The Medfield Social Library (est.1786) was a
proprietary library in
Medfield, Massachusetts
Medfield is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,799 according to the 2020 United States Census. It is a community about southwest of Boston, Massachusetts, which is a 40- ...
. It incorporated in 1809. By 1816 it consisted of some 700 volumes, among them ''
The Panoplist ''The Panoplist'' was a religious monthly magazine printed from 1805 until 1820 edited by Jeremiah Evarts.
Other names for the publication
*''The Panoplist''; or, ''The Christian Armory'' (1805-1808).
*''Panoplist and Missionary Magazine'' (1808- ...
'',
Mary Pilkington
Mary Pilkington (born Mary Susanna Hopkins, 1761–1839) was an English novelist and poet. Many of her over forty novels were written for children.
Biography
Pilkington was born in Cambridge, England. Her father died when she was 15 years old an ...
's ''Mirror for Females'',
Susanna Rowson's ''Invisible Rambler'',
Claude-Étienne Savary Claude-Étienne Savary (1750 in Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine – 1788) was an orientalist, pioneer of Egyptology and translator of the Qur'an.
Publications
*1782–1783: ''Le Coran, traduit de l'arabe, accompagné de notes, et précédé d'un abrégé ...
's ''Letters on Egypt'', Scott's ''Lessons in Reading'', and
George Staunton's ''Embassy to China.'' Librarians included "Dr. Prentiss." As of the 1880s "a remnant" of the library was reportedly "stored at the town farm."
Further reading
* A catalogue of books in the circulating library in Medfield, with the names of the proprietors of said library. Medfield, Mass.: 1791.
* A catalogue of books, together with the Constitution of the incorporated Library Society in Medfield, and the names of the proprietors by Library Society in Medfield. Dedham, Mass.: Printed by Herman Mann, 1810.
* Medfield Library
atalog Dedham, Mass.: Printed at the Dedham Gazette office, 1816.
References
1786 establishments in Massachusetts
Libraries in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Subscription libraries in the United States
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