The Medfield Social Library (est.1786) was a proprietary library in Medfield, Massachusetts.For context, see: List of libraries in 18th century Massachusetts It incorporated in 1809. By 1816 it consisted of some 700 volumes,Medfield Library [catalog]. 1816 among them The Panoplist, Mary Pilkington's Mirror for Females,An example of Pilkington's Mirror (but not necessarily the version in the Medfield Social Library): Susanna Rowson's Invisible Rambler, Claude-Étienne Savary's Letters on Egypt, Scott's Lessons in Reading,WorldCat. William Scott 1750-1804 and George Staunton's Embassy to China.Medfield Library. Catalogue of books. 1810Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts v.9 (1899) Librarians included "Dr. Prentiss." As of the 1880s "a remnant" of the library was reportedly "stored at the town farm."
Further reading A catalogue of books in the circulating library in Medfield, with the names of the proprietors of said library. Medfield, Mass.: 1791. A catalogue of books, together with the Constitution of the incorporated Library Society in Medfield, and the names of the proprietors by Library Society in Medfield. Dedham, Mass.: Printed by Herman Mann, 1810. Medfield Library [catalog]. Dedham, Mass.: Printed at the Dedham Gazette office, 1816.
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