We recently came across this list of library regulations from the Charlotte Social Library, published around 1820. We’re still wondering how they enforced the “wet finger” rule.
Library Regulations
Exploring the History, Literature, and Culture of the Tar Heel State
We recently came across this list of library regulations from the Charlotte Social Library, published around 1820. We’re still wondering how they enforced the “wet finger” rule.
This is an astonishing document. The implication is that this is Charlotte, NC, but I am unaware of any other reference to such a library at anywhere near such an early date.