![]() ![]() The library was destroyed when the Old State House interior was consumed by fire on December 9, 1747, when many books, papers, and records were destroyed. In a short Time I propose to send you an account of the charitable Society of the Church of England, and of the public Library erected here: the laying the Foundation of both which, I have been (thanks to my good God) the happy tho' unworthy Instrument. Thomas Bennet, dated June 15, 1725, Checkley wrote: John Checkley at the Old State House sometime between 1711 when Boston's Old State House was built, and 1725. Bates Hall reading room in the Boston Public LibraryĪccording to Edmund Farwell Slafter, the first public library was founded in Boston by the Rev. ![]() There would thus have been parish libraries at the 289 Anglican churches, and at various missions. ![]() The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, founded in 1701, subsidized libraries as a regular part of their missionary activity whenever they sent a priest to an Anglican mission or church that did not have a library already. There were parish (parochial) libraries open in Anglican churches all over the American colonies. William James Sidis in The Tribes and the States claims the public library, as such, was an American invention. In some instances, collectors donated large book collections. In addition, money donations by private philanthropists provided the seed capital to get many libraries started. Street sign commonly used to point the way to a public libraryĪs the United States developed from the 18th century, growing more populous and wealthier, factors such as a push for education and desire to share knowledge led to broad public support for free libraries. It has been suggested that this section be split out into another article titled Public libraries in the United States. ![]()
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