History of Public Libraries in Wethersfield

Researched and written by John Crowe, Reference Librarian.  1983 Updated by Laurel Goodgion, Library Director.   2013. In March, 1783 the town’s first library was established by: Mr. Ezekiel Williams, schoolmaster; Mr. Joseph Webb and Col. John Chester, business men; and Senator Stephen Mix Mitchell, Judge of the Superior Court and …