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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Miners near Lyndrum on Loch Lomond have established a library of 700-800 volumes, focusing on science and philosophy, leading to improved behavior and attachment to their patron, the Earl of Breadalbane.
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"It is remarkable that a new species of literary characters have lately been discovered near Lyndrum, on the north side of Loch Lomond. About this mountainous place are several lead mines belonging to the present Earl of Breadalbane. The miners having a good deal of spare time, and little temptations to spend their money, formed some time since a little stock to purchase books. At first they got pieces of amusement, and then bought works of science, particularly treatises on mineralogy and other branches of natural philosophy. We are assured these subterranean readers have now a well assorted library of 7 or 800 volumes. Philosophy seems to have humanized and exalted their minds, as they are exceedingly attached to their noble patron, remarkably affectionate to their wives and families, and uncommonly courteous to such strangers as visit their sequestered place of abode."
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Lyndrum, North Side Of Loch Lomond
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Lately
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miners have a well-assorted library of 7 or 800 volumes; philosophy has humanized their minds, increasing attachment to patron, affection for families, and courtesy to strangers.
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Miners near Lyndrum on the north side of Loch Lomond, working lead mines owned by the Earl of Breadalbane, used spare time and savings to purchase books, starting with amusement pieces and progressing to scientific works on mineralogy and natural philosophy, forming a library of 7 or 800 volumes.