Excerpt from Public, Society, and School Libraries in the United States: With Library Statistics and Legislation of the Various States The first free public library supported or aided by taxation of which this Bureau has any account was established at Wayland, Mass. And was opened to the public in August, 1850. The second, at New Bedford, Mass, was opened in March, 1853. If the Peterboro town library was free to the inhabitants of the town prior to August, 1850, whether supported by municipal taxation or by the income of ...
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Excerpt from Public, Society, and School Libraries in the United States: With Library Statistics and Legislation of the Various States The first free public library supported or aided by taxation of which this Bureau has any account was established at Wayland, Mass. And was opened to the public in August, 1850. The second, at New Bedford, Mass, was opened in March, 1853. If the Peterboro town library was free to the inhabitants of the town prior to August, 1850, whether supported by municipal taxation or by the income of invested bonds, it furnishes the first example of a free library, and we shall be glad to give it the credit. In another letter, of August 12, 1875: So far as any data are at present known to us, your library is the earliest of its kind. Should we obtain information of an earlier enterprise of the same kind, you will be duly informed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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