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As of 2021, the CHPL's collection held around 9.6 million volumes, the 13th-largest overall library collection in the U.S., [6] [7] and the 2nd-largest public library collection in the U.S. [7] Its electronic book holdings were nearly six million, the most of any public library in the country.
Of Ohio's 88 counties, Hamilton County maintains the dubious distinction of having more courthouses succumb to fire than any other county in Ohio, three. [3] The second courthouse was constructed in 1802 and destroyed by fire in 1813, while being used as a military barracks for soldiers during the War of 1812 .
The first “public” law libraries were membership libraries funded by subscribers, who were generally lawyers. The first of these appeared in 1802, when the Law Library Company of the City of Philadelphia (now called Jenkins Law Library) was founded by the lawyers of that city. The Social Law Library in Boston was founded in 1803. Both of ...
Aug. 24—LEWISBURG — The 33rd annual auction: Leafing Through the Stacks is set for the Public Library for Union County on Sept. 30. Held at the library, this fundraising event begins at 6 p.m ...
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Hamilton County, Ohio, U.S. Simon L. Leis Jr. ( / l iː s / ; born June 12, 1934 [ 1 ] ) is a lawyer and local official from Cincinnati, Ohio . He served as County Prosecutor for Hamilton County (1971–1983), a judge in the Court of Common Pleas (1983–1987), and the county sheriff (1987–2012).
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