Eleazer S. Mashbir Collection

Louis E. Freudentahl, a Las Cruces businessman, gave the library approximately 175 books pertaining to 18th and 19th century Russia. The books were part of the private library of Eleazer S. Mashbir, an attorney and Mr. Freudenthal's uncle. Several of the volumes date back to the 18th century including The History of the Life of Peter I., Emperor of Russia by John Mottley. The collection also includes the scarce 1890-1900 issues of the periodical "Free Russia," the organ of the Society of Friends of Russian Freedom.

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The Kremlin

Image from Tyrrell, Henry and Henry A. Haukeil,
The History of Russia: From the Foundation of the Empire to the War with Turkey in 1877-78
The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited. 1879.

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