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Library Information

Library date
1882
"YYYY-MM-DD", "YYYY" "YYYY-MM-DD BCE", "5th-6th c. BCE",
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Location
"Boston, Massachusetts, USA", "London, England", "The Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, USA", "Hogwarts", "Alpha Centauri", "Hell"
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Library Size (titles)
137 identified
Number of titles in the library. 1,459; ~50; 100-200; Unknown ("1 lot books")
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Library Size (volumes)
Number of volumes in the library. 1,459; ~50; 100-200
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Sources
Extant copies (John J. Burns Library, Boston College; Boston College Law Library; Boston College High School);
Account ledger (Canton Historical Society)
Laurel Davis and Mary Sarah Bilder. "The Library of Robert Morris, Antebellum Civil Rights Lawyer and Activist." Law Library Journal 111:4, pp. 461-507.
Will (1765, approved 1784); Probate inventory (1675)
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Library Notes
Morris' law library, bequeathed to his son (who died shortly after his father), has not been located, though some titles have been identified.
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Links
www.example.com, https://www.example.com/, www.example.com/some/url
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Provenance Marks
"Ex Dono Roberti Morris" bookplate; usually signed and often dated with date of acquisition (see p. 507 of above article).
Bookplate design, common ownership marks, etc.
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Legacy Categories
Libraries of Early America; Artists; Signers of the Declaration of Independence; U.S. Presidents
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Total Book Value
$300; £52/10/2
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Total Inventory Value
$3000; £654/13/5
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Contributors
A LibraryThing member name.
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Entity Information

Date of Birth
1825-06-08
"YYYY-MM-DD", "YYYY" "YYYY-MM-DD BCE", "5th-6th c. BCE",
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Date of Death
1882-12-12
"YYYY-MM-DD", "YYYY" "YYYY-MM-DD BCE", "5th-6th c. BCE",
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Gender
male
"female," "male," "n/a" or enter as free text
Places of Residence
"Boston, Massachusetts, USA", "Paris, France", "Algeria"
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Education
"Mississippi State University (BS|Library Science)","Oxford University (Christ Church)", "University of California, Berkeley"
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Occupations
plumber or waiter or engineer
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Legacy Connections
Douglass, Frederick (contemporary)
Huxley, Julian (brother), Orwell, George (student), Huxley, Leonard (father)
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