Medfield Social Library

The Medfield Social Library (est.1786) was a proprietary library in Medfield, Massachusetts.^[1] It incorporated in 1809. By 1816 it consisted of some 700 volumes,^[2] among them The Panoplist, Mary Pilkington's Mirror for Females,^[3] Susanna Rowson's Invisible Rambler, Claude-Étienne Savary's Letters on Egypt, Scott's Lessons in Reading,^[4] and George Staunton's Embassy to China.^[5][6] Librarians included "Dr. Prentiss." As of the 1880s "a remnant" of the library was reportedly "stored at the town farm."^[7]

Medfield Social Library
Location	Medfield, Massachusetts, United States
Established	1786
Dissolved	A remnant reportedly stored at the town farm (1880s)
Collection
Size	Approximately 700 volumes (as of 1816)

Further reading

• A catalogue of books in the circulating library in Medfield, with the names of the proprietors of said library. Medfield, Mass.: 1791.
• A catalogue of books, together with the Constitution of the incorporated Library Society in Medfield, and the names of the proprietors by Library Society in Medfield. Dedham, Mass.: Printed by Herman Mann, 1810.
• Medfield Library [catalog]. Dedham, Mass.: Printed at the Dedham Gazette office, 1816.