Continue the Athenæum's legacy of member and friend-driven support by making a gift in support of Required Reading today. Your gift will help the Athenæum share the unique colonial-era King’s Chapel Library collection for the first time publicly, reminding visitors and members alike of the everlasting, essential role of libraries and books past, and present.
1698 is the year appointed commissary Thomas Bray assembled and shipped the collection
221 is the number of volumes in the collection Bray assembled
Learn more about Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library here.