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Scranton Public Library - History of the Scranton Public Library

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A collection of very early photographs of the library from 1893. There are also documents of the history of one of our buildings, the Silkman House.

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Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History (24)
Scranton (Pa.)--History (24)
Scranton Public Library--History (24)
Silkman House--History (9)

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Pennsylvania (22)
Scranton (22)

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1969 (2)
1849-07-19 (1)
1866-02-12 (1)
1873-01-09 (1)
1893 (1)
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1940 (1)
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2005-05-03 (1)

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Scranton Public Library (24)

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Settlement of suits on ejectment between William Silkman et. al. and Edrick Friar.

Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Scranton Public Library--History, Silkman House--History

This documents settles a property line dispute between William Silkman and Edrick Friar and establishes new boundaries. The document contains three hand-written pages of text including signatures on the third page. The fourth page is blank, but contains summary information on the back. It is a tri-fold document.

Silkman House northeast side.

Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Scranton Public Library--History, Silkman House--History

Image taken from photograph of original photograph. Apparenty, this was taken at the same time as Silkman House undated.

Silkman House undated.

Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Scranton Public Library--History, Silkman House--History

Image taken from photograph of original photograph.

William Silkman safe receipt.

Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History, Scranton (Pa.)--History, Scranton Public Library--History, Silkman House--History

Receipt of "Burglar Box" bought by William Silkman from W. Terwilliger, New York. Date is not completely legible by appears to be February 12, 1866. Cost: $180. Reverse contains indication of William Silkman's filing system.

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