. First century of national existence; the United States as they were and AeE>iBTANT Teachers Dksk, TlMBY B Globr Timk-Pikoe. LIBRARIES. 423 CBArTER XIX. LIBRARIES. At the close of the Revolution, therewere very few public libraries in the couu-try ; hardly any, indeed, away from the col-let;es and large towns, and even these, fewand small as they were, were not generall}accessible. The oldest all was thatof Harvard University, which commencedwith the bequest of Harvards books in 1G38,but had been completely destroyed by firein 17(34. Great efforts were made to restoreit, and
. First century of national existence; the United States as they were and AeE>iBTANT Teachers Dksk, TlMBY B Globr Timk-Pikoe. LIBRARIES. 423 CBArTER XIX. LIBRARIES. At the close of the Revolution, therewere very few public libraries in the couu-try ; hardly any, indeed, away from the col-let;es and large towns, and even these, fewand small as they were, were not generall}accessible. The oldest all was thatof Harvard University, which commencedwith the bequest of Harvards books in 1G38,but had been completely destroyed by firein 17(34. Great efforts were made to restoreit, and before the commencement of theRevolution about $20,000 and considerablequantities of hooks had been contributedfor that purpose. It could, however, hardlyhave liad more than 10,000 or 12,U00 vol-umes at that period. The only other col-lege libraries then in existence (all of themsmall, but two or three of. them containingmany valuable works,) were the librarv ofYale College, founded in 1700, which hadreceived important additions from BishopBerkeley and other P]ngli^h gentlem
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