Title

Brief article reporting that the recent auction of a Herman Melville manuscript

Authors

Source

Maine Times

Date

2-1-1996

Pages

19

Abstract

Brief article reporting that the recent auction of a Herman Melville manuscript at Christie's in New York benefitted the Portland Public Library. The anonymous benefactor who auctioned the book donated the full $24,000 from the sale to the library. The library will use the money to fund an online card catalogue, World Wide Web site and other computer services.

Subjects

Portland Public Library, Melville, Herman

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