• The First Public Library

  • Feb 20 2025
  • Length: 20 mins
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The First Public Library

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  • Access to knowledge for the masses. For many years in the United States, you had to pay a membership fee to a subscription library if you wanted access to books and information. That all changed in the early 1800s when the first publicly funded library opened in CT.
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