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“Nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library in every county.”

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Jefferson treats shared access to books as practical public infrastructure: a relatively inexpensive institution capable of spreading knowledge broadly.

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Thomas Jefferson to John Wyche, May 19, 1809; excerpt from his proposal for local circulating libraries.

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