2012-02-222012-02-221970http://hdl.handle.net/10827/5863Consists of two documents: a facsimile of the act passed by the General Assembly of South Carolina confirming establishment of a library at Charles Town, reprinted from Nicholas Trott's The laws of the Province of South Carolina (1736); and Edgar Lee Pennington's The beginnings of the library in Charles Town, South Carolina, reprinted from Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society (1935).DocumentCopyright status undetermined. For more information contact, South Carolina State Library, 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201.Bray, Thomas, 1656-1730Charleston (S.C.) LibraryAmerica's first public library : the provincial library at Charles-Town in Carolina, 1698Text