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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jan 25, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Jamestown |
| County: | Newport |
| State: | Rhode Island |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | The von der Insels  |
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| Found by: | SherlockMiles |
| Last found: | Nov 2, 2019 |
| Status: | OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Jan 25, 2004 |
Spark your curiosity,
Light the candle of knowledge!
The New England Sigilography Series is a group of letterbooks – letterboxes that resemble books – planted in libraries to allow letterboxers to keep up their favorite hobby even during foul weather. Follow the clues below to find out the numbers and letters of a Dewey Decimal number for the letterbook stashed on a library shelf.
In all cases, the library staff has helped in the planting, and allowed us the privilege of pursuing our hobby as a favor. They’re very helpful if you’re not familiar with how to find any books or use any resources in a library (especially the computer catalogue system), but don’t ask them for letterbooking clues if you don’t want the mystery spoiled! Some libraries may have more than one letterbook in them, so check the LBNA website for more clues. Please respect the library environment by staying as unobtrusive as possible, use the library’s resources respectfully and be sure to return the letterbook to its proper place!
The Jamestown Philomenian Library hours:
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 10 AM – 8 PM
Thursday 12 PM (noon) – 8 PM
Friday & Saturday 10 AM – 5 PM
Summer (June 15 to Sept. 15) Saturdays 10 AM – 2 PM
Winter (MidOctober to MidMay) Sundays 1 PM – 5 PM
New England Sigilography Series
Volume II: World Geography
Brought to you by the good folks at the Jamestown Philomenian Library, Jamestown, RI
The Dewey Decimal number for this letterbook is a three-digit number followed by two letters. For instance: 123/AB or 987/WX
The first digit of this letterbook is found in Asia! Go to either the book with the Dewey Decimal number 915.4 INDI and look on p. 202, or the book numbered 915.4 SPEC, p. 62. Here you’ll find out about Kashmir, in India. The first digit depends on which statement is true:
If Kashmir is east of Nepal, then the first digit is a 2. (North is at the top of the page.)
If Kashmir borders on China, then it’s a 9.
If Kashmir has a shoreline on the Indian Ocean, then it’s a 7.
If Kashmir is north of Russia, then the first digit is a 4.
Time to go somewhere warmer! For the second digit, look in the reference section for a world atlas and find Central America. You’ll find several of them, or just go to R912 READ. See it there, between North and South America? Good! Now look at that big lake near the west coast. For the second digit - What country is it in?
Guatemala = 8
Nicaragua = 1
Costa Rica = 3
Keep the atlas open for the third digit. Take a cruise across the Atlantic over to Europe, and find the nice, warm cities of Naples, Italy and Madrid, Spain. What latitude are they near? (‘Latitude’ are the ‘flat’ lines that goes east and west. ‘Longitude’ are those ‘long’ lines going from the North Pole to the South Pole.). The third digit depends on the latitude:
Around 25 degrees = 2
Around 30 degrees = 1
Around 40 degrees = 0
As long as you’re there, get the first letter of the letterbook on an airplane, by following the latitude back across the Atlantic to North America. The letter depends on where you end up:
Mexico City = A
New Orleans = W
Philadelphia = D
Atlanta = P
Finally, the second letter can be found in the depths of Africa. Put on a pith helmet and explore the Horn of Africa. Going inland from the Horn, you find that one of these countries is closer than the others. Which country has the last letter that you need?
Angola = A
Chad = B
Djibouti = C
Gabon = D.
Now you have a three-digit and two-letter Dewey Decimal number. Go to the letterbook on the shelf and stamp in! Be sure to replace it discreetly. Are you leaving the library tidy and in good order? Has the weather improved? Excellent!
Light the candle of knowledge!
The New England Sigilography Series is a group of letterbooks – letterboxes that resemble books – planted in libraries to allow letterboxers to keep up their favorite hobby even during foul weather. Follow the clues below to find out the numbers and letters of a Dewey Decimal number for the letterbook stashed on a library shelf.
In all cases, the library staff has helped in the planting, and allowed us the privilege of pursuing our hobby as a favor. They’re very helpful if you’re not familiar with how to find any books or use any resources in a library (especially the computer catalogue system), but don’t ask them for letterbooking clues if you don’t want the mystery spoiled! Some libraries may have more than one letterbook in them, so check the LBNA website for more clues. Please respect the library environment by staying as unobtrusive as possible, use the library’s resources respectfully and be sure to return the letterbook to its proper place!
The Jamestown Philomenian Library hours:
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 10 AM – 8 PM
Thursday 12 PM (noon) – 8 PM
Friday & Saturday 10 AM – 5 PM
Summer (June 15 to Sept. 15) Saturdays 10 AM – 2 PM
Winter (MidOctober to MidMay) Sundays 1 PM – 5 PM
New England Sigilography Series
Volume II: World Geography
Brought to you by the good folks at the Jamestown Philomenian Library, Jamestown, RI
The Dewey Decimal number for this letterbook is a three-digit number followed by two letters. For instance: 123/AB or 987/WX
The first digit of this letterbook is found in Asia! Go to either the book with the Dewey Decimal number 915.4 INDI and look on p. 202, or the book numbered 915.4 SPEC, p. 62. Here you’ll find out about Kashmir, in India. The first digit depends on which statement is true:
If Kashmir is east of Nepal, then the first digit is a 2. (North is at the top of the page.)
If Kashmir borders on China, then it’s a 9.
If Kashmir has a shoreline on the Indian Ocean, then it’s a 7.
If Kashmir is north of Russia, then the first digit is a 4.
Time to go somewhere warmer! For the second digit, look in the reference section for a world atlas and find Central America. You’ll find several of them, or just go to R912 READ. See it there, between North and South America? Good! Now look at that big lake near the west coast. For the second digit - What country is it in?
Guatemala = 8
Nicaragua = 1
Costa Rica = 3
Keep the atlas open for the third digit. Take a cruise across the Atlantic over to Europe, and find the nice, warm cities of Naples, Italy and Madrid, Spain. What latitude are they near? (‘Latitude’ are the ‘flat’ lines that goes east and west. ‘Longitude’ are those ‘long’ lines going from the North Pole to the South Pole.). The third digit depends on the latitude:
Around 25 degrees = 2
Around 30 degrees = 1
Around 40 degrees = 0
As long as you’re there, get the first letter of the letterbook on an airplane, by following the latitude back across the Atlantic to North America. The letter depends on where you end up:
Mexico City = A
New Orleans = W
Philadelphia = D
Atlanta = P
Finally, the second letter can be found in the depths of Africa. Put on a pith helmet and explore the Horn of Africa. Going inland from the Horn, you find that one of these countries is closer than the others. Which country has the last letter that you need?
Angola = A
Chad = B
Djibouti = C
Gabon = D.
Now you have a three-digit and two-letter Dewey Decimal number. Go to the letterbook on the shelf and stamp in! Be sure to replace it discreetly. Are you leaving the library tidy and in good order? Has the weather improved? Excellent!