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1870 Principal Libraries (exclusive of those connected to colleges), Report of the Commissioner of Education

Library Name	Library City	Library State	When Founded	Number of Volumes	Annual increase	Notes
San Francisco Mercantile Library	San Francisco	California	1853	25,000	2,000
Hartford Young Men's Institute	Hartford	Connecticut	1838	20,755	1,040
Connecticut Historical Society	Hartford	Connecticut	1839	12,000
Connecticut State Library	Hartford	Connecticut
New Haven Young Men's Institute	New Haven	Connecticut	1826	10,000	250
Wilmington Young Men's Institute	Wilmington	Delaware	1788	7,589	350
Savannah Historical Society	Savannah	Georgia	1839	7,500	200
Chicago Historical Society	Chicago	Illinois	1856	15,000
Chicago Young Men's Association	Chicago	Illinois	1841	10,870	600
Indiana State Library	Indianapolis	Indiana	1831	25,000	250
Catholic Diocesan Library	Vincennes	Indiana	1835	12,000
Keokuk Library Association	Keokuk	Iowa	1863	5,500	600
Dubuque Library	Dubuque	Iowa		8,000
Lexington City Library	Lexington	Kentucky		14,000
Louisiana State Library	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	1838	14,000
Lyceum Library	New Orleans	Louisiana	1844	12,000
Mechanics' Library	New Orleans	Louisiana		15,000
Maine State Library	Augusta	Maine	1839	30,000	750
Skowhegan Library	Skowhegan	Maine	1867	2,315
Maryland State Library	Annapolis	Maryland	1827	27,000	500
Baltimore Peabody Library	Baltimore	Maryland	1862	34,588	4,132
Baltimore Mercantile Library	Baltimore	Maryland	1839	22,975	900
Maryland Historical Society	Baltimore	Maryland	1843	17,000
Maryland Institute Library	Baltimore	Maryland	1847	16,000	1,000
Odd Fellows' Library	Baltimore	Maryland	1840	13,000
Arlington Public Library	Arlington	Massachusetts	1853	2,005	50
Barnstable Sturgis Library	Barnstable	Massachusetts	1867	1,845
Beverly Public Library	Beverly	Massachusetts	1855	4,610	100
Bolton Public Library	Bolton	Massachusetts	1859	1,200	50
American Congregational Library	Boston	Massachusetts	1853	8,000	1,000
Boston Athenaeum	Boston	Massachusetts	1807	100,000	2,438
Boston Library	Boston	Massachusetts	1794	19,000	400
Massachusetts Historical Society	Boston	Massachusetts	1791	18,500	400
Mattapan Literary Association	Boston	Massachusetts	1848	3,000
Mercantile Library	Boston	Massachusetts	1820	19,555	700
Natural History Society	Boston	Massachusetts	1831	12,000	500
New Church Library	Boston	Massachusetts	1864	1,000	150
Massachusetts State Library	Boston	Massachusetts	1826	20,050	1,200
Young Men's Christian Association	Boston	Massachusetts	1857	4,610	310
North Bridgewater	North Bridgewater	Massachusetts	1867	2,667	400
Brighton Holton Library	Brighton	Massachusetts	1864	5,008	530
Brookfield Merrick Public Library	Brookfield	Massachusetts	1867	1,847	175
Brookline Public Library	Brookline	Massachusetts	1857	10,000	1,000
Dana Library	Cambridge	Massachusetts	1837	4,000	300
Charlestown Public Library	Charlestown	Massachusetts	1860	10,155	480
Chelsea Public Library	Chelsea	Massachusetts	1869	2,345
Chicopee Public Library	Chicopee	Massachusetts		2,600	100
Bigelow Library	Clinton	Massachusetts
Concord Public Library	Concord	Massachusetts	1851	5,584	200
Peabody Institute	Danvers	Massachusetts	1866		140
Deerfield Library Association	Deerfield	Massachusetts	1810	2,000	50
Fall River Public Library	Fall River	Massachusetts	1861	5,033	400
Fitchburg Public Library	Fitchburg	Massachusetts	1839	7,500	450
Framingham Public Library	Framingham	Massachusetts	1855		175
Lyceum Library	Gloucester	Massachusetts	1854	3,000
Public Library	Groton	Massachusetts	1855	1,665	50
Public Library	Harvard	Massachusetts		1,200	100
Public Library	Hinsdale	Massachusetts	1868	2,000
Public Library	Lancaster	Massachusetts	1862	4,000	300
Public Library	Leicester	Massachusetts	1861	1,853	105
Franklin Library	Lawrence	Massachusetts		5,200	107
Pacific Mills Library	Lawrence	Massachusetts	1854	5,000	300
Public Library	Leominster	Massachusetts	1864	3,756	275
Young Men's Christian Association	Lowell	Massachusetts	1867		200
Lowell City Library	Lowell	Massachusetts		13,821	600
Public Library	Lunenburg	Massachusetts	1850	1,350	70
Public Library	Lynn	Massachusetts	1862	10,672	1,109
Public Library	Millbury	Massachusetts	1866	1,265	80
Public Library	Natick	Massachusetts	1837	2,540
Public Library	New Bedford	Massachusetts	1852	21,000	1,000
Free Library	Newburyport	Massachusetts	1854	13,000	300
Public Library	Newton	Massachusetts	1849	1,800
Public Library	Northampton	Massachusetts	1860	5,000	200
Peabody Institute	Peabody	Massachusetts	1854	13,300	500
Phillips's Free Public Library	Phillipston	Massachusetts	1862	1,869	250
Pittsfield Mercantile Library	Pittsfield	Massachusetts	1850	3,300	90
Public Library	South Reading	Massachusetts	1869	3,000	150
Roxbury Athenaeum Library	Roxbury	Massachusetts	1857	8,000	250
Salem Athenaeum Library	Salem	Massachusetts	1810	13,455	180
Arms Library	Shelburne Falls	Massachusetts	1834	2,737	300
Public Library	Sherborn	Massachusetts	1860	1,500	58
Public Library	Springfield	Massachusetts	1857	26,488	2,000
Jackson Library	Stockbridge	Massachusetts	1862	4,000
Public Library	Stoneham	Massachusetts	1858	3,000	200
Public Library	Saultborough	Massachusetts	1852	2,511	70
Goodenow Library	South Sudbury	Massachusetts	1863	3,784	200
Public Library	Taunton	Massachusetts	1866	7,995	700
Public Library	Waltham	Massachusetts	1865	5,000	412
Public Library	Watertown	Massachusetts	1868
Public Library	Wayland	Massachusetts	1850	3,856	100
Public Library	Westboro	Massachusetts	1857	1,442	100
Westfield Athenaeum Library	Westfield	Massachusetts	1868	2,200
Public Library	Westford	Massachusetts	1859	1,544	66
Pubic Library	Weston	Massachusetts	1857	3,000	80
Public Library	Winchendon	Massachusetts	1867	1,295
Public Library	Winchester	Massachusetts	1859	2,000	115
Public Library	Woburn	Massachusetts	1856	3,714	112
Public Library	Worcester	Massachusetts	1860	21,000	1,500
American Antiquarian Society	Worcester	Massachusetts	1812	50,000	912
Public Library	Detroit	Michigan	1865	15,500	3,000
Young Men's Society	Detroit	Michigan	1832	10,000	500
Michigan State Library	Lansing	Michigan	1828	25,000	3,509
Minneapolis Athenaeum	Minneapolis	Minnesota	1859	1,968	226
Minnesota Historical Society	St. Paul	Minnesota	1849	3,100	1,000
St. Louis Public Library	St. Louis	Missouri	1865	11,800
St. Louis Mercantile Library Association	St. Louis	Missouri	1846	31,238	1,428
Public City Library	Concord	New Hampshire	1855	4,884	284
City Library	Manchester	New Hampshire	1854	13,100	600
Portsmouth Athenaeum Library	Portsmouth	New Hampshire	1817	10,000	200
Newark Library Association	Newark	New Jersey	1847	15,500	1,000
Public Library	Newton	New Jersey	1868
New York State Library	Albany	New York	1818	76,000	7,200
Young Men's Association	Albany	New York	1833	11,021	549
Brooklyn Mercantile Library	Brooklyn	New York	1857	22,000	1,000
Buffalo Young Men's Association	Buffalo	New York	1835	15,000	1,500
Grosvenor Library	Buffalo	New York		1,000
Apprentices' Library	New York City	New York	1820	42,740	2,126
Astor library	New York City	New York	1848	138,000	2,300
Cooper Union	New York City	New York	1859	5,000
Mercantile Library	New York City	New York	1820	104,513	8,840	Annual increase in 1868
Society Library	New York City	New York	1839	28,000	800
New York Historical Society Library	New York City	New York	1804	25,000	1,000
Rochester Athenaeum Library	Rochester	New York	1830	19,000	700
Troy Young Men's Association	Troy	New York	1834	18,178	300
Public Library	Syracuse	New York	1858	7,370	852
Cincinnati Public Library	Cincinnati	Ohio	1867	21,588	5,382	Annual in 1868
Mercantile Library	Cincinnati	Ohio	1835	30,206	2,315
Theological and Religious Library	Cincinnati	Ohio	1863	3,500	442
Ohio School Library	Cincinnati	Ohio	1850	25,000	200
Cleveland Library Association	Cleveland	Ohio	1846	10,000	600
Public Library	Cleveland	Ohio	1868	2,500
Ohio State Library	Columbus	Ohio	1817	31,000	1,070
Dayton Public School Library	Dayton	Ohio		10,000
Portland Library Association	Portland	Oregon	1864	2,800	330
Pennsylvania State Library	Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	1777	39,000	700
Academy of Natural Sciences	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1812	21,580	400
Philadelphia Athenaeum	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1814	14,500
Mechanics' Library	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1820	20,000
Mercantile Library	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1821	47,000	5,500
Philadelphia Library Company	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1731	80,000	1,500
Loganian Library	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1750
Young Men's Christian Association	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1854	3,000	300
Apprentice's Library	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1821	20,029
American Philosophical Society	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1742	15,000
Pittsburg Mercantile Library	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	1847	9,100
Newport Public Library	Newport	Rhode Island	1807	4,225
Redwood Library and Athenaeum	Newport	Rhode Island	1730	17,400
Providence Athenaeum	Providence	Rhode Island	1753	29,444
South Carolina State Library	Columbia	South Carolina	1814	12,000
Charleston Library Society	Charleston	South Carolina	1748	20,000
Tennessee State Library	Nashville	Tennessee	1854	12,000
Vermont State Library	Montpelier	Vermont	1830	11,165	512
Virginia State Library	Richmond	Virginia	1823	20,000
Milwaukee Young Men's Association	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	1847	10,566	1,000
Library of Congress	Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia	1815	190,000	8,000	Increase between 8,000 and 9,000
Library of House of Representatives	Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia		25,000
Patent Office Library	Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia	1837	20,598	1,135
Library of State Department	Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia	1789	18,000
Library of Treasury Department	Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia		2,730
Washington Library	Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia	1814	10,000
Library of Agricultural Department	Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia	1862	7,500	1,000
Library Name	Library City	Library State	When Founded	Number of Volumes	Annual increase	Notes

Source: United States Department of Interior, Report of the Commissioner of Education(Government Printing Office, 1870), 541 – 542.

1870 Summary of YMCA Chapters

1870 YMCAs, Report of the Commissioner of Education

YMCA City	State	YMCA President	Number of members	Reading Room	Number of volumes in the library	Library class	Free classes
Mobile	Alabama	F.H. Price	60	No
Montgomery	Alabama	S.B. Breeser			1,000
San Francisco	California	Noah Brooks	825	Yes	3,600	No	No
Ausonia	Connecticut	Bartholomew	100	Yes	120	No	No
Bridgeport	Connecticut	Debney Carr	118	Yes
Bristol	Connecticut	A.J. Sessions	160	Yes	100
Colchester	Connecticut	Russell Gillette	95	No
Goshen	Connecticut	Alson Sanford	44
Meriden	Connecticut	F.H. Williams	50	Yes
Middletown	Connecticut	Henry E. Sawyer		Yes	1,000
Milford	Connecticut	Elliott B. Platt	100	Yes
Mystic	Connecticut	Thomas E. Packer	133	Yes	470
New Haven	Connecticut	J.H. Starkweather	250	Yes	0	No	No
New London	Connecticut	Henry C. Weaver	143	No		No	No
North Stonington	Connecticut	Nelson A. Brown	23	No		No	No
Norwalk	Connecticut	James E. Barbour	138	Yes	1,200
Plantsville	Connecticut	E.W. Twichell	186	Yes	400	No	No
South Norwalk	Connecticut	E.D. Cornell	82	Yes	300
Waterbury	Connecticut	Leuthel S. Davis	125	No
Woodbury	Connecticut	Charles D. Minor	99	No
Cairo	Illinois	C.P. Parson	28
Jacksonville	Illinois		50
Olney	Illinois	Z.S. Gunn	45	No	49
Princeville	Illinois	C.W. Ayling	35	No
Shelbyville	Illinois	E. Gallagher	99	Yes	359
Springfield	Illinois	E.A. Wilson	73	Yes	0	No	No
Aurora	Indiana	E.S. Clark	100
Cambridge	Indiana	B.F. Lamb	14	No	0	No	No
Indianapolis	Indiana	John W. Ray	324	Yes	1,500	No	No
Jeffersonville	Indiana	B.A. Johnson	36		23
Lafayette	Indiana	Lewis Falley	321	Yes	600	Yes	No
Cedar Rapids	Iowa	E.F. Pomeroy	168
Dubuque	Iowa	Joseph Chapman	159	Yes	350
Waterloo	Iowa	Joseph Jones	170	Yes
Manhattan	Kansas	C.E. McCallester	40	No
Louisville	Kentucky	J.E. Hardy	812	Yes	5,800
Auburn	Maine	J.R. Larned	215	Yes	1,400	No	No
Augusta	Maine	David Cargill	50	Yes
Bath	Maine	A.C. Palmer	100	No	0
Biddeford	Maine	David Pond	95	No	0	No
Brunswick	Maine	Charles Nelson	57	No
Gardiner	Maine	Isaac S. Mitchell	78	Yes		No	No
Gorham	Maine	Stephen Hinkley	58	No	110
Laconia	Maine	F.W. Reeves	100	Yes	110
Lewiston	Maine	G.W. Carcelon	246	Yes	250
Portland	Maine	W.E. Gould	312	Yes	0
Skowhegan	Maine	Evre Staples	46	No
Waterville	Maine	Theodore F. White	34	Yes		No	No
Winthrop	Maine	Levi Jones	54	Yes	218
Yarmouth	Maine	A.L. Losing	49
Baltimore	Maryland	S.W.J. Hopper	680	Yes	2,200
Baltimore (central)	Maryland	William A. Tuttle	175
Mechanicstown	Maryland	James Creager	34	No	0	No	No
Woodsboro	Maryland	W. Irving Parsons	84
Attleboro	Massachusetts	Charles E. Bliss	58	Yes
Boston Highlands	Massachusetts	C.E. Miles	223	Yes	200	No	No
Boston	Massachusetts	Moses W. Pond	2,000	Yes		Yes	Yes
Charlestown	Massachusetts	Charles E. Daniels	161	Yes
Chelsea	Massachusetts	Alfred Blanchard	290	Yes	100
Clinton	Massachusetts	E.P. Whittaker	67	Yes		No	No
Conway	Massachusetts	Martin L. Mead	32
East Boston	Massachusetts	Frank Wood	350	Yes		Yes
East Cambridge	Massachusetts	W.B. Savage	60	No
East Weymouth	Massachusetts	W.P. Bill	55	Yes	210	No	No
Fall River	Massachusetts	E.C. Nason	225	Yes	0	No	No
Fitchburg	Massachusetts	J.C. Moulton	167	Yes	0	No	No
Greenfield	Massachusetts	D.L. Sammis	98	Yes	0
Hatfield	Massachusetts	G.W. Dickinson	69	No
Haverhill	Massachusetts	G.W. Duncan	215	Yes	300
Holden	Massachusetts	F.M. Stovell	67	No
Holliston	Massachusetts	James F. Chrisholm	41	No	0
Hopkinson	Massachusetts	John C. Adams	108	Yes	865
Holyoke	Massachusetts	Amos Andrews	112	Yes		No	No
Leicester	Massachusetts	William F. Halman	57
Leominster	Massachusetts	Robert Burt	175	No		No	No
Lowell	Massachusetts	William H. Sharmen	354	Yes	600
Lynn	Massachusetts	Jabez Woods	200	Yes	352
Marblehead	Massachusetts	W.R. Woodbridge	48	Yes	352
Middleboro	Massachusetts	Samuel Pattison	60	Yes	20	No	No
Milford	Massachusetts	A.A. Cook	105	Yes
Northampton	Massachusetts	N.B. Hussey		Yes
North Brookfield	Massachusetts	James Miller	55			Yes
Orange	Massachusetts	R. Hunt	120
Reading	Massachusetts	Robert Bowser	60	Yes
Rockport	Massachusetts	N. Richardson, jr	88
Rutland	Massachusetts	W.A. Wheeler	58	Yes
Sandwich	Massachusetts	J.K. Chapman	22	No	40
Salem	Massachusetts	D.B. Hagar	300	Yes	50
Salisbury and Amesbury	Massachusetts	A.H. Fielden	46	Yes	50
South Deerfield	Massachusetts	G.W. Bardwell	85
Somerville	Massachusetts	W.H. Hodgkins	104
South Boston	Massachusetts	Henry McCoy	150	Yes	450	No	No
Spencer	Massachusetts	Daniel A. Ball	51	Yes	0	No	No
Springfield	Massachusetts	Henry W. Hallett	300	Yes	0
Stoneham	Massachusetts	J.P. Smith	30	Yes	60	Yes
Sunderland	Massachusetts	Albert Hobart	93	No	0
Taunton	Massachusetts	W.H. Fox	131	Yes	0	No
Townsend	Massachusetts	J.W. Eastman	24	Yes	24
Wakefield	Massachusetts	Waldo E. Sowdry	100	Yes	0	Yes	Yes
West Amesbury	Massachusetts	James D. Pike	101	Yes	0
Worcester	Massachusetts	H.H. Merriam	720	Yes	77	No	No
Adrian	Michigan	John Webster	123	Yes	500	No	No
Allegan	Michigan	John O. Northrop	50
Detroit	Michigan	David Preston	480	Yes	500
Eaton Rapids	Michigan	C.D. Keyes	20
East Saginaw	Michigan	H.L. Harrison	150	Yes	50
Grand Rapids	Michigan	Moreau S. Crosby	150	Yes	100
Hudson	Michigan	E.M. Hulburd	30
Ionia	Michigan	Joshua Hudson	60	Yes
Jackson	Michigan	David W. Smith	210	Yes	0
Kalamazoo	Michigan	Henry C. Briggs	137	Yes	0
Monroe	Michigan	E.J. Boyd	65	Yes		Yes
Niles	Michigan	H.E. Glenn	86	Yes	20	Yes
Olivet	Michigan	John H. Hewitt	45	Yes
St. Clair City	Michigan	E.L. Hill	32	Yes	9
Trenton	Michigan	Fletcher Linsley	50
Minneapolis	Minnesota	W.O. Hickley	249	Yes	50
Rochester	Minnesota	J.D. Blake	50	Yes	164	No	No
St. Paul	Minnesota	S.S. Taylor	137	Yes	281	No
Holden	Missouri	J.P. Morrison	15
Kansas City	Missouri	D.A. Williams	100	Yes	1,000	No	No
St. Louis	Missouri	Shepard Wells	500	Yes	1,000
St. Louis (German)	Missouri	J.C. Bertram	94	Yes	200
Omaha	Nebraska	Watson B. Smith	175	Yes	1,275	No	No
Claremont	New Hampshire	Osmon B. Way	55	No	0	No	No
Concord	New Hampshire	S. Humphrey	147	Yes	70	No	No
Exeter	New Hampshire	Noah Hooper	34		0	No	No
Francistown	New Hampshire	N.R. Marden	48
Farmington	New Hampshire	E.W. Ricker	95	Yes	1,000	No
Great Falls	New Hampshire	Henry Swasey	100	Yes	0
Manchester	New Hampshire	John P. Newell	300	Yes
Nashua	New Hampshire	T.W.H. Mussey	167	Yes
New Ipswich	New Hampshire	A.F. Newton	85	Yes	12
Salem	New Hampshire	Isaac Woodbury	66
Wilton	New Hampshire	Philander King	32
Atlantic City	New Jersey	J. Henry Hayes	45	Yes		Yes
Bridgeton	New Jersey	James S. Reaves	150	Yes	1,000
Elizabeth City	New Jersey	W.J. Carlton		Yes	700	Yes	No
Jersey City	New Jersey	Henry W. Buxton	840	Yes	500
Montclair	New Jersey	C.B. Morris	93	Yes
Newark	New Jersey	C.C. Lathrop	538	Yes	300
Orange	New Jersey	T.F. Seward	120	Yes	275	No	No
South Orange	New Jersey	Daniel Wilson	85	No		No	No
Toney River	New Jersey	Alexander Frazer	26	No
Trenton	New Jersey	Joseph I. Welling	330	Yes	4,000	No
Westfield	New Jersey	Israel C. Pierson	62	Yes	80	Yes
Albany	New York	Edward Savage	150	No
Amsterdam	New York	Edward Eldsett	150	No
Auburn	New York	Richard S. Holmes	151	Yes	457
Binghamton	New York	C.A. Whitney	85	Yes	200	No	No
Brooklyn, E.D.	New York	J.B. Thomas	500	Yes	350	Yes
Brooklyn	New York	Darwin G. Eaton	3,000	Yes	4,879	No	Yes
Buffalo	New York	P.K. Noye	900	Yes	4,000
Camden	New York	Ethan Curtis	72	Yes
Canastota	New York	R.H. Rasback	36
Cornell University, Ithaca	New York	Edward T. Robb	55	No	0
Cortlandt	New York	Henry F. Benton	63	Yes	100
East Brooklyn	New York	Edgar A. Hutchins	183	Yes	700	Yes
Eaton	New York	James Tuckerman	33	Yes
Elmira	New York	E.S. Palmer	268		4,000	Yes
Fulton	New York	W.J. Townsend	259	Yes
Goshen	New York	Charles E. Merriam	87	Yes	330
Hudson	New York	Isaac Mull	120	Yes	1,200
New York City (colored)	New York	Oliver S. Carey	160	Yes	425
Lockport	New York	Asher B. Evans	154	Yes		No	No
Malone	New York	Edwin J. Olney	72			Yes
Middletown	New York	Theron L. Little	100	Yes	175	No	No
New Burg	New York	R.V.R. Monfort	179	Yes
Newtown	New York	LeGarde T. Moore	85
New Utrecht	New York	D.S. Sutphen	100	No
New York City (German)	New York	Henry Berge	120	Yes	300
New York City	New York	W.E. Dodge, jr.	5,107	Yes	6,646	Yes	Yes
Nicholville	New York	Joseph Martindale	28	No	0
North Shore, L.I.	New York	M. Flay Reading	295	Yes	450	No	No
Ogdensburg	New York	A.J. Halbrook	16	Yes		No	No
Oswego	New York	Orville J. Harmon	134	No	0	No	No
Owego	New York	Andrew Coburn	250	Yes	300	Yes
Poughkeepsie	New York	John I. Platt	190	Yes	600
Prattsburg	New York	John S. Parker	58
Schenectady	New York	Nicolas Cain	244	Yes	700	Yes
Saratoga Spa	New York	T.F. Allen	202	Yes	225	No	No
Syracuse	New York	Isaac Bridgman	272	No
Utica	New York	William H. Fisher	180	Yes	100	No	No
Akron	Ohio	Jacob A. Kohler	120	Yes
Alliance	Ohio	E.P. Goucher
Amherst	Ohio	A.C. Hitchcock
Ashland	Ohio	P.Q. Stoner
Ashtabula	Ohio	James K. Stebbins	75	Yes		Yes
Bellaire	Ohio	A.L. Witherel
Canton	Ohio	William McKinley	78	Yes	2,000
Chillicothe	Ohio	James McL. Welsh
Cleveland	Ohio	F.M. Backus	446	Yes
Cincinnati	Ohio	H. Thane Miller	404	Yes	800	Yes
Circleville	Ohio	James Loughey	80	Yes	200
Columbus	Ohio	George H. Twiss	105	Yes	350
Cumminsville	Ohio	John Joice	13
Damascosville	Ohio	Caleb Maris
Dayton	Ohio	Robert W. Steele	216	Yes
Dayton (Soldier' Home)	Ohio	William Earnshaw		Yes
Delaware	Ohio	J.A. Alexander	96	Yes
Denison University, Granville	Ohio	A.L. Lockert	70	Yes	0
East Liverpool	Ohio	J.M. George	49	Yes
Elyria	Ohio	F.L. Nelson	52
Geneva	Ohio	H.A. Delano	70	Yes	50
Hamilton	Ohio	Joseph Saunders	61
Hillsboro	Ohio	Erskine Carson	161	Yes	90	Yes
Huntsboro	Ohio	B. Armstrong
Ironton	Ohio	I.H. Young
Lexington	Ohio	A.W. Burtch	56
Lockland	Ohio	James F. Merrill	85	Yes
Lucas	Ohio	Jacob Leiter	68
Mansfield	Ohio	D.Y. Lacy	245	Yes	170
Mount Gilead	Ohio	R.F. Bartlett	44
Mount Vernon	Ohio	D.W. Chase	61	Yes	10	No	No
Newbury	Ohio	F. Clark Miller
Oberlin	Ohio	J.W. Peck	54
Oxford	Ohio	D.R. Moone	36	Yes
Painesville	Ohio	Walter C. Tisdel	40	No	800	No	No
Piqua	Ohio	W. Richardson
Portsmouth	Ohio	T.G. Johnson	369	Yes
Salem	Ohio	Richard Wiggin	165	Yes
Sheffield	Ohio	William A. Day	25
Shelby	Ohio	G.W. Billow	77	Yes	50
Springvale	Ohio	H.B. Mayhew	43	Yes	175
Springfield	Ohio	B.F. Prince	121	Yes	2,000
Steubenville	Ohio	Robert Sherrard, jr.
Toledo	Ohio	Charles Douglass	100	Yes	0
Tiffin	Ohio	S.J. Kirkwood
West Elkton	Ohio
Wooster	Ohio	J.N. Weaver
Xenia	Ohio	David Millen	170	Yes	800
Youngstown	Ohio	A.B. Cornell	210	Yes	24
Zanesville	Ohio	E.R. Sullivan	260	Yes	260
Portland	Oregon	R.K. Warren	45	Yes	160
Altoona	Pennsylvania	John Currie	59	Yes	0	No
Bellefonte	Pennsylvania	James A. Beaver	95	Yes	0
Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	C.W. Krause	436	Yes	1,650
Candor	Pennsylvania	John Kennedy	20	No	0
Dunbar	Pennsylvania	James L. Paull	18
Easton	Pennsylvania	James L. Fisher	162	Yes	200
East Whiteland	Pennsylvania	John G. Thomas	28	No	105
Erie	Pennsylvania	N.J. Clark	215	Yes	5,000
Gettysburg	Pennsylvania	H.K. Porter	718	Yes	300
Hanover	Pennsylvania	John J. Bingley	61	Yes	350	No	No
Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	S.R. Detrich	300	Yes	2,000	No	No
Harrisville	Pennsylvania	W.D. Patton	35	No
Huntingdon	Pennsylvania	R.R. Wiestling	30	Yes	329	No	No
Johnstown	Pennsylvania	Emory West	49	Yes	115
Lancaster	Pennsylvania	D.S. Burk	74
Nazareth	Pennsylvania	David Kuntz	47
New Castle	Pennsylvania	Ira D. Lankey	100	Yes		No	No
North East	Pennsylvania	H. Ellen	45
Petroleum Center	Pennsylvania	C.N. Payne	54
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Peter B. Symons	3,374	Yes	7,000
Reading	Pennsylvania	J.H. Stearnberg	65	Yes	200
Scranton	Pennsylvania	Henry M. Boles	376	Yes		No	No
Shippensburg	Pennsylvania	T.E. Billheimer	70	Yes	30
Sunbury	Pennsylvania	Michael Shipe	23
Tidioute	Pennsylvania	William W. Hague	60	Yes	60	Yes
Union Mills	Pennsylvania	Charles W. Dabney	51	Yes
Westfield	Pennsylvania	William M. Taylor	30		61
Williamsport	Pennsylvania	John Q. Berry	115	Yes	1,800
York	Pennsylvania	David E. Small	254	Yes	200
Bristol	Rhode Island	William H. Spooner	171	Yes	1,960	No	No
Pawtucket	Rhode Island	P.E. Tillinghast	120	Yes	305
Providence	Rhode Island	John Kendrick	860	Yes	5,700
Westerly	Rhode Island	R.F. Latimer	150	Yes
Wyoming	Rhode Island	S.D. Ashley	20	No	0	No	No
Charleston	South Carolina	Virgil C. Dibble	140	Yes	500	No
Charleston (colored)	South Carolina	Henry W. Thomas	41	Yes	12
Yorkville (colored)	South Carolina	John A. Newton
Chattanooga	Tennessee	George Monteith	22
Brandon	Vermont	Edgar J. Bliss	115	No	300
Brattleboro	Vermont	O.B. Douglass	71	Yes	0	No	No
Burlington	Vermont	William B. Lund	135	Yes	7	No	No
Charlotte	Vermont	H. McNiel	53
Fair Haven	Vermont	Charles Howard	51	Yes
Fairlee	Vermont	John Stratton	20	No
Lincoln	Vermont	A.W. Eastman	127	No
Manchester	Vermont	Samuel G. Cone	29		220	No	No
Middlebury	Vermont	L.E. Knapp	35
Middletown	Vermont	D. Leffingwell	30	Yes	12
North Bennington	Vermont	B.F. Porter	73	Yes	40
Norwich	Vermont	William Sewall	35
Orwell	Vermont	Sidney Thomas	61	No
Peru	Vermont	O.P. Symons	48	No	7
Pittsford	Vermont	Amos D. Tiffany	125
Shoreham	Vermont	W. Bingham	101	No
St. Johnsbury	Vermont	George D. Warren	64	Yes	50
Sudbury	Vermont	D.C. Ketcham	19
Underhill Center	Vermont	W.H. Mead	23	No	0	No	No
Waterbury	Vermont	J.J. Colby	58
West Berlin	Vermont	C.H. Farnsworth	30	No		Yes
West Battleboro	Vermont	Joseph Chandler	44	No		No	No
Windham	Vermont	Henry M. Beeus	29	No		No	No
Windsor	Vermont	I.W. Hawley	29
Woodstock	Vermont	L. Richmond	105	No
Parkersburg	West Virginia	J.W. Curtis	50	Yes	306
Wheeling	West Virginia	Joseph Willette	266	Yes	417	No	No
Fond du Lac	Wisconsin	C.T. Pettibone	75	Yes
Janesville	Wisconsin	E.S. Barrows	100
Portage City	Wisconsin	J.B. Wells	29	Yes
Racine	Wisconsin	W.T. Bull	80	No	0
Whitewater	Wisconsin	George S. Marsh	74	Yes	21
Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia	O.O. Howard	890	Yes	16,000	No	No
Washington, D.C. (colored)	District of Columbia	Joseph L. Thomas	93	Yes	200	Yes
YMCA City	State	YMCA President	Number of members	Reading Room	Number of volumes in the library	Library class	Free classes

Source: United States Department of Interior, Report of the Commissioner of Education (Government Printing Office, 1876), 536 – 540.

1870 Principal Libraries (exclusive of those connected to colleges), Report of the Commissioner of Education

1870 YMCAs, Report of the Commissioner of Education

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