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current18:18, 13 July 2024Thumbnail for version as of 18:18, 13 July 20243,129 × 3,821 (4.09 MB)William C. Minor{{Artwork |author=A.W.Elson & Co, Boston |description={{en|1=Nicholas Marie Alexandre Vattemare. Advocate of the establishment of a public library in Boston. Born in Paris near the close of the eighteenth century. In early life, a student of surgery with some army practice in that profession. Of wide European reputation as a ventriloquist and minor theatrical performer. After 1827 devoted his time and private fortune to the promotion of a system of international exchange of books, and in this...

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