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Hugh Gaine
Biography
Hugh Gaine (1726-1807) was a New York City bookseller at Hanover Square. He was born in Belfast, and arrived in the colonies in 1745. In 1752, he established a newspaper, the New York Mercury, later the Gazette and Mercury. Gaines was the treasurer of the St. Patrick's Society in 1789.
Local Note
Hugh Gaine was a trustee of the New York Society Library from 1788 to 1807.
Mentioned
- Keep, Austin Baxter. History of the New York Society Library, pp. 93, 101, 107-8, 155, 203, 205, 225, 231, 251, 280, 427
- King, Marion. Books and People: Five Decades of New York's Oldest Library, pp. 62, 70, 133, 160, 268, 271, 291
- Monaghan, Frank. This was New York, the Nation's Capital in 1789, pp.
| Date Out | Text | Vol | Size | Date In | Rep | Fines | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/22/1791 | Lady's Enc. | 1 | 12mo. | 01/31/1791 | 104 | ||
| 03/12/1791 | Calmet's Dictionary | 1 | 03/19/1791 | 104 | |||
| 03/19/1791 | " | 2 | 04/11/1791 | 104 | |||
| 04/11/1791 | " | 3 | 04/23/1791 | 104 | |||
| 04/23/1791 | Brydone's Tour | 05/13/1791 | 104 | ||||
| 05/26/1791 | Marriage Act | 1 | 05/28/1791 | 104 | |||
| 05/28/1791 | " | 2 | 06/01/1791 | 104 | |||
| 03/21/1792 | Lavater | 2 | 04/16/1792 | 104 |
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