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II. BOOKPLATES USED BY U. S. GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC LIBRARIES, COLLEGES (INCLUDING "DETUR PLATES), MUSEUMS, CLUBS,

ETC., ETC.

U. S. GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS.

Bureau of Education. 1505. Typogr. label. sented by ".

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Geological Survey. 1506. Three ornamental plates: two lithogr. (one with the device of the Survey); one engr. on wood. 1507. Engr. plate, with the device of the Survey, from a design by John R. Hill.

Headquarters of the Army. 1508. Armorial. Engr.

Library of Congress. 1509. Early typogr. label. 1510. Seven later typogr. labels: - Two general; one each: Presented by; Smithsonian Deposit; Copyright; Force Collection; Toner Collection.

Light House Establishment. labels, engr. on wood.

Naval Academy, Annapolis.

1511. Two pictorial

1512. Two typogr.

labels, with the seal of the Academy:- For general use;

Presented by.

Naval Observatory.

1513. Late wreath and ribbon style, with symbolical figure. Engr.

Navy Department. 1514. Bureau of Equipment. Typogr. label, with seal. 1515. Bureau of Navigation : -Engr. label, with seal of Hydrographic Office. - Late wreath and ribbon, with shield showing a compass. Lithogr. 1516. Navy Yard Libraries. Two typogr.

labels, with seal of Bureau of Equipment: - Boston; Pensacola. 1517. Crew's Libraries. Three, same as preceding: - U. S. S. Charleston, Detroit, Yantic. 1518. Ship's Libraries. Six, same as preceding:U. S. S. Chicago, Machias, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mohican, Yorktown.

Quartermaster General's Office. 1519. Typogr. label, dated 1866, the last figure in writing.

War Department. 1520. Two typogr. labels, one with the seal of the War office printed in red.

CALIFORNIA.

Berkeley. University of California: - 1521. Three typogr. labels: - For general use; Gift of Alfred Greenebaum; Gift of Mrs. Avery. 1522. Three typogr. labels: - Gift of Louis Sloss; Reese Library; Gift of Mrs. Sarah P. Walworth. 1523. Three typogr. labels : Gift of James Kennedy Moffitt; Gift of Miss Rose Whiting; German Library.

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Sacramento. Free Public Library: -1524, 1525. Six typogr. labels on papers of different colors.

San Diego. 1526, 1527. Three typogr. labels: -One Horton Library; two San Diego Public Library.

San Francisco. Free Public Library: 1528, 1529, 1530. Five typogr. labels, one of them for books given. Sutro Library: 1531. Pictorial, with

harbor view, and motto: "Labor Omnia Vincit ". — Stanford University: -1532. Engr. label, "The Hopkins Library".

COLORADO.

Boulder. University of Colorado: 1533. Two typogr. labels for the Buckingham Library.

La Junta. Young Folks' Library:-1534. Typogr. label.

Denver. The Denver Club:-1535. Library Interior. Signed: Cora E. Sargent. Engr. by E D. French. Proof on Imperial Japan, signed by the engraver.

CONNECTICUT.

Ansonia. Young Men's Christian Association : — 1536. Typogr. label.

Branford. The Blackstone Public Library : — - 1537. Ornamental, with view of library. Wood-engr. Signed: W. F. Hopson, 1896. 15.

East-Windsor. Miscellaneous Library Association:1538. Vignette of Minerva. Early engr. plate.

Farmington. Library in the First Society: 1539. Large engr. label, with ornam. border. Very early. A No. 266. The Monthly Library:-1540. Allegorical. Engr. Signed: M. Bull's & T. Lee's Sculp. Very early. A No. 267.- Village Library: -1541. Library interior, with a young lady reading. Quite early. A No. 268.

Guilford. Guilford Library: -1542. Books on a shelf, etc. Engr. Attributed to Doolittle. Abt. 1800. A No. 335. Union Library:-1543. Typogr. label, with the arms of the U. S. engr. on wood. About 1823. A No. 336.

Hartford. Circulating Library of E. M. Sill:-1544. Lettering with a few sprigs of vegetation in Blake's style. Reproduction of a design by W. M. Stone. Dated 97.

Connecticut Historical Society: -1545. Four typogr. labels, with the seal of the state engraved on wood: Presented by Miss Clara Field; Presented by the United States; Presented by; Presented by Subscribers for the Patterson Library. Hartford Library Company:1546. The name inscribed in an oval, a garland of roses above, palm branches below. Engr. Early. A No. 350. (Now the Hartford Public Library.) - Hart ford Public Library: 1547. Four typogr. labels.

State Library:-1548. Typogr. label with the seal of

the state engr. on wood. (1845.) - Theological Institute of Connecticut:- 1549. Representation of a pulpit. 1833. "Presented by". Engr. 1550. Typogr. label. "Gift of ".- Trinity College: -1551-1557. Twenty. six typogr. labels: - For general use; Legacy of the Rev. James Gilbert Jacocks; Peters Fund; Burgess Fund; The Gift of; Legacy of Joseph J. Cooke, Esq.; Northam Library Fund; The Gift of Junius S. Morgan, Esq.; Athenæum; The Gift of His Majesty The King of Siam; Legacy of the Rev. James Soveraine Purdy, D. D.; Legacy of The Rev. Sheldon Davis, M. A.; Athenæum Fund; The Gift of Prof. John Brocklesby, LL. D.; The Gift of Mrs. William E. Curtis; The Gift of James J. Goodwin, Esq.; Sheffield Collection; The Gift of The Hon. John Turner Wait, LL. D.; The Gift of The Rt. Rev. John Williams, D. D., LL. D.; Alumni Library Fund; The Gift of The United States Government; Elton Fund; Legacy of The Rt. Rev. Benjamin Henry Paddock, D. D.; The Gift of The Heirs of Charles Frederick Johnson; The Gift of The Rev. Noyes William Miner, D.D. Young Men's Christian Association: 1558. Silhouette of building. "Bequest of Charles M. Pond Esqr." Reproduction of a design by Wilbur Macey Stone. Signed: W. M. S. 1897.- Watkinson Library:-1559. Engr., with portrait of founder. Signed: American Bank Note Co. N. Y.

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Middletown. 1560. City High School. Typogr. label; Vernon Union Library Company. Typogr. label, dated 1832, the last two figures written. Wesleyan University: 1561. Four early typogr. labels: Peithologian Society; Philorhetorian Society; Presented by; For general use. 1562-1564. Five typogr. labels, with the seal of the University engr. on wood: general use; Presented by; Gift of the Conn. Gamma of Phi Beta Kappa; Library of George Prentice, D. D.; Gift of Rev. J. W. Barnhart, A. M.

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New Britain. New Britain Institute: - 1565. Typogr. label, with book and lamp, etc., engr. on wood.

New Haven. Free Public Library: - 1566. Typogr. label, with the seal of the city engr. on wood. 1567. Architectural design, with the seal of the city above. Engr. on wood. Signed: W. F. Hopson. Sc. 1893. For general use. - The same design, with a tablet added below, bearing the words: "Presented by ". New Haven Young Men's Institute: -1568. Two typogr. labels. Mechanic Library: -1569. In a circle in the center, two Cupids at the anvil, with the motto on ribbon above them: "Improve the moment". The circle is surrounded by shellwork and flowers. Above, a pile of books, with a blaze of light behind them. Below, in a cartouche in two lines: "Mechanic Library New Haven ". Engr. Signed: Doolittle del et Sculp. 1570. A smith and his apprentice at the anvil. Above them, on a ribbon : Improve the moment". Below, in three lines, “Mechanic Library New Haven N° Engr. Attributed to Doolittle. Social Lib. Company: 1571. The name on a ribbon above. Under this two angels holding a scroll, on which are four lines of lettering: "Theology classical," and floating over a landscape with globe, books, etc., on the foreground. This vignette is executed partly in stipple and partly in etched and engraved lines. Under the landscape four lines of verse: "Tis Books. provision find". Under this again, on one line.

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Weeks". Engr. Signed: A. Doolittle del et sculp. Yale College: -1572. Brothers in Unity. Allegorical. Engr. Signed: Wm. Taylor Deln. A. Doolittle Sculpt. A No. 964. 1573. Brothers in Unity. Allegorical. Engr. Signed: O. Pelton Sc. A No. 966. 1574. Brothers in Unity. Allegorical. Engr. Signed: F. Tisdale del. S. S. Jocelyn Sc. A No. 965. 1575. Linonian Meeting. With view of college chapel, etc. Engr. A No. 967. 1576. Linonian Library. Allegorical. Engr. Signed: Doolittle Sc. 1802. A No. 968. 1577. Presented to the Linonian Library by

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Allegorical. Engr. Signed: G. Fairman. No. 969. 1578. Moral Library. Library interior. Engr. A No. 970. 1579. The Loring W. Andrews Memorial Library. Engr. label, with the seal of the college. 1580. The Perkins Fund. Same as preceding.