of Dr. Leonard Wheeler, the Resident Physician and Superintendent at the Hospital, and also their recognition of the faithfulness of all those employed in the service of the Hospital.
Miss M. A. Hales continues to fill the position of Matron, and there are employed a cook and assistant, a male and a female at- tendant, a night watchman and a laundress.
The report of the resident physician is appended, and gives much interesting information in regard to the practical work of the year.
In behalf and by order of the Trustees.
STEPHEN SALISBURY, Jr.,
Secretary.
WORCESTER, December 29, 1873.
REPORT OF THE RESIDENT PHYSICIAN.
Number of patients in the Hospital December 1st, 1873 : Males, 7. Females, 6. Medical, 5. Surgical, 8. Total, 13. Admitted since the opening of the Hospital, October 26, 1871, 338.
Admitted during the year from December 1, 1872, to De- cember 1, 1873 :
Males.
Females.
Total.
Patients paying board,
31
10
41
supported by the State,
32
12
44
remaining,
47
30
77
110
52
162
Of those paying board, 25 paid $10 per week, and the others different sums below this. The amount received from the Board of State Charities it is impossible accurately to ascertain, their payments being made until recently to the Pauper Department, where no separate account can be kept.
Other towns have paid small amounts for the care of their paupers.
Whole number of patients treated during the year, 169. Medical, 89. Surgical, 80.
There was one birth in the house during the year.
Number of patients discharged :
Well,
71
Much relieved,
34
Relieved,
9
Not relieved,
8
Not treated,
8
Eloped,
2
Died,
24
Total,
169
35
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Eleven deaths were the result of accident; 4 of phthisis ; 2 of heart disease; and one of each of the following diseases : Aneurism of the aorta, hemiplegia, apoplexy, typhoid fever, Bright's disease, cirrhosis of liver, cancer of stomach, opium poisoning.
The number of accidents received was 34.
Largest number of patients in the house at any one time, 13. Smallest number, 4.
The average number of patients for the year was 8.9. Males, 4.7. Females, 4.2. The average price paid by paying patients was $8 per week.
The average time of patients in the hospital was 18.7 days.
RESIDENCE.
Worcester,
137
Massachusetts (excepting Worcester),
18
Other States,
7
BIRTHPLACE.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Massachusetts,
33
16
49
Other New England States,
9
4
13
Other States,
4
1
5
Total Americans,
67
Males.
Females.
Total.
Ireland,
48
22
70
Great Britain,
6
2
8
British Provinces,
3
2
5
Other Places,
7
5
12
Total Foreigners,
95
OCCUPATION.
Males.
Females.
Laborers,
36
Domestics,
20
Mechanics,
32
Housekeepers,
12
Minors,
13
Minors,
12
Brakemen,
10
Cooks,
4
Teamsters,
5
Nurses,
2
Operatives,
3
Seamstresses,
2
Seamen,
3
Clerks,
2
Hostlers,
2
Merchant,
1
Stable keeper,
1
Pedler,
1
Cook,
1
-
-
52
110
269
CITY HOSPITAL.
CIVIL CONDITION.
Males.
Females.
Single, Married, Widowers,
67 Single,
28
33 Married,
13
10
Widows, 11
ADMISSIONS REFUSED.
Injuries,
6
Measles,
1
Typhoid fever,
5
Debility,
1
Chronic rheumatism,
3 Delirium tremens,
1
Phthisis,
3 Erysipelas,
1
Sciatica,
2
Pleurisy,
1
Hemiplegia,
2
Other diseases,
14
Club foot,
2
Scrofulous disease,
1
Total,
44
Lead poisoning,
1
Of these, more than one half have been refused for lack of room, but some few were admitted upon the occurrence of a vacancy. The number of those who have, on account of insuffi- cient accommodations, been entirely deprived of hospital treat- ment, which they really stood in need of, is about 20. That is, taking into account only those applications which are made at the Hospital ; excluding, for instance, those frequently made to the City Physician ; one application in eight has to be refused for lack of room. In consideration of this, it is cause for con- gratulation that our beds are to be increased, even by the small number which our new quarters on Wellington street will fur- nish.
.
Report of Diseases and their Results from December 1, 1872, to December 1, 1873.
MEDICAL.
Admitted.
Discharged.
DISEASES.
In Hosp. Dec. 1, '72.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Well.
Much Relieved.
Relieved.
Not Relieved.
Not Treated.
Died.
Total.
In Hosp. Dec. 1, '73.
GENERAL DISEASES.
Small-pox,
1
1
2
2
Typhoid Fever,
2
6
3
11
8
1
2
Febricula,
1
1
1
Intermittent, Quotidian,
2
2
2
Irregular,
1
1
1
Rheumatism-Acute,
3
2
5
5
5
Sub-Acute,
1
1
2
1
1
2
Phthisis,
4
4
8
2
4
8
Debility,
1
1
1
1
Exophthalmic Goitre,
1
1
1
NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Apoplexy, Hemiplegia,
1
1
Neuralgia-Sciatica,
1
Cephalalgia,
1
1
1
FAUCES AND THORACIC VISCERA.
Tonsillitis,
1
1
1
Bronchitis,
2
2
Pleuritis,
1
1
1
Empyema,
1
1
Pneumonia,
3
2
1
3
Emphysema,
1
1
1
1
Pericarditis,
1
1
2
2
2
Valvular Disease of Heart,
1
1
1
1
Aneurism of Aorta,
1
1
1
ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC VISCERA.
Cancer of Stomach,
1
1
1
1
Dyspepsia,
1
1
1
1
Dysentery,
1
2
3
1
1
1
Sporadic Cholera,
1
1
1
1
Constipation,
1
1
1
1
Cirrhosis of Liver, Bright's Disease,
2
2
1
1
2
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
Emesis (Pregnancy), Premature Labor,
1
1
1
1
Retroflexion of Uterus, Ulcer 66
1
1
1
1
Pelvic Peritonitis, Abscess,
1
1
1
1
DISEASES OF THE SKIN.
Eczema, Purpura,
12
1
2
1
1
12
POISONS.
Alcohol, Lead Colic. Opium,
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
-
3
Syphilis,
1
CITY HOSPITAL.
SURGICAL DISEASES.
Admitted.
Discharged.
DISEASES.
In Hosp. Dec. 1, '72.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Well.
Much Relieved.
Relieved.
Not Relieved.
Not Treated.
Died.
Total.
| In Hosp. Dec. 1, '73.
Erysipelas, Diffuse Inflamma- tion of Cellular Tissue,
Varicose Veins-Hemorrh'ge, Hemorrhoids,
1
1
1
Fistula in Ano,
1
1
Hernia,
1
1
1
1
Stricture, Traumatic,
1
1
1
Hydrocele,
1
1
1
1
Synovitis,
1
1
1
Coxalgia,
1
1
2
1
1
Pulpy Degeneration of Knee- joint,
2
2
1
1
1
1
Necrosis of Tibia,
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
INJURIES.
Burn, Multiple Injuries, Exposure to Cold,
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
LOCAL INJURIES.
Injuries of Head and Trunk,
Concussion,
2
Bruises,
1
1
1
1
3
3
Face Wound,
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
INJURIES OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY.
Fracture of Clavicle,
1
1
1
1
1
1
66
Radius,
1
1
1
66 Forearm,
2
2
2
1
Comp. Fract. of Carp. Met- acarp, or Phalanges,
4
4
1
3
4
INJURIES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY.
Sprain, Contusion,
Fracture of Femur,
1
1
1
1
1
66
66 Tibia,
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
66
Both Bones,
5
2
7
4
1
1
1
6
Comp. Fract. of Tarsus,
Metatarsus and Phalanges,
2
2
2
2
1
212
2
1
Scalp Wound,
1
Fracture of Skull,
Jaw,
1
Fracture of Ribs, Stab in Chest, Injury to Spine,
3
3
1
2
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
2
1
66 Cervix Femoris,
1
1
66 Patella,
1
1
1
1
Fibula,
1
1
1
1
1
Caries of Maxilla, Club Foot,
Humerus,
271
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DISEASES.
Į In Hosp. Dec. 1, '72.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Well.
Much Relieved.
Relieved.
Not Relieved.
Not Treated.
Died.
Total.
| In Hosp. Dec. 1, '73.
Abscess-Face,
1
1
2
1
1
Abdomen,
1
1
1
. Thigh,
1
1
3
1
4
2
2
TUMORS.
Fatty, of Thigh,
1
1
1
1
Cancer of Breast,
1
1
1
1
1
Vegetation of Vulva, Fibrous of Uterus,
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Foot,
1
1
Ulcers-Chronic,
Admitted.
Discharged.
LEONARD WHEELER,
Resident Physician.
WORCESTER, January, 1874.
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.
To the City Council :
GENTLEMEN :- In accordance with the requirements of a City Ordinance, the City Physician respectfully presents his annual report.
The number of deaths of patients under his care during the year was nine, and are recorded as follows :
April 3, Pierce Kirwin, white, aged 29 years, Small-Pox.
June 21, Timothy Leehy,
66 35 66 Consumption.
Aug. 12, Patrick Casey,
50
Injury.
Aug. 18, David Leo,
55
Erysipelas.
Aug. 22, Miles Ford, 66
50
Consumption.
Nov. 9, Kate Hart,
66
27 66
Nov. 25, Mary I.Cunningham, white, " 15 66 Pelvic Abscess.
Dec. 12, W. H. Johnson, colored, 60 66 Bright's Disease. 66 66 66
Jan. 1, '74. Luther Harris, white, " 85
One hundred and twenty-five cases of Small-Pox were reported during the year, sixteen of which died.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ALBERT WOOD,
City Physician. e
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
REPORTS
OF THE
DIRECTORS AND LIBRARIAN.
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DIRECTORS IN 1874.
TERM EXPIRES.
C. B. METCALF,
NATHANIEL PAINE,
C. O. THOMPSON,
C. H. MORGAN, 1877
1878
C. H. DOE,
G. E. FRANCIS,
EDWARD EARLE,
66
1880
"ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1874.
T. L. NELSON.
PRESIDENT. SECRETARY AND TREASURER. NATHANIEL PAINE.
COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY. W. R. HUNTINGTON, C. O. THOMPSON, NATH'L PAINE, T. E. ST. JOHN, G. E. FRANCIS.
COMMITTEE ON READING ROOM.
C. H. DOE, J. J. POWER, EDWARD EARLE.
COMMITTEE ON THE BUILDING.
C. H. MORGAN, C. B. METCALF, H. A. MARSH.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
II. A. MARSH, T. L. NELSON, N. PAINE.
LIBRARIAN. SAMUEL S. GREEN.
HENRY A. MARSH, Jan. 1, 1875
W. R. HUNTINGTON, 1876
T. L. NELSON, T. E. ST. JOHN, .
J. J. POWER,
1879
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DIRECTORS' REPORT.
To the Hon. Edward L. Davis, Mayor, and the City Council of the City of Worcester.
THE Directors of the Free Public Library respectfully submit their Fourteenth Annual Report.
The very extended and able report of Samuel S. Green, Esq., the Librarian, and the reports of the several standing committees of the Board, which are herewith transmitted, will afford ample information in regard to the condition of the library at the pres- ent time and the operations of its various departments during the past year.
To the Green Library 403 books and 2 pamphlets have been added. By the terms of the will of the late Dr. Green, books purchased from the income of the Green Library Fund can only be used in the building. It has, therefore, been the aim of the directors to expend this income in the purchase of works of the highest merit for consultation and reference. The additions to this department have been mainly of this character, and among them are several very costly collections of celebrated engravings, and works on Roman and Egyptian antiquities.
To the circulating and intermediate departments 3,035 books and 183 pamphlets have been added. In the selection of these books it has been the purpose of the directors to meet the needs of all classes, employments, and professions in the community and to administer to the tastes of all, so far as these needs and tastes have become known. It has been our wish, not only to instruct, but also to offer amusement, solace, and entertainment to all who use the library. We have endeavored to place in the hands of
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our people standard books upon all subjects, and to render the institution as complete, as useful, and as convenient as the means at our command would permit.
From the circulating department 66,855 books have been' given out during the year, being a decrease of 6,409 as compared with last year. This decrease took place wholly during the five months when the small-pox prevailed in the city. The notion has very generally existed that the disease might be disseminated to some extent through the books of the public library. The notion was probably without foundation, but whether true or not, the effect certainly was to greatly diminish the use of the books for the time being. During the latter months of the year, since the disease has disappeared, the use of the books has again been resumed, and has largely increased over the previous year. This large increase is undoubtedly due to a considerable extent to the recent financial panic, which, by deranging business and diminish- ing the demand for the manufactures of the city, has thrown many persons out of employment, and has thus afforded opportunity and leisure for reading, which in more busy times do not exist.
All the departments of the library have been opened to the public on 306 days, and upon every day all the books and periodi- cals have been accessible for consultation in the building. There has been a large increase in the use of the reference department. 15,672 persons have received information or pleasure in this department, being an increase of several thousand over last year.
A new system of accounts with the users of the library has been adopted. It was instituted July 1, and has worked admira- · bly. The result of the new system has been that the loss of books has become insignificant. The new plan, though it adds somewhat. to the labors of the attendants, affords no additional inconvenience to the takers. The increased expense is slight. The annual examination of the library, made in July, showed the loss of 170 books during the previous ten months, under the old system; while since that time only two books have been missed.
The library and reading room have been open during the year on Sundays from 2 to 9 P. M. The average attendance on that day during the colder months was 137, and during the
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warmer months 110. The Sunday visitors are mainly studious persons, who have neither leisure nor opportunity on week days to devote themselves to reading.
The catalogue of the intermediate department has been much improved. All entries in this department, as well as in the Green Library, are now made on cards. A supplement, contain- ing the additions which have been made to the circulating de- partment for several years past, has been prepared, and is now in the hands of the printer.
The increased demands upon the library have made it neces- sary to appoint an additional assistant, and Miss Ellen S. Otis has been appointed to the place.
The directors approve the recommendation in the report of the librarian, that bulletins or lists of the new books placed on the shelves should be printed quarterly, for the convenience of those using the library.
The work of arranging and numbering the books belonging to the Green Library has been completed; thus facilitating the use of that department.
A new issue of cards has also been made in the circulating department.
The report of the Standing Committee on the Library, con- sisting of Rev. Wm. R. Huntington, D. D., Prof. C. O. Thomp- son, Nath'l Paine, Esq., Rev. T. E. St. John, and Maj. Wm. T. Harlow, details in a general way the work done by the committee during the year. The duties of this committee are both respon- sible and laborious. The report shows that they have performed these important duties with great judgment and discretion. The community is indebted to these gentlemen, as well as to our ac- complished and painstaking librarian, for the acknowledged excellence and usefulness to which our library has attained. The committee has endeavored, so far as their means would admit, to meet and supply in a liberal as well as a discriminating spirit, the needs and demands of our varied and active community.
The report of the Committee on the Reading-Room, Chas. . A. Chase, Esq., Charles H. Doe, Esq., and Rev. J. J. Power, exhibits the changes which have been made in the list of peri- odicals received at the rooms, and acknowledges gratefully
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the numerous donations made to this department. This is one of the most attractive and satisfactory features of the Public Library, and is used by great numbers of the community. The directors have appropriated $100 from the city appro- priation to the purposes of this department, in addition to the income derived from the trust fund specially devoted to that ob- ject. The more valuable periodicals are bound and placed on the shelves of the library for reference, and form a valuable part of the library. In regard to the use of the reading-room on Sun- day, the committee say that "perfect order and decorum have prevailed, and from one year's experiment, the library, let us hope also the community, has received no harm."
The report of Nath'l Paine, Esq., the Treasurer of the Reading- Room Fund, shows that the amount of the fund is now $10,650, invested as follows :-
City of Worcester Bonds,
$5,000 00
U. S. Bonds, 5,650 00
$10,650 00
The report of the Committee on the Building, Charles H. Morgan, Esq., C. B. Metcalf, Esq., and Henry A. Marsh, Esq., presented by their Chairman, indicates that little beyond ordinary repairs has been needed for the building. The city is to be con- gratulated upon having at the head of this committee a gentle- man so well qualified to take charge of the important interests intrusted to it.
The report of the Committee on Finance, Henry A. Marsh, Esq., T. L. Nelson, and Charles A. Chase, Esq., contains a state- ment in detail of the manner in which the city appropriation has been expended. The report also exhibits the condition of the Green Library Fund, the donation of the late Dr. John Green. Agreeably to the will of Dr. Green, one-fourth of the income for the year, $618.29, has been added to the principal, leaving availa-
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ble for the purchase of books, $1,854.87. The fund now amounts to $34,377.69, and .is invested as follows :
Notes secured by mortgage, Bank stocks (par value), Deposits in People's Savings Bank,
$27,048 50 6,700 00 . 629 19
Total, $34,377 69
In submitting their Fourteenth Annual Report, the directors desire to express their grateful acknowledgments for the liberality with which the city council has provided for the growth and use- fulness of this institution for several years past. The directors have endeavored by an economical expenditure of the city ap- propriation, by exercising the utmost pains in the selection of books, and by seeking to make the library attractive, convenient, and accessible to all, to cooperate with the city council in ad- vancing the Free Public Library of Worcester to a high rank among similar institutions in the country.
The rapid growth of our city in population and wealth, is un- doubtedly owing, in a large degree, to the excellence of its educa- tional institutions (among which the Public Library is one of the most important and conspicuous), as well as to its felicitous situa- tion, its valuable public improvements, its varied industries, and the vigor, skill, and energy of its manufacturers and artisans.
We therefore most earnestly commend the library to the fos- tering care and favor of the city council.
T. L. NELSON, President.
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, January 30, 1874.
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
OF THE
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
To Thomas L. Nelson, Esquire, President of the Board of Directors of the Free Public Library.
Herewith I respectfully transmit my third annual report as librarian : It will appear that a large amount of work has been done here during the past year. Much more has been accom- plished than in any previous year, and the work that has been done, has, I think, been done thoroughly.
Our opportunities are unlimited ; and when I consider their greatness, discouragement sometimes seizes me. But I am con- fident that we are taking long strides towards excellence every year. I am sure, too, that by patient and intelligent labor, and the economical use of such means as the city can afford to place at our disposal, we shall, in time, build up in Worcester an institution of which our citizens will be very proud, and which will be to them an unspeakable blessing. I proceed at once to state what has been done in the library during the year which has just closed', and to offer a few suggestions in regard to what its interests demand of us during the year that is now to begin.
ADDITIONS
to the library, during the past year,-that is, from Dec. 1, 1872, to November 30, 1873,- have been as follows :
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BOOKS.
PAMPHLETS AND PAPERS.
Gifts to the Green Library,
6
1
Purchases for this department out of the Green Li-
brary fund,
397
1
Additions to the Green Library from other sources, 0
0
403
2
Gifts placed in the Intermediate and Circulating departments,
96
183
Volumes bound and placed in one or the other of these departments :
Magazines, 195
Newspapers, 87 282
Purchases for the Intermediate and Circulating de- partments,
2,657
3,035
183
The number of books bought with income of the Green Libra- ry fund is smaller than in the report of the previous year. The cause of this is apparent when the character of the books re- cently added is considered. The policy of the library during the past year has been to use much of the money coming in from this fund, to buy expensive works which are very valuable for consultation, but for the purchase of which it has not yet felt justified in using any considerable portion of the annual appro- priation made to us out of money raised by taxation.
The number of bound volumes of magazines and other peri- odicals and papers added during the past year is 282 against 271, the record of the year before.
2657 books have been bought and placed in the intermediate and circulating departments. The acquisitions, by purchase, in these departments for the year 1871-2, is 2,482.
Annexed to this report may be found a list of the givers : Among the largest are the Honorables Charles Sumner, George F. Hoar, and Henry Wilson, from whom were received respect- ively, 19, 14, and 11, volumes. The two former also gave us pamphlets, the one, 21, the other, 7. The State of Massachu- setts is also among our largest benefactors. The Grand Divis- ion of the sons of Temperance has sent us three volumes. Dr.
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CITY DOCUMENT .- No. 28.
John G. Park, of the State Lunatic Hospital, in this city, pro- cured for us some late reports of that institution which we needed. Mr. Salisbury has given us, among other books, two copies of his interesting essay on the Star Spangled Banner and National Songs. From W. H. Daniell, Esq., we have received a copy of his admirable little treatise on The Voice, and how to use it, and two bound volumes of Dwight's Journal of Music, needed by us in completing a set.
Our friends in Cincinnati have continued to remember us, General M. F. Force having sent us a thick pamphlet contain- ing copies of his papers on Pre-Historic Man, Darwinism and Deity, and The Mound Builders ; and the Historical and Philo- sophical Society of Ohio, the interesting volume, issued by it, containing the Journal and Letters of Col. John May, of Bos- ton, relative to two journeys to the Ohio Country in 1788-'89.
We have received from the Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science the volume of contributions of this institu- tion to Technical Education, prepared for the Vienna Exposi- tion of 1873, by Professor Thompson, in accordance with a vote of a committee appointed by the Trustees. Gifts which it is proper to mention have also come to us from the Cobden Club, E. S. Chesbrough, Esq., of Chicago, Hon. Andrew H. Green, of New York, John Miller, Esq., of Columbus, Ohio, Judge and Mrs. P. Emory Aldrich, and Drew, Allis, & Co., of this city. John L. Hayes, Esq., has sent us the third volume of the valuable Bulle- tin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, and the numbers of this periodical as issued. Thanks are due for these and previous gifts.
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