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...Peabody in the Cambridge Tribune pays the following tribute to the late John Langdon Sibley. "His whole life has been a sacrifice of himself. Trained in a frugal home, and for many years with straightened income, he first made use of enlarged means in relieving distress and want, and in helping students who were struggling under adverse circumstances. He practised the most rigid economy as to his own personal expenses, that he might enjoy the greater luxury of a generous giver. He repaid the aid that he received at Phillips Exeter Academy by funds which, with their accumulations, now amount...
...will of John Langdon Sibley has been filed in the probate court. His widow receives the income of his entire estate. At her death the bulk of his property will be given to the Massachusetts Historical Society...
...funeral of the late John Langdon Sibley will take place at his late residence on Phillips Place, at 12 o'clock to-day. The library will be closed as a mark of respect, from...
Cambridge people and the educated public at large have sustained a double loss in the deaths of John Langdon Sibley and Dr. Elisha Mulford. The latter, a professor in the Cambridge Theological Seminary, is known to all who are interested in the economic literature of the United States, as the author of the "Nation." This book, which appeared in war times, is regarded by many as marking an epoch in our economic study. Others are more familiar with Dr. Mulford's "Republic of God," a religious work of much merit. Although the Theological Seminary is not a part...
...death of John Langdon Sibley, Librarian Emeritus, we feel that the college has met with a well-nigh irreparable loss. Not only his services in the position which he so ably filled have entitled him to the gratitude of Harvard, but his noble interest in the work of the poorer students, and the assistance which he stood ever ready to render them, have endeared him to the students of a former generation, and have secured him the respect of the undergraduates...