The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ns and , residents of Worcester are invited to use. Mr. Andrew P. Lundborg, the Swedish bookseller, states that thereare 1,500 Swedish books in churches and clubs in Worcester besidesthose in that language in the Free Public Library. Among the libraries belonging to Catholic institutions, there are,besides the library of Holy Cross College, which has already beenmentioned, several connected with different churches, as, for example,the Sodality library in the Catholic Institute and the Sunday schoollibrary in the
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . ns and , residents of Worcester are invited to use. Mr. Andrew P. Lundborg, the Swedish bookseller, states that thereare 1,500 Swedish books in churches and clubs in Worcester besidesthose in that language in the Free Public Library. Among the libraries belonging to Catholic institutions, there are,besides the library of Holy Cross College, which has already beenmentioned, several connected with different churches, as, for example,the Sodality library in the Catholic Institute and the Sunday schoollibrary in the school-house on Vernon street, which belongs to St. JohnsParish; the library of St. Annes Church; that of the Young WomensSociety of the Church of the Sacred Heart, and the Sunday schoollibrary and the library of the Alutual Advancement Society of St. PetersChurch. Among other Catholic libraries is the Sodality library in theConvent of Mercy on High street. In these and other libraries con-nected with Catholic institutions there are at least 6,000 or 7, NATHANIEL PAINE. LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC AND HISTORICALSOCIETIES. By Nathaniel Paine, A. M.* nHE history of Worcester in the past gives abundant evidence thatits citizens have taken advantage of organization and coopera-tion in carrying out any enterprise they had at heart, for societies andassociations were very early organized, not only for educational pur-poses, but to influence the political and social life of the town. It is proposed in this chapter to give brief notices of the moreprominent literary, scientific and historical societies now in existencein the city. Before speaking of them, it may not be out of place to call attentionto a few organizations founded in the early days of the town and notnow in existence, but which in their day had more or less influence onthe lives of our citizens. One of the earliest of these of which there is any record was theAmerican Political Society, organized in 1773, which be
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