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How libraries in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and other Pennsylvania communities evolved from subscription clubs to vital public institutions

The nation’s first successful circulating library was established almost 300 years ago by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia.

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Bernadette A. Lear