Harvard University - Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School / Heard family. Heard family business records, Volume FP-4, Folder GQ-2-2, and Volume JP-2.
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$13,000. The tOM! acknowledged
the
receipt of the money in a fOrmlll
letter,
but
I
never heard a word of
thank.,
Qr
8
Jl¥
ncknowledgement {rOlll
aD¥
onB of the
Dan¥
tr.at must have been benefitted•
.
A.s
these few pa,gee
iU"';
an interpolation, I
ma;y
ae well speak here
()
f
the lIbrary
that
Uncle A1J6Iatlne gave the town of Ipswioh. This
ora.
onB of the
la,t
laboU:-1 of
hi.
life , and the O!lB in 'II'hlc!l. he took
the
greateet tntere.t.
1
often
Wlild
to a.:.c him to let me help him .hen
the
buildlng
wa.
1
n 00u..'e8 of erection, but
he
wall never
1
I'illing
to have the
Ilight••
t
aid. H, IBB:ced desiroul to do ever,(thill& hiln8elt, and to feel
that
it
'
lias
his
la.t 1Iork on
earth.
T'ne building
1
s like
hillllIelf .
etrong,
IIturd¥.
,
ubatanthl.
It waa completed and placed in
the
hande of trueteee
for the benefit of the town , before hlt death.
He
had aleo pb.ced in
it
abcllt 3000 volumn. After hill death I plaelld abO"J;t 7000 vol'llr.les
in
it
for my brothers
a."Id.
myself. After it ...as nearly cO::Ilpleted. Prof. Treadwell
of ':ambrldge.
"
ho ...
as of Ipswich orlgin. came to Uncle and aaid hhat 110
had al...
a,y.
been an idea of
hi.
to give a library to Ip....ich. but that
no...
it ...
ould be UIIeleu. Uncle at once add to
h.1m,
.
~
don't you .loin
in thh one?"
th~
raault of which
w••
tbat
he
did join .
He
contributed
II.
lart;e nUl.1bcr
ot
book. and property. valued at II10re than $10,000. rus
glft wall Vf!ry valuable to the l1brlU')". aa Uncle
had
not.
time
before
:
r.1.
death to perfect hh duigne for the support and addition that would be
neeenary to keep 110
up
to the e>ark .
The library cost core than $50 , 000, includill& the booke that we
added . but ...ithout ir.cl\lll.lng
1.
Ir.
Tread"ell's contribution . This Inclu6.aa
al.o an endowment of
~lO,OOO.
Uncle lwguIUne" funeralwa. attended by almoet the mole town .
and all the plao" of busillen we clo$lld in respect to his J:M!iIllOry .
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