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English: Alexandre Vattemare, a French ventriloquist and advocate for public libraries.

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Title: The Public Library of the city of Boston : a history
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Wadlin, Horace Greeley, 1851-1925
Subjects: Boston Public Library
Publisher: Boston : Printed at the Library and published by the Trustees
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Caption: Nicholas Marie Alexandre Vattemare.
Advocate of the establishment of a public library in Boston. Born in Paris near the close of the eighteenth century. In early life, a student of surgery with some army practice in that profession. Of wide European reputation as a ventriloquist and minor theatrical performer. After 1827 devoted his time and private fortune to the promotion of a system of international exchange of books, and in this connection advocated the establishment of free public libraries and museums in all countries.

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