Note 108 — PART I. AMERICANA IN LIBRARIES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES.
Reading edition
His earliest catalogue appeared in 1842, as of his private library. Sabin’s Bibl. of Bibl., p. xlix. A collection announced for sale in Boston in 1845 was withdrawn after the catalogue was printed, having been sold to the Connecticut Historical Society for $4,000. At one time he amassed a large collection of American school-books to illustrate our educational history. They were bought (about four hundred in all) by the British Museum.