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Circulating Libraries:

Aberdeen Public Library, Broad Street, Aberdeen. (Catalogue: 1821)
  (au)
Barry and Son’s Circulating Library, 21 High Street, Bristol. (Catalogue: c.1824)
  (au: Miss Porter)
Bettison’s Library, High Street, Cheltenham. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1829)
  (au)
J. Brown’s Circulating Library, Standishgate, Wigan. (Catalogue: 1821)
  (au)
C. Fellows’s Circulating Library, Catherine Street, Salisbury. Additions 1. (Catalogue: c.1817)
  (au)
W. Fish’s Circulating Library, 38 London Lane, Norwich. (Catalogue: c.1817)
Gilmour’s Circulating Library, Silver Street, Salisbury. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1819)
  (au)
Godwin’s Circulating Library, Upper Corner of Milsom Street, Bath. (Catalogue: 1819)
  (au)
John Hodgson’s Circulating Library, Belfast. (Catalogue: 1838)
  (au)
Horne’s Public Library, Queen Street, Cheapside, London. (Catalogue: 1824)
  (au)
Robert Kinnear’s Circulating Library, 29 Frederick Street, Edinburgh. Additions 2. (Catalogue: 1819)
  (au)
Mackenzie’s Circulating Library, 129 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. (Catalogue: 1832)
  (au)
Gerrard Tyrrell Circulating Library, Lower Sackville Street, Dublin. (Catalogue: 1834)
  (au)

Subscription Libraries:

Edinburgh Subscription Library, Edinburgh. (Catalogue: 1833)
  (au)
Liverpool Subscription Library at the Lyceum, Bold Street, Liverpool. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1820)
  (au: Miss Porter) [2 copies]
Macclesfield Subscription Library, Macclesfield. (Catalogue: 1823)
  (au)
Manchester Subscription Library, Manchester. (Catalogue: 1818)
  (au)
Manchester Subscription Library, Manchester. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1831)
  (au)

Summary: 13 out of 15 possible Circulating Libraries; 4 out of 5 possible Subscription Libraries.
Overall: 17 out of 20 possible Libraries.

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