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Some books
and bookcases given by G.S. Gibson
It was difficult to make room in
the Town Library for the books which were inherited
on the death of George Stacey Gibson in 1865, so Mrs
Elizabeth Gibson paid for the Gibson Room (recently
refurbished) to be built to house them.
A lot of the books in the Town
Library reflect the Gibson’s interests; George
Stacey Gibson was the author of the Flora of Essex,
which explains why he collected so many books on botany
and zoology. These can be seen in the bookcases. As
brewers they had books on brewing and temperance and
as bankers they collected books on finance. George
Stacey Gibson’s Quaker faith influenced almost
everything he did.
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