Warren County IN Archives History - Books .....The Ounty Library 1883
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Book Title: Counties Of Warren, Benton, Jasper And Newton, Indiana

THE COUNTY LIBRARY.

   An early enactment of the Legislature provided that ten per centum of the
proceeds of the sale of county lots should be a library fund, and a short time
before 1840, a small library was purchased, and added to afterward as the fund
accumulated. Many of the books may yet be seen in the county. In 1855, the State
distributed to the townships what became known as township libraries, then
considered a most important means of disseminating knowledge to poor persons. In
1868, the township libraries amounted to 2,199 volumes, some of which, owing to
neglect, were, in poor condition.


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PART II.
HISTORY OF WARREN COUNTY.
Geology and Settlement

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COUNTIES OF 
Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton,
INDIANA

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL
ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1883.


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