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The Library Company of Philadelphia, founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin, is an independent research library encompassing over half a million rare books, prints, and photographs documenting every aspect of American history and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. It is a research center serving a national and international constituency of scholars and presents exhibitions and programs for the public.

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    Library Company of Philadelphia

    1314 Locust Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19107

    Phone: 215-546-3181   |   Official Website

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    03/16/11	Revisiting Rural Cemeteries Symposium Library Company of Philadelphia
    03/22/10- 10/15/10	Philagrafika 2010: Independent Project - Philadelphia on Stone Library Company of Philadelphia
    09/28/09- 02/26/10	Catching a Shadow: Daguerreotypes in Philadelphia, 1839-1860 Library Company of Philadelphia
    06/19/09	Juneteenth Library Company of Philadelphia
    05/04/09- 09/04/09	Mirror of a City: Views of Philadelphia Recently Acquired from the Jay T. Snider Collection Library Company of Philadelphia
    04/15/09	Peter Collinson and the Eighteenth-Century Natural History Exchange Library Company of Philadelphia
    10/29/08- 04/14/09	Philadelphia Gothic: Murders, Mysteries, Monsters, and Mayhem Inspire American Fiction Library Company of Philadelphia