The Library Company of Philadelphia (LCP) is a non-profit organization based on Locust Street in Center City Philadelphia. Founded as a library in 1731... 20 KB (2,641 words) - 05:26, 20 January 2024 |
the directors of the Library Company of Philadelphia. Gilbert Stuart referred to the city using this phrase, referring to Philadelphia's reputation for... 9 KB (863 words) - 22:32, 26 December 2023 |
The Free Library of Philadelphia is the public library system that serves Philadelphia. It is the 16th-largest public library system in the United States... 19 KB (1,391 words) - 16:47, 15 March 2024 |
Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia was established in 1821. Staff included John Edmands. In 1989, the Free Library of Philadelphia absorbed the... 2 KB (127 words) - 22:48, 28 January 2022 |
Company of Philadelphia. In Washington, the library was housed in the United States Capitol for almost all of the 19th century. Much of the library's... 90 KB (9,469 words) - 17:26, 16 April 2024 |
Joseph Breintnall (category Year of birth missing) Secretary of the Library Company of Philadelphia and the sheriff of Philadelphia from 1735–1738. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his friend... 11 KB (1,345 words) - 20:24, 6 April 2022 |
Cheesesteak (redirect from Philadelphia cheesesteak) small loaf of bread", according to a 1987 exhibition catalog published by the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania... 18 KB (1,761 words) - 00:55, 9 April 2024 |
Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences (category Collections of the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library) collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia, this work is the earliest known American painting promoting abolitionism in the United States. The Library Company... 6 KB (610 words) - 23:40, 7 April 2024 |
"our own public library here" (the Library Company of Philadelphia which Franklin founded in 1731) and sending the third to the "college of Massachusetts... 14 KB (1,715 words) - 13:36, 14 April 2024 |
Philadelphia". The Library Company of Philadelphia. World Digital Library. Retrieved January 5, 2014. Early History of the Falls of Schuylkill, Manayunk... 23 KB (2,364 words) - 11:49, 11 April 2024 |
Lithography (section The principle of lithography) Years of Commercial Lithography in Philadelphia. Library Company of Philadelphia. Provides an historic overview of the commercial trade in Philadelphia and... 23 KB (2,893 words) - 00:17, 18 March 2024 |
The Reading Company (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing) was a Philadelphia-headquartered railroad that provided passenger and freight transport in eastern Pennsylvania... 53 KB (6,030 words) - 20:22, 17 March 2024 |
Kenneth Finkel, ed. (1995). Philadelphia Almanac and Citizen's Manual. Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia. p. 86. "Philly Via Italy". thirty... 52 KB (5,551 words) - 10:29, 5 April 2024 |
Francis Folger Franklin (category People from Philadelphia) publisher and founder of the Library Company of Philadelphia was going well enough that he was able to build a house for his family of four, at 318 Market... 17 KB (1,782 words) - 22:26, 30 December 2023 |
William Thornton (category Alumni of the University of Aberdeen) competition for the Library Company of Philadelphia's new hall. His design won but was somewhat departed from during actual construction. Library Hall was described... 21 KB (2,268 words) - 18:08, 29 March 2024 |
of slavery in America, Germantown (now part of Philadelphia) 1731 — First subscription library in the United States, Library Company of Philadelphia,... 16 KB (1,399 words) - 20:31, 12 June 2023 |
In the American colonies, the Library Company of Philadelphia was started in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By paying an initial... 17 KB (1,879 words) - 16:52, 2 April 2024 |
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (category American members of the Dutch Reformed Church) Turner, Annie (2009). "Women of the Republican Court: Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757–1854)". Library Company of Philadelphia. Archived from the original... 42 KB (4,734 words) - 22:13, 30 December 2023 |
Academy and College of Philadelphia (1749-1791) was a boys' school and men's college in Philadelphia in the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania. Founded... 6 KB (736 words) - 23:00, 1 February 2024 |
Frank Furness (category Architects from Philadelphia) of Pennsylvania Library, now the Fisher Fine Arts Library, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia,... 50 KB (4,702 words) - 08:18, 5 April 2024 |
Syng inkstand (category Drafting of the United States Constitution) of Philadelphia. He was an associate of Benjamin Franklin and a prominent member of the Philadelphia community who assisted in founding the Library Company... 6 KB (597 words) - 17:54, 26 January 2024 |
of libraries located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, active in the 19th century. Included are public libraries, academic libraries, medical libraries,... 21 KB (1,445 words) - 21:11, 2 November 2023 |
in business. 1731 – Library Company of Philadelphia established 1735 – Pennsylvania State House built 1736 – Union Fire Company formed 1740 – Kahal Kadosh... 58 KB (4,752 words) - 20:15, 5 February 2024 |
Benjamin Franklin (redirect from A Tradesman of Philadelphia) including the Library Company, Philadelphia's first fire department, and the University of Pennsylvania. Franklin earned the title of "The First American"... 204 KB (21,985 words) - 00:24, 14 April 2024 |