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- Instructions for Sr Arthure Chicester.
- Manuscript on vellum. Gift of Henry Cox, 1799.
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- Jacob Ridgway, James Rush, and Phoebe Anne Ridgway Rush
- Watercolor on ivory. James Rush bequest, 1869.
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- James Logan
- Oil on canvas. Philadelphia. After an original by Gustavus Hesselius. Commissioned to replace a portrait lost by fire in 1831.
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- John C. Van Horne
- Photograph. Librarian from 1985.
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- John Jay Smith
- Oil on canvas, date unknown. Librarian from 1829 to 1850., Provenance: Gift of the Smith family, 1883.
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- Journal of the Proceedings of Congress.
- Provenance: Gift of Owen Biddle, 1779.
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- Juniper and Locust Street Building.
- Ink and wash drawing.
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- Le Theatre Du Monde Ou Nouvel Atlas
- Bequest of Samuel Preston, 1803.
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- Leaves of Grass
- First edition, purchased 1855.
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- Letter to Thomas Hopkinson
- The first order of books
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- Leviathan, Or the Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth.
- John Dickinson's copy.
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- The Liberator
- Gift of the Pennsylvania Abolition society, 1866.
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- Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences.
- Oil on canvas, London. Gift of the artist, 1792.
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- Library and Surgeon's Hall, Fifth-street
- Engraving, from The City of Philadelphia.
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- Library Company Loan Slip for Common Sense.
- Signed by George Walton.
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- Lloyd Pearsall Smith
- Oil on canvas. Librarian from 1851 to 1886., Provenance: Gift of L. M. Smith, 1915.
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- Loganian Library
- Ink and wash drawing
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- Logic, Or, the Art of Thinking.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy, given to the Library Company in 1733. In his Autobiography Franklin said that this book helped him form "an Exactness of Judgment."
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- Louis L. Peck
- Tinted Lithograph
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- Magna Britannia: Her Colonies Reduc'd.
- Only known copy; Du Simitière Collection, 1785.
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- Manuscript Journal
- Page for November 1790 listing fees charged various patients, including the family of Vice President John Adams. James Rush bequest, 1869.
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- Mary Rebecca Darby Smith.
- Frontispiece from Leaves for the Past. Gift of the author.
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- Mas-has-kah, Chief of the Ioways-(White Cloud)
- Colored lithograph. Gift of John A. McAllister, 1884. A trial proof, never used, intended for Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall, History of the Indian Tribes of North America.
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- Mechanick Exercises
- Franklin's copy of the first printer's manual. Purchased 1986.
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- Minerva as the Patroness of American Liberty.
- Painted terra cotta, Philadelphia. This monumental sculpture loomed over the Speaker's chair in Congress Hall while the federal capital was in Philadelphia.
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- Minute Book
- Lists the number and value of books affected by the fire on January 6, 1831.
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- Motion Studies
- Photograph. Gift of Elizabeth G. Coates, 1982.
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- Mummy's Hand.
- "Woman's Hand taken from an Egyptian Mummy: presented to the Library Company of Philadelphia by Mr. Benjamin West fomerly of this City, but now of London - Historical Painter - Novemr. 1767.", Provenance: Gift of the artist Benjamin West., The Library Company acknowledges that in the past it regarded the mummified hand as a curiosity, which is harmful and offensive. The Library Company aims to correct this by showing dignity and respect to the remains of a once living person.
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- Musiciens d'un Calinda
- Ink and wash drawing. Du Simitière Collection, 1785.
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- Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People.
- Gift of the authors, 1794.
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- Nature Prints of Leaves
- Provenance: Gift of his widow.
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- Nos. 114 & 116 North Water St.
- From A Collection of Photographic Views in Philadelphia & Its Vicinity. Albumen print photograph. Purchased from the photographer, 1870.
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- Original Charter, signed on behalf of the Proprietors of Pennsylvania.
- Manuscript on vellum.
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- Peace, Liberty, and Independence
- Only known copy of the first announcement of the preliminary peace agreement ending the Revolutionary War. Anonymous gift, 1992.
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- Phasianidae
- Gift of Mrs. Wharton Sinkler, 1976.