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excursion." Theodore died in 1878, and was described as "bright in mind and engaging in manners...His taste and execution in Music were unusual. He studied
Harmony when twelve years of age, and his mathematical ability at a very early age was marked." Both sons were avid collectors like their father.
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Andrews was born on September 9, 1837, in Manhattan, New York. He was born to Caroline C. Delamater Andrews and Loring Andrews. A posthumous obituary claimed he "was a descendant of that 'first settler' William Andrews, one of the Davenport Company which 'sailed from Boston in 1638 and
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On April 22, 1920, a memorial meeting was held in honor of
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James Lyne's survey or, as it is more commonly known the
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American revolutionary war : being an account of a number of the engraved portraits connected therewith, remarkable for their rarity or otherwise interesting
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According to the Met, "Andrews was a fundamental force in the early days of The Met, and he was the pivotal figure in the development and collection growth at The Met's great library."
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In 1878, Andrews retired from his father's leather and hide business. He began to have leisure time due to his retirement, which enabled him to become involved with the
Metropolitan.
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Amsterdam, New Orange, New York : a chronologically arranged account of engraved views of the city from the first picture published in MDCLI until the year MDCCC
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Catalogue of the
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A trio of eighteenth century French engravers of portraits in miniature. Ficquet, Savart, Grateloup
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with his devotion. That year, the Metropolitan officially appointed Andrews as its first librarian.
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An index to the illustrations on the Manuals of the corporation of the city of New York, 1841-1870
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The Bradford map : the city of New York at the time of the granting of the Montgomery charter
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He published 36 books, about 24 of which he wrote; many detailed "bookish themes" and/or
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The heavenly Jervsalem. A mediaeval song of the joys of the chvrch trivmphant
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The Continental insurance company of New York, 1853-1905: a historical sketch
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and his art: a short account of his life and work as a binder
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designed Andrew's personal bookplate in an unknown year.
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American book collector and Met librarian (1837–1920)
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New York as Washington knew it after the Revolution
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