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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 1 1 Browse Search
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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3., The Evolution of the Medford public Library. (search)
s founded in 1825 by a society whose design, as set forth in their constitution, was to collect books promotive of piety and good morals, and to aid in the diffusion of valuable information. We find that the first thought of the library for the people here arose in the mind of the pastor of the First Congregational Church in Medford in 1825, the Rev. Andrew Bigelow. In the records of that church is to be found the following account. Mr. Bigelow's letter to the church is as follows: August 7, 1825. Believing that a Library composed of serious books established in a Christian society, and conducted on proper principles is of great utility, and that such an Institution is needed by ourselves especially for the benefit of the poorer members of the Flock, I respectfully propose the formation of a religious Library as a subject for your serious consideration;—and to aid the accomplishment of the object, I further offer for your acceptance the sum of thirty dollars to be applied to t