Question

Where did the people get the mail?

Where was the first colonial library?

Answer 1

Library Company of Philadelphia
In 1731,

Ben Franklin and others founded the first such library, the Library Company of Philadelphia.

Answer 2

The Massachusetts Bay Colony led the way in establishing a postal system in America. The introduction to the 1867 printing of Finlay's journal describes early methods of distributing the mail. As early as 1639, one colonist, Richard Fairbanks, received and sent off letters from his Boston home. In 1731, Ben Franklin and others founded the first such library, the Library Company of Philadelphia.

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