q: What began the Library at Harvard University? a: donated some money and about four hundred books q: who? a: John q: John who? a: Harvard q: what did the University do in gratitude? a: was named for John q: Who began the first free lending library? a: Thomas q: Thomas who? a: Bray q: when? a: late 1600s q: when did he die? a: 1730 q: Who started a subscription library? a: Benjamin q: Who? a: Franklin q: when? a: 1731 q: where was one of the first libraries to be publicly funded? a: Peterborough q: what state is it in? a: New Hampshire q: when was that started? a: 1833 q: Was Franklin's library free? a: no q: how did one join? a: pay money q: for what? a: to become members q: How many did Thomas Bray start? c: In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard. Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 or these libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may _ the books without paying again. In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.
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