page_title: List of libraries in 18th-century Massachusetts
hierarchical_section_title: List of libraries in 18th-century Massachusetts
caption_attribution_description: From: Catalogue of books, belonging to Wareham Social Library, 1798. To be returned the first Tuesday of April, July, October, &amp; January.
context_page_description: 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
  W.P. & L. Blake's Circulating Library, Boston
  Boston Library Society
  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
  Bridgewater, Massachusetts
  Library in the East Precinct of Bridgewater
  Cambridge, Massachusetts
  Harvard College Library
  Concord, Massachusetts
  Charitable Library Society, Concord
  Dorchester, Massachusetts
  Dorchester Library
  Douglas, Massachusetts
  Douglas Social Library Association
  Falmouth, Massachusetts
  First Congregational Church Library, Falmouth
  Franklin, Massachusetts
  Franklin Library
  Groton, Massachusetts
context_section_description: 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)
caption: Catalogue, Wareham Social Library, 1798
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