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Medfield Social Library
LocationMedfield, Massachusetts, United States
Established1786
DissolvedA remnant reportedly stored at the town farm (1880s)
Collection
SizeApproximately 700 volumes (as of 1816)

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]

Further reading

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  • 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.

References

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  1. ↑ For context, see: List of libraries in 18th century Massachusetts
  2. ↑ Medfield Library [catalog]. 1816
  3. ↑ An example of Pilkington's Mirror (but not necessarily the version in the Medfield Social Library): Pilkington (Mary) (1804), A Mirror for the Female Sex: Historical Beauties for Young Ladies, Intended to Lead the Female .. (3rd. ed.), London: Printed by J. Wright, for Vernor and Hood, OCLC 77989450, OL 20475518M
  4. ↑ WorldCat. William Scott 1750-1804
  5. ↑ Medfield Library. Catalogue of books. 1810
  6. ↑ Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts v.9 (1899)
  7. ↑ William S. Tilden, ed. (1887), History of the town of Medfield, Massachusetts, Boston: G. H. Ellis, OL 16305049M
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