Monday, December 20, 2010

c1905 Public Library, Trenton, New Jersey


Published by the American News Co., New York, Leipzig, Dresden

[LIB678] The Trenton Free Public Library is one of the oldest libraries in New Jersey. Originating in 1750 as a subscription library by Thomas Cadwalader, Benjamin Franklin purchased its first fifty books. The library is the second oldest FREE public library in the United States after Franklin’s own Philadelphia Free Public Library. [Website]


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