Samuel Austin Allibone papers, 1853-1889.

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Samuel Austin Allibone papers, 1853-1889.

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Samuel Austin Allibone was an American author and bibliographer, and from 1879 to 1888, a librarian of the Lenox Library, now the New York Public Library.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Lenox Library

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The Lenox Library was a free public reference library which grew out of the private book collection of James Lenox (1800-1880). A lifelong bachelor of Scottish Presbyterian descent, Lenox inherited a large fortune from his father's commercial import business augmented by astute real estate investments. In 1840 Lenox retired from business to devote himself to his book and art collections. In 1870 the Library's act of incorporation was passed, a nine member board of truste...

Allibone, S. Austin (Samuel Austin), 1816-1889

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American author and biographer of important literary figures. From the description of Letter, 1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367564811 Samuel Austin Allibone, American lexicographer and librarian, author of A Critical Dictionary of English Literature. From the guide to the S. Austin Allibone manuscript material : 1 item, 1879, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Literary lexicographer, biographer...