Chetham's Library
Fifteenth-century college buildings housing a public library founded in 1653, once with chained books.
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This guide to Chetham's Library in Manchester follows the people who did the daily work of keeping it, starting with Thomas Jones, a Welshman who became Librarian in 1845 and kept diaries of his routine. It touches the readers he served, the friend who worked beside him, and the books that piled up on his watch. Best heard standing among the old oak bookcases.
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