‘CHARLESTON, S.C. — The oldest library in the South — and the third-oldest in the nation — announced Friday a multi-year effort to catalog and restore thousands of rare books, many of which have survived for centuries through earthquake, war and the relentless heat and humidity of Southern summers.’
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