Public documents of the State of Connecticut . HISTORY OF LIBRARIES. 233 agreed to a proposition offered by several gentlemen interested, that thislibrary should be merged into a public library, to be called the ActonLibrary The Hon. T. C. Acton gave the use of a hall, until a suitablebuilding could be erected. He also donated land and subscribed liber-ally, as did many others toward the building. The year 1874 found itan incorporated library, established in a permanent home with its corpsof officers and trustees. The Hon. John Allen is now and has been anumber of years its honored president.
Public documents of the State of Connecticut . HISTORY OF LIBRARIES. 233 agreed to a proposition offered by several gentlemen interested, that thislibrary should be merged into a public library, to be called the ActonLibrary The Hon. T. C. Acton gave the use of a hall, until a suitablebuilding could be erected. He also donated land and subscribed liber-ally, as did many others toward the building. The year 1874 found itan incorporated library, established in a permanent home with its corpsof officers and trustees. The Hon. John Allen is now and has been anumber of years its honored president. This library has no fund. It issustained by its memberships, loan of books, donations of money andbooks. The town appropriates one hundred dollars towards its runningexpenses. It numbers not far from four thousand volumes. Plymouth. — Plymouth Library Association was organized February 1,1871; about 75 or 80 citizens organized in the above name, and took $3shares, and the library opened with 225 books, the institution beingofficered as foll
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