Benjamin Franklin's Library Armchair 1750-1755

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How Ben Franklin Came up With the Idea of Public Libraries in the 1700s

AT THE INSTANCE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA., by, Search for rare books

He made it easy to grab books. Franklin, a bibliophile, assembled one of the largest personal libraries in the colonies. To accommodate his books, he had to install shelves he could not

Benjamin Franklin & Friends Found the Library Company of Philadelphia, the First Lending Library in America : History of Information

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Benjamin Franklin library chair

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