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Many of the Boston Public Library's collections are available to the public online, including rare books and manuscripts, the anti-slavery manuscript collection, historical children's books, the John Adams Library, historic maps from the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, historical images, prints, and photographs, sound archives, and silent films.
Boston Public Library was founded in 1852. The first Boston Public Library location opened in 1854 in two rooms in the Adams School on Mason Street. Because the Mason Street space was small and poorly lit, a new building opened at 55 Boylston Street in 1858. It cost $365,000 to build and held 70,000 volumes.
Boston Public Library: Boston: Suffolk: ... Taylor Memorial Library Hancock: Berkshire: John Curtis Free Library ... North Adams Public Library North Adams:
C. Cambridge Public Library; Carver Public Library (Massachusetts) Cary Memorial Library; Centerville Public Library (Massachusetts) Central Library (Somerville, Massachusetts)
The John Adams Courthouse houses the Social Law Library. The Social Law Library, founded in 1803, is the second oldest law library in the United States.It is located in the John Adams Courthouse at Pemberton Square in Boston, Massachusetts, the same building which houses the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.
Mellen Chamberlain, ca. 1855. Mellen Chamberlain Collection, Boston Public Library. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1844 and from the Harvard Law School in 1848. In 1849 he was admitted to the bar, opened a law office in Boston and made his residence in Chelsea, where, during 51 years of citizenship, he served the town in many public capacities.
Funds supporting the library derived from member dues and private donations. "Among the early donors were Governor Gore, Mr. William Phillips (who made a donation of $100), [and] admiral Sir Isaac Coffin. ... The merchants of Boston gave a valuable set of Rees' Cyclopedia." [8] John Adams offered a donation in 1820. [9]
John Adams Courthouse: John Adams Courthouse. May 8, 1974 : Pemberton Sq. ... Boston Public Library: Boston Public Library. May 6, 1973 Copley Sq. Back Bay ...
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