This is a list of libraries in 18th-century Massachusetts, North America.
It includes subscription, rental, medical, church, and academic libraries.
In general, it excludes book collections of private individuals.
Less money than a man spends on an election, or training day for punch or grog, would entitle him a reader or proprietor.
In rainy weather, in winter, or holidays, in the intervals of rest, or during sickness, books will afford treasures and consolations which blockheads know not of.