Legacy Library: Providence Library Company

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The lives of all the princes of Orange, from William the Great, founder of the Common-wealth of the United Provinces by Louis Aubery du Maurier

Bishop Burnet's History of his own time by Gilbert Burnet

A full and authentic history of the rebellion MDCCXLV. and MDCCXLVI ...

The works of James Thomson, In four volumes by James Thomson

The works of Monsieur de St. Evremond made English from the French original by Saint-Evremond

A letter from the Lord Bishop of London, to the clergy and people of London and Westminster, on occasion of the late earthquakes by Thomas Sherlock

Chemical lectures, publickly read at London, in the years 1731, and 1732; and at Scarborough, in 1733; for the improvement of arts, trades, and natural philosophy by Peter Shaw

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TagsHistory (17), Religion (13), Biography (11), Great Britain (11), Literature (9), Science (8), Travels (8), Politics and Government (6), Law (4), Philosophy (4) — see all tags

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GroupsLibraries of Early America

About meThe Providence Athenaeum was founded in 1753 as the Providence Library Company (which merged in 1836 with the Providence Athenaeum). This library is the fourth-oldest membership library in the United States.

About my libraryThe books included here are those from the original library of the Providence Library Company, purchased 1753-1758. A fire at the Providence Court House destroyed most of the collection on Christmas Eve, 1758; some seventy volumes out on loan at the time survived the fire.

Those titles from the Founders' Collection still in the collections of the Providence Athenaeum are included here with the Athenaeum's call number in the Comments field. Other titles which survived the fire (as designed in a 1768 catalogue of the collection) but which no longer are held by the Athenaeum are also included here.

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More on the Founders' Collection can be found here.

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Do you know of additional books which should be included here? Please contact Libraries of Early America coordinator Jeremy Dibbell.

Homepagehttp://www.providenceathenaeum.org/

Real nameProvidence Library Company

LocationProvidence, RI

Emailprovidenceathenaeumgmail.com