112 images chosen for "At the Instance of Benjamin Franklin" : A Brief History of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Printed for the Library Company of Philadelphia by York Graphic Services Inc., 1995).

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Picturesque Views of American Scenery
Provenance: From the library of James Cox, 1834.
Plays and Poems
Thomas McKean's copy, with stencilled American eagles, signed at the foot of the spines by the binder, John Lightbody of Philadelphia. Purchased 1954.
Poems
Provenance: From the library of James Cox, 1834.
Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States.
Gift of Lloyd P. Smith, 1883.
Receipt for a Library Company share
The Reverend Samuel Preston, of Chevening in Kent.
Oil on canvas. Gift of Elizabeth West, 1803.
The Revolution, Vol. I, No. I.
Inscribed to Lucretia Mott from Susan B. Anthony. Gift of Edward W. Davis, 1883.
The Ridgway Building, Broad and Christian Streets.
Rural Residences
Gift of Anthony N. B. Garvan, 1978. Unique copy, with extra ink-and-wash plans.
Scrapbook
Gift of John A. McAllister, 1886.
Selenographia
With movable volvelles. Purchased 1955.
Sketch of a Meschianza Costume
The Meschianza was an extravagant fete orchestrated by Major André for the British officers on the eve of their withdrawal from Philadelphia., Provenance: Gift of John Fanning Watson, 1830.
The South East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia.
Oil on canvas, ca. 1720. Gift of George Mifflin Dallas. The earliest painting of a North American city, found in a London curiosity shop in 1857.
Specimen of Printing Types
The publisher Mathew Carey's copy; gift of Isaac Lea, ca. 1850.
The Spectator
Franklin's copy; gift of Zachariah Poulson, Jr., 1801. Franklin taught himself to write by copying the style of this English periodical.
A Summary View of the Rights of British America
With Jefferson's manuscript corrections, acquired before 1789.
Taufschein for Elisabeth Romich
George Allen Collection, purchased 1959.
Tin Suggestion Box
Translation of the Laws, Orders, and Contracts, on Colonization.
Provenance: Purchased at the sale of the library of Henry D. Gilpin, 1878.
U. S. Constitution
First printed draft. John Dickinson's copy with his manuscript notes. Gift of Robert R. Logan, 1943.
Valentine Poem to Elizabeth Graeme Ferguson
Transcribed in Ferguson's Poemata Juvenilia. Gift of Mrs. Howard Aley, 1985.
A View of the State House in Philadelphia.
Engraving from The Gentleman's Magazine,
Views of Ancient Monuments
Provenance: James Rush bequest, 1869.
William Mackenzie
Oil on canvas. After an original, now lost, given by Dr. James Abercrombie in 1828.
William Penn's William and Mary Secretary Desk.
England. Displayed at the Great Central Fair, 1864., Provenance: Gift of John Jay Smith, 1873.
Women's Room of the Juniper and Locust Street Building.
Works
James Logan's copy, originally bound for Henry, Prince of Wales, with his arms and feather insignia.
Works
Given to the Loganian Library in 1776 by William Logan of Bristol. Inscribed in 1553 by John Dee, first English translator of Euclid.
Zachariah Poulson, Jr.
Oil on canvas, Philadelphia. Librarian from 1785 to 1806. Commissioned from the artist.

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