By Richard Chrenko and Kathy Van Deursen, special to The Conway Daily Sun
BARTLETT — While reading the book "Bartlett, New Hampshire — In the Valley of the Saco," by Aileen Carroll, we came upon the information that the Bartlett Free Public Library was established in 1896.
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