Benjamin Franklin and Eighteenth-century American LibrariesAmerican Philosophical Society, 1965 - 83 pages |
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Page 21
... towns followed suit , and so , like the ripples of a pond , the influence of the Library Company spread through ... town minister , the Reverend Nathaniel Chauncey , a graduate and Fellow of Yale College . The Book Company of Durham ...
... towns followed suit , and so , like the ripples of a pond , the influence of the Library Company spread through ... town minister , the Reverend Nathaniel Chauncey , a graduate and Fellow of Yale College . The Book Company of Durham ...
Page 67
... town of Franklin , Massachusetts , was incorpo- rated in 1778 , after being set off from the town of Wrentham . Because word had just been received that Franklin had signed a treaty of amity and commerce with King Louis XVI and the ...
... town of Franklin , Massachusetts , was incorpo- rated in 1778 , after being set off from the town of Wrentham . Because word had just been received that Franklin had signed a treaty of amity and commerce with King Louis XVI and the ...
Page 69
... town . In June , 1789 , the town directed Mr. Emmons to lend out the books " according to the directions in the letter accompanying said li- brary " ; and again in 1790 , the books were opened " to the inhabitants of the town at large ...
... town . In June , 1789 , the town directed Mr. Emmons to lend out the books " according to the directions in the letter accompanying said li- brary " ; and again in 1790 , the books were opened " to the inhabitants of the town at large ...
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AMERICAN LIBRARIES | 6 |
New York Society Library | 62 |
Rhode Island College Brown University | 79 |
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