Excerpt from The Influence and History of the Boston Athenaeum From 1807 to 1907: With a Record of Its Officers and Benefactors and a Complete List of Proprietors In many cases statements here will be found to differ from those in other books. It would be too much to say that these are never errors; but by a careful study of manuscript sources many corrections have been made. To illustrate: Daniel Webster subscribed to the fimd to purchase Washington's library, and his name has always appeared in the list of contributors, although he never made payment. Joseph Coolidge, who subscribed and did pay, has never before received recognition in the list. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.