Charleston Library Society
Subscription library in South Carolina, US
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Charleston Library Society, founded in 1748, is a subscription library in Charleston, South Carolina.
The library is the third oldest subscription library in the United States after the Library Company of Philadelphia (founded 1731 by Benjamin Franklin) and the Redwood Library and Athenaeum of Newport, Rhode Island (1747). The Charleston Library was founded before The Providence Athenaeum (1753), the New York Society Library (1754), and the Boston Athenaeum (1807).
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