1871Samuel E. Sawyer gave the library $10,000, and as a result, the board voted to make the library free to everyone.Arts and Culture, Cultural Institutions

Samuel E. Sawyer, The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection, Boston Public Library, c. 1935-1943, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/1544fc634

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The board also voted to name the library the Sawyer Free Library after its largest benefactor.

Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library. Outline of History and Dedication of the Sawyer Free Library of Gloucester, Mass., Tuesday, July 1, 1884. Cape Ann Bulletin Steam Book and Job Print., 1884.

Other Events

1870s
Summer hotels were built in East Gloucester.
1871
The "California mud wagon" hotel coach from Lanesville to Front Street began.
1871
The Gloucester National Bank Building was built on the corner of Front and Duncan Streets.
1871
The second Town Hall was dedicated.

1871Samuel E. Sawyer gave the library $10,000, and as a result, the board voted to make the library free to everyone.Arts and Culture, Cultural Institutions

Other Events

Summer hotels were built in East Gloucester.

The "California mud wagon" hotel coach from Lanesville to Front Street began.

The Gloucester National Bank Building was built on the corner of Front and Duncan Streets.

The second Town Hall was dedicated.