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Mercantile Library of Cincinnati

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Mercantile library cincinnati se 12 5 2008 7106
Mercantile library cincinnati se 12 5 2008 7106

The Mercantile Library of Cincinnati is a membership library located in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. The name of the Library refers not to the type of items in its collection but to the forty-five merchants and clerks who founded it on April 18, 1835 as the Young Men's Mercantile Library Association.

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Mercantile Library of Cincinnati
Walnut Street, Cincinnati Central Business District

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45202 Cincinnati, Central Business District
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