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Explaining that the library was not large enough to hold the collection, an additional grant of $7,556 was given to the county to renovate and expand the building.

[2] The Americus chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution similarly petitioned Carnegie in 1908 for funds to construct their own public library.

The town was gifted $20,000, considerably more than many other grants throughout the country, and with this money designed a two-story building with an auditorium on the top floor.

The Daughters additionally hosted many events, including a masquerade ball, in order to raise funding for books for the new library.