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Dollinger / Kavanaugh books
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2019-022
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1854 - 1929 (Creation)
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2 cm printed material
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Custodial history
Material was found in the walls of the Kavanaugh stone house at 105 Quabbin Rd during renovations in 2018, donated by Ian Jefferson.
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2019-022 Dollinger / Kavanaugh books
Collection consists of:
- small hardcover book “Piano-Forte Primer” by J F Burrowes, Boston, 1854, signed “Libbie Dollinger / Rockport / C. West”. [Mary Elizabeth Dollinger, born 1854, married Thomas T. Kavanaugh in 1873 and the couple lived for a while in the Kavanaugh house] Very poor condition, not complete.
- Small softcover book “The Most Reverend Doctor James Butler’s Catechism”
a book of Roman Catholic religious instruction, no date. Poor condition missing part of the cover page, otherwise complete. - newspapers from Montreal between 1919 and 1926, found in the same house, were discarded, as were the remnants of a book about coffee and tea by Chase & Sanborn, with testimonials dated 1882-83.