Created by Benjamin Franklin
The first lending library in America was Philadelphia's Library Company. The city of Philadelphia established the first library in America.
Benjamin Franklin started the first library in Philadelphia
The first was established 1833 in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
Library of America was created in 1979.
The Library Company is America's first successful lending library and oldest cultural institution. It was founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin as a subscription library supported by its shareholders, as it is to this day. See: http://www.librarycompany.org/about/index.htm -- Libarian, University of Hawaii at Manoa
The first public library in America was established in 1731 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Benjamin Franklin. This library, known as the Library Company of Philadelphia, was significant because it was the first library in the country that was open to the public and not just to a select group of individuals. It set a precedent for the establishment of public libraries across the United States, promoting access to knowledge and education for all members of society.
Ben Franklin
Believing in the importance of self-education, he founded the first public library in America in 1731 and chartered it in 1742 as the Philadelphia Library.
Digital Public Library of America was created in 2010.
The Library Company is America's first successful lending library and oldest cultural institution. It was founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin as a subscription library supported by its shareholders, as it is to this day. See: http://www.librarycompany.org/about/index.htm -- Libarian, University of Hawaii at Manoa
The first library was in Babylonia.
The phone number of the Heart Of America Library is: 701-776-6223.