List of libraries in 18th-century Massachusetts

This is a list of libraries in 18th-century Massachusetts, North America. It includes subscription, rental, medical, church, and academic libraries. In general, it excludes book collections of private individuals.

Boston

• American Academy of Arts and Sciences (est. 1780)
• W.P. & L. Blake's Circulating Library, Boston
• Boston Library Society (est.1792)
• Christ Church
• Benjamin Guild's circulating library, Boston
• King's Chapel
• William Martin's Circulating Library, Boston
• Massachusetts Historical Library, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston
• Massachusetts Medical Society
• John Mein's Circulating Library, Boston
• New England Library, collected by Thomas Prince
• William Pelham's circulating library
• Town Library, in the Town-House, King St.

Boylston, Massachusetts

• Social Library, Boylston Center (est.1792)

Bridgewater, Massachusetts

• Library in the East Precinct of Bridgewater

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Harvard College Library

Concord, Massachusetts

• Charitable Library Society, Concord (est.1795)

Dorchester, Massachusetts

• Dorchester Library

Douglas, Massachusetts

• Douglas Social Library Association (est.1799)

Falmouth, Massachusetts

• First Congregational Church Library, Falmouth

Franklin, Massachusetts

• Franklin Library (est.1786)

Groton, Massachusetts

• Groton First Parish Library (est.1793)

Haverhill, Massachusetts

• Haverhill Library

Hingham, Massachusetts

• First Social Library, Hingham Centre (est.1771)

Lancaster, Massachusetts

• Lancaster Library (est.1790)

Leicester, Massachusetts

• Leicester Social Library Company (est.1793)

Leominster, Massachusetts

• Social Library, Leominster (est.1763)

Lincoln, Massachusetts

• Lincoln Social Library (est.1798)

Lunenburg, Massachusetts

• Lunenburg Social Library (est.1792)

Marlborough, Massachusetts

• Social Library, Marlborough

Medfield, Massachusetts

• Medfield Social Library (est.1786)

Middleton, Massachusetts

• Social library, Middleton (est.1772)

Newburyport, Massachusetts

• First Social Library, Newburyport
• Newburyport Book-Store circulating library
• Newburyport Library
• George Jerry Osborne's circulating library, "at his shop, Guttemberg's Head" Newburyport

Newton, Massachusetts

• Newton Library Society

Oxford, Massachusetts

• Social Library, Oxford

Pittsfield, Massachusetts

• Pittsfield Library Society

Rowe, Massachusetts

• Rowe Social Library (est.1797)

Royalston, Massachusetts

• Library Company of Royalston (est.1778)

Salem, Massachusetts

• William Carlton's circulating library, Salem
• John Dabney's circulating library, Salem
• Philosophical Library, Salem (est.1781)
• Social Library, Salem (est.1760)

Springfield, Massachusetts

• Springfield Library Company

Wareham, Massachusetts

• Wareham Social Library

Watertown, Massachusetts

• Union Library Society (est.1779)

Westford, Massachusetts

• Social library, Westford (est.1797)

Williamstown, Massachusetts

• Williams College Library

Worcester, Massachusetts

• Worcester Circulating Library Company
• Worcester District Medical Library (est.1798)

See also

• Books in the United States
• Culture of Massachusetts
• List of booksellers in Boston
• List of libraries in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts
• List of public libraries in Massachusetts
• List of libraries in the United States
• Literature of New England

References

External links

• Princeton University. Davies Project. American Libraries before 1876.