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feb 17, 1891 - Bricks and Motor for Peterborough Town Library.

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In 1891, two former Peterborough residents, Nancy Smith Foster and her cousin William H. Smith, agreed to give $10,000 and $5,000 respectively toward a library building. They stipulated that their cousin George S. Morison, an accomplished engineer, should be the one to design and build the library.

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feb 17, 1891
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~ 133 years ago