History of Pittsburgh And Environs, From Prehistoric Days to the Beginning of the American Revolution .. 3

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Thomas Davis in 1812 opened a small circulating library on Fourth 622 HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH street, for the benefit of the children and young people of the town. A circulating library on Union street opened by William R. Thompson seems to have had a hard time and been of but short existence. The Pittsburgh Library Company flourished for several years, but in 1814 it vi^as united with the Pittsburgh Permanent Library Company. The first recorded meeting of this latter institution was held Novembe
...r 27, 1813, an organization being effected, a room was secured in the court house. The library was financed by contributions of ten dollars from a few individuals, and an annual fee of five dollars. Individuals loaned a certain number of books until the library had about two thousand volumes. The first president was Rev. Francis Herron.
The first record of The Young Men's Mercantile Library Association is dated July 13, 1847, signed by twenty-three people, setting forth the advantages of a public library and reading room and pledging them- selves to permanent support of this object.


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