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Peter Hoare
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Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 4:31 PM
Subject: Librarians executed........ !
> Dear All,
> John Gray of the Linen Hall Library, Belfast, sends the
> following interesting enquiry which I forward in case anybody can
> help; please reply to him direct
>
> From: John Gray <[log in to unmask]>
> To: pdh <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: RE: Historic Libraries Forum
> Date sent: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 14:28:13 +0100
>
> Thanks,
> I don't know whether you could feed the following into the network
> to see
> whether anyone can come up with any useful sources, info:
>
> I am interested in the duties, role, payment of Librarians in
> subscribing
> libraries in the 1790's. Our second Librarian, Thomas Russell, got
> the job
> in February 1794 with the help of members of the committee,
> initially for
> #30 per annum paid in arrears, though this was raised to #50. He
> had to
> offer an 'indemnity' prior to confirmation of appointment. He was
> expected
> to attend all committee meetings, and was subject to 'double' fines
> if he
> failed to do so. He was expected to attend the Library from 11.00 -
> 2.00
> daily except Sundays. The Committee approved the purchase of all
> books, and
> appear to have undertaken almost all the executive functions of the
> body.
> The Librarian was principally responsible for administering use of
> the
> Library, the issue of books and receipt on return, collecting
> subscriptions,
> and levying fines on returned books. At a more professional level he
> prepared our first printed (alphabetical) catalogue.
>
> All very humdrum. He was however arrested on the Library
> premises in October
> 1796 as a leading United Irishman and eventually executed in
> October 1803 as
> the Northern General in Robert Emmett's Rebellion of 1803.
>
> As one contribution to the bicentenary of his demise, I am doing a
> piece on
> Russell as Librarian. Hence interest in comparative experience.
>
> Regards John Gray
> Librarian Linen Hall Library
>
>
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