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HANNIBAL — The Hannibal Free Public Library received three volumes of the Journals and Business Records of R. D. Brewington, a 19th-century businessman in Hannibal. Brewington was a tanner and merchant, moving to Hannibal in the 1850s. The physical volumes were donated by his descendent, Robert J. Coontz Jr. R.D. Brewington’s Big Journal 1 covers the years 1882 through part of 1886 and includes a list of notable deaths in the region. R.D. Brewington’s Big Journal 2 begins shor...