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It is impossible to know who founded the first library. However, we do know that Ptolemy I founded a massive library at Alexandria, Egypt, in the fourth century BCE.
Benjamin Franklin started the first American free lending library at Philadelphia, PA.
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What colony started the first public library?
Plymouth
Where did the first public library open in America?
Benjamin Franklin started the first library in Philadelphia
When did Benjamin Franklin start the first library?
I beleive he started it in 1731.
Who started the first free libraries?
The first free public library supported by taxation was the Peterborough, New Hampshire Public Library, established on April 9, 1833.
What famous American started the first library and volunteer fire department in America?
Ben Franklin
Who started the first lending library?
Benjamin Franklin is commonly credited with starting the first lending library in the United States in 1731 in Philadelphia. Franklin and a group of friends created the Library Company of Philadelphia as a subscription library where members paid to borrow books.
Which president started the White House library?
Mrs. Millard Fillmore (Abigail Fillmore) got Congress to buy books for the first permanent White House library.
What is the first library?
The first library was in Babylonia.
What has the author Orpheus written?
Orpheus. has written: 'First Library of Knowledge - The World of Bugs (First Library of Knowledge)' 'First Library of Knowledge - Cultures of the Past (First Library of Knowledge)' 'The mystical hymns' 'First Library of Knowledge - The Ancient World (First Library of Knowledge)' 'Orphica' 'First Library of Knowledge - The World Around Us (First Library of Knowledge)' 'Lithica' -- subject(s): Rocks
What are two thing that Benjamin Franklin helped start in Philadelphia?
one thing is: he started the first city hospital another thing is: he founded the first public library
What city established the first library in america?
The first lending library in America was Philadelphia's Library Company. The city of Philadelphia established the first library in America.
What bibliophiles started the library of congress?
Thomas Jefferson
