Show Amer icari libraries the modern public library la the united states maintained by the mu or some other unit of local government from the proceeds of taxation dates from about 1830 but lt real development began in the earliest tax supported library ts said to have been the town library of sal asbury conn established in 1803 the oldest existing library of this kind Is the one at peterborough Peter borough 1 II 11 es in 1833 the dumb have one great advantage they can t realize how dumb they are buffalo evening news |