This is a list of libraries in 18th-century Massachusetts, North America. It includes subscription, rental, medical, church, and academic libraries. In general, it excludes book collections of private individuals.
Boston
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (est. 1780)
W.P. & L. Blake's Circulating Library, Boston
Boston Library Society (est.1792)
Christ Church
Benjamin Guild's circulating library, Boston
King's Chapel
William Martin's Circulating Library, Boston
Massachusetts Historical Library, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston
Massachusetts Medical Society
John Mein's Circulating Library, Boston
New England Library, collected by Thomas Prince
William Pelham's circulating library
Town Library, in the Town-House, King St.
Boylston, Massachusetts
Social Library, Boylston Center (est.1792)
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Library in the East Precinct of Bridgewater
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard College Library
Concord, Massachusetts
Charitable Library Society, Concord (est.1795)
Dorchester, Massachusetts
Dorchester Library
Douglas, Massachusetts
Douglas Social Library Association (est.1799)
Falmouth, Massachusetts
First Congregational Church Library, Falmouth
Franklin, Massachusetts
Franklin Library (est.1786)
Groton, Massachusetts
Groton First Parish Library (est.1793)
Haverhill, Massachusetts
Haverhill Library
Hingham, Massachusetts
First Social Library, Hingham Centre (est.1771)
Lancaster, Massachusetts
Lancaster Library (est.1790)
Leicester, Massachusetts
Leicester Social Library Company (est.1793)
Leominster, Massachusetts
Social Library, Leominster (est.1763)
Lincoln, Massachusetts
Lincoln Social Library (est.1798)
Lunenburg, Massachusetts
Lunenburg Social Library (est.1792)
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Social Library, Marlborough
Medfield, Massachusetts
Medfield Social Library (est.1786)
Middleton, Massachusetts
Social library, Middleton (est.1772)
Newburyport, Massachusetts
First Social Library, Newburyport
Newburyport Book-Store circulating library
Newburyport Library
George Jerry Osborne's circulating library, "at his shop, Guttemberg's Head" Newburyport
Newton, Massachusetts
Newton Library Society
Oxford, Massachusetts
Social Library, Oxford
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Pittsfield Library Society
Rowe, Massachusetts
Rowe Social Library (est.1797)
Royalston, Massachusetts
Library Company of Royalston (est.1778)
Salem, Massachusetts
William Carlton's circulating library, Salem
John Dabney's circulating library, Salem
Philosophical Library, Salem (est.1781)
Social Library, Salem (est.1760)
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield Library Company
Wareham, Massachusetts
Wareham Social Library
Watertown, Massachusetts
Union Library Society (est.1779)
Westford, Massachusetts
Social library, Westford (est.1797)
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Williams College Library
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester Circulating Library Company
Worcester District Medical Library (est.1798)
