ON 12 NOVEMBER 1850 HERE IN FRONT OF MACK'S HOTEL SETTLERS MET THE FIRST SHIPS TO USE THE STEAM PACKET WHARF AND LEARNT THAT THE ACT TO ESTABLISH THE COLONY OF VICTORIA HAD BEEN PASSED...
MARY ELLEN IVES presented this building to the City of New Haven MCMXI PHILIP MARETT by his bequest of a book fund founded this library
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