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    Libraries have been around for a long time. The first library in America was created in 1790 in Franklin, Massachusetts by Benjamin Franklin. Before 1790, in 1731, Franklin started a lending library, where people could take books home with them for a short period of time, which he called "The Library Company". Even before America even existed, the first known library was created in the 7th century - long, long before Franklin was ever born.