A collection of good books, with a soul to it in the shape of a librarian, becomes a vitalized power among the impulses by which the world goes on to improvement.

Boston: Ticknor & Co. Shortly before his birth his parents had recently moved to Boston from Duxbury Massachusetts where the Winsor family had been involved in shipbuilding for generations. 1860) who died in infancy and Constance (c.

His historical work had strong bibliographical and cartographical elements. Justin Winsor (January 2 1831 – October 22 1897) was a prominent United States writer librarian and historian. He was an authority on the early history of North America.