The Beloit College library was begun; Prof. Bushnell secured books from Eastern friends and obtained the Saybrook scholarship of $500.

The evidence

• “The College library was begun in 1848, and has since been maintained and augmented by donations of books, or of means for their purchase, from different friends of the institution. Among the largest benefactors of the library have been Rev.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/12-rock-county-ch06-politics-war-record.md, PDF p. 473

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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