Langhorne Library Company records 1800-1971

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Langhorne Library Company records 1800-1971

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The Attleborough Library Company, renamed the Langhorne Library Company after Langhorne Borough's incorporation in 1876, was chartered in 1802. The library company served as a private, subscription-based library until 1960, when it opted into the public system. The Langhorne Library Company records, 1800-1971, consist of minute books, circulation registers, book catalogs and registers, financial records, subscription books, legal papers (including the 1802 charter), and miscellaneous articles, news clippings, and circulars.

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Langhorne Library Company

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The Attleborough Library Company, renamed the Langhorne Library Company after the Langhorne Borough's incorporation in 1876, was chartered by Governor Thomas McKean in 1802. The private, subscription-based library was originally located in a small house in the center of the Bucks County, Pennsylvania village. Anna Mary Williamson, niece of noted Quaker philanthropist Isaiah Vansant Williamson, bequeathed money for a library building to accommodate the rapidly growing collection. Aft...

Bucks County Free Library

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