”HISTORY OF THE FITCHBURG PUBLIC
LIBRARY.

…The town meeting that year was held April 9th, and the citizens at that time voted-—”To appropriate the sum of $1,831 for the establishment of a Free Town Library.” A board of trustees was chosen at this meeting, consisting of … Thornton K. Ware, …

…committee on books, Messrs. Ware …committee on art, Messrs. …Ware,..”

Reference Data:

Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Past and Present, by William Andrew Emerson, 1887, pages 66-8