Some are endowed with better backstories. To wit: the Norfolk County town of Franklin is home to America's first public library. And who donated the original set of dozens of books that gave the ...

Hiroya shares his gifts again on Saturday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m.,on the second floor of the Franklin Public Library. Parking and elevator access are behind the building.

Peterborough Public Library (2 Concord St./Peterborough, NH) was the first public library in America to be fully funded and supported by local taxpayers. D.D. Bean & Sons. Co. in Jaffrey, NH, is the ...

According to the website of the Franklin Public Library, Franklin instead decided to donate a collection of books. After some controversy over who should have access to Franklin's books ...

THE FRANKLIN MASS PUBLIC LIBRARY, ENDOWED ORIGINALLY WITH BOOKS DONATED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIMSELF, IS AMERICA’S OLDEST PUBLIC LIBRARY AND A GOOD PLACE TO BE REMINDED THAT THAT THERE IS ...