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Title: Report of the Librarian, June 4, 1840: Electronic Edition.
Author: Owen, William Hayes, ca. 1807-ca. 1877
Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title.
Text transcribed by Bari Helms
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First Edition, 2005
Size of electronic edition: ca. 8K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2005

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Languages used in the text: English
Revision history:
2005-07-20, Sarah Ficke finished TEI/XML encoding.
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Title of collection: University of North Carolina Papers (#40005), University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title of document: Report of the Librarian, June 4, 1840
Author: Wm. H. Owen
Description: 1 page, 1 page image
Note: Call number 40005 (University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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Report of the Librarian, June 4, 1840
Owen, William Hayes, ca. 1807-ca. 1877



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Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees,

I have but little to add in regard to the Library; the only addition to it during the present session are 4 Vols. of the Revised Statutes of the State of South Carolina, two vols. of which had been received before, making the work now complete. Revised States of Arkansas, 1 Vol. — 15 Vols. of the Documents of the 3rd Session of the 25th Congress, from the Department of State at Washington, not yet received.
The following works have been bound during the present session, viz.
    Conybeare and Phillips, Geology of England & Wales.
    Buckland's Reliquiae Diluvianae.

Very respectfully submitted,

W. H. Owen , Lib.

June 4th 1840