Record #:

14128

Author(s):

Dean, Earl

Abstract:

North Carolina's first public library was established in St. Thomas' Parish, at Bath, before 1705 by the Rev. Thomas Bray who sent a ship load of books from England.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 15, Sept 1949, p17-18

Subject(s):

Libraries--Bath County, 18th century--History