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Woonsocket, Rhode Island
www.woonsocketlibrary.org
public library
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Edward Harris
Woonsocket City Hall
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William D. Warner
Edward Harris, founder of the Woonsocket Public Library
Edward Harris
Original site of the Harris Library in the Harris Institute (now used as Woonsocket City Hall)
Woonsocket City Hall
List of libraries in Rhode Island
http://www.woonsocket.org/social.htm
http://www.woonsocketlibrary.org/about-us/history
"Library History"
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