...support, since such authority could never prove, the authentic date of an event." These halls were not to be " encumbered with the ephemeral biographies,...amusement, newspapers or periodicals, which form so large a portion of the current literature of the day." The hospitality the husband offered was magnificent,...

...only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them, nor do I wish the Ridgway Branch of the Philadelphia Library to be encumbered...large a part of the current literature of the day." — Provisions of the Last Will and Testament of Dr. James Rush, Relating to The Library Company^ of...