Medfield Social Library
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The Medfield Social Library (est.1786) was a proprietary library in Medfield, Massachusetts.[1] It incorporated in 1809. By 1816 it consisted of some 700 volumes,[2] among them The Panoplist, Mary Pilkington's Mirror for Females,[3] Susanna Rowson's Invisible Rambler, Claude-Étienne Savary's Letters on Egypt, Scott's Lessons in Reading,[4] and George Staunton's Embassy to China.[5][6] Librarians included "Dr. Prentiss." As of the 1880s "a remnant" of the library was reportedly "stored at the town farm."[7]
References
- ↑ For context, see: List of libraries in 18th century Massachusetts
- ↑ Medfield Library [catalog]. 1816
- ↑ An example of Pilkington's Mirror (but not necessarily the version in the Medfield Social Library): Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ WorldCat. William Scott 1750-1804
- ↑ Medfield Library. Catalogue of books. 1810
- ↑ Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts v.9 (1899)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Further reading
- A catalogue of books in the circulating library in Medfield, with the names of the proprietors of said library. Medfield, Mass.: 1791.
- A catalogue of books, together with the Constitution of the incorporated Library Society in Medfield, and the names of the proprietors by Library Society in Medfield. Dedham, Mass.: Printed by Herman Mann, 1810.
- Medfield Library [catalog]. Dedham, Mass.: Printed at the Dedham Gazette office, 1816.
