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Title: LCP Papers Project Series 1C: Miscellaneous Directors Records

Title: LCP Papers Project Series 2B: Real Estate Records

Title: LCP Papers Project Series 2A: Administrative Records

Title: James Logan estate records
Description: Title devised by cataloger., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., Handwritten account and inventory of James Logan's estate. A paper pasted to the front cover is inscribed, "Copy of Will of James Logan who was lost at sea in 1804 With Inventory his Estate.", These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Loganian Library
Date: 1804-1805
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia. | MSS MSS MSS00270v128

Title: Order book
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1819-1824
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia. | MSS MSS MSS00270v116

Title: Fi rst supplement to the catalogue of books, belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1840
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v062

Title: On the classification of books : a paper read before the American Library Association, May, 1882
Date: 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia. | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v184

Title: LCP Papers Project Series 1A: Annual Meetings

Title: Pamp hlets related to James Rush will and subsequent court cases
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia. | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v100

Title: Li brary Company annual reports
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1879
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v099

Title: A catalogue of books, belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia ; to which is prefixed, a short account of the institution, with the charter, laws, and regulations
Description: The Library Company printed catalog of 1807., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., Only the covers and notice on the front endpaper have been digitized. For the full text, see MSS00270v035., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1807
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v037

Title: A catalogue of books, belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia. Volume II--Part I
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1813
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia. | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v042

Title: Minutes of the committee for fixing the value of lost books
Description: 37 numbered pages with an additional 25 blank leaves at the back., Title taken from the front cover., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., Records from the Committee for Fixing the Value of Lost Books beginning in December 1785 and ending in May 1848. Most of the book is blank, with one final page of manuscript inserted in the back., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1785-1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia. | MSS MSS MSS00270v111

Title: Fund to erect a fire proof building
Description: Title devised by cataloger., A list of subscriptions to the Building Fund from 1855 to 1880 with an appeal to the importance of erecting a fire proof building. This fund was used in part to pruchase lots on Juniper and Locust Streets., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1855-1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia. | MSS MSS MSS00270v120

Title: A catalogue of books belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
Description: Oldest surviving catalog of the Library Company of Philadelphia, printed by Benjamin Franklin and bound at a later date. Includes a short account of the Library Company on the final page, likely written by Franklin., Last page unnumbered., Book plate inscribed, "Gift of Joseph Parker Norris Feb. 1827.", These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1741
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v001

Title: A discourse on the necessity and the means of making our national literature independent of that of Great Britain, delivered before the members of the Pennsylvania Library of Foreign Literature and Science on Saturday, Feb. 15, 1834
Description: A speech delievered to the Pennsylvania Library of Foreign Literature and Science calling for the United States to uphold its literature as separate from that of Great Britain. The library's holdings were added to the Library Company of Philadelphia's collection in 1840., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., Copy owned by James Rush and signed by Peter Du Ponceau., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Date: 1834
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1834 Du Po

Title: On the classification of books: a paper read before the American Library Association, May, 1882
Description: A paper outlining Lloyd P. Smith's book classification system, which he presented to the American Library Assocation in May 1882., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., The front endpaper is inscribed, "George M. Abbott Esq with the kindest regards of the author. Euge serve bone, et fidelis : quia super pauca fuisti fidelis, super multa te constituam." Contains considerable marginalia. The text is the same as MSS00270v184., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Smith, Lloyd P. (Lloyd Pearsall), 1822-1886
Date: 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia. | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v105

Title: The last will and testament of Dr. James Rush, of the city of Philadelphia
Description: Dr. James Rush's last will and testament, proven in 1869, with amendments to the Charter of the Library Company of Philadelphia., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Rush, James, 1786-1869
Date: 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia. | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v109

Title: The original articles of assocation of the Library Company of Philadelphia
Description: The first printing of the Library Company's Articles of Association with the Charter, originally written in 1731., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia. | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v097

Title: Supplement to the catalogue of books, belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
Description: Supplement to the Library Company printed catalog of 1835. Includes Religion, Jurisprudence, Sciences and Arts, Belles Lettres, and History., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., Marked copy, missing title page. Some pages in the back are detached. Insertion 06 is the receipt for Library Company share no. 661, paid for by Dr. Alfred Woodward in May 1873, signed by Lloyd Smith., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1838
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia. | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v061

Title: A catalogue of books, belonging to the Association Library Company of Phialdelphia : alphabetically digested. To which is prefixed, the articles of said Company, &c
Description: The Association Library Company printed catalog of 1765., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., Includes Articles of the Company. Handwritten notes include additional member names and titles. The insertion was found in and is now stored in the front cover., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Association Library of Philadelphia
Date: [MDCCLXV [1765]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v011

Title: Ca talogue of the Pennsylvania Library of Foreign Literature and Science
Description: Printed catalog of the Pennsylvania Library of Foreign Literature and Science, including articles and rules at the beginning. The library's holdings were added to the Library Company of Philadelphia's collection in 1840., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Pennsylvania Library of Foreign Literature and Science
Date: 1835
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1835 Pen Lib

Title: Third supplement to the catalogue of books, belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
Description: Third supplement to the 1789 Library Company printed catalog., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., The insertion was found in and remains in the front cover., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: June 30, 1796
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia. | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v030

Title: Li brary of Foreign Literature and Science meeting report
Description: A statement, report, and the constitution for the Pennsylvania Library of Foreign Literature and Science. The library's holdings were added to the Library Company of Philadelphia's collection in 1840., Title devised by cataloger., Printing information taken from last page., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Pennsylvania Library of Foreign Literature and Science
Date: 1831
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1831 Pen Lib of For

Title: A copious alphabetical index as well of subjects as of authors, to vols. I, II, and III, of the catalogue of the Library Company of Philadelphia. Complete to 1856
Description: Includes the pre-catalog contents of the Library Company printed catalog of 1835 Volume I (Account of the Library, Charter, Laws, Rules and Regulations, State of the Library, List of Members, and Synopsis), the pre-catalog contents of the Loganian Library printed catalog of 1837 (Account of the Library, Act for annexing the Loganian Library to the Library belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia, Genealogical Table of the Family of the Founder, Rules and Regulations, Synopsis, and State of the Library), and the index to the 1835-1856 Library Company printed catalog., Only an inserted note and the subsequent page have been digitized. For the full text, see volumes 055, 071, and 149. The error mentioned in the note is in the first entry of page 0718 in volume 071., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1835
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v083

Title: A catalogue of books belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia ; to which is prefixed, a short account of the institution, with the charter, laws, and regulations. Vol. I-III. Containing the titles added from 1835 to 1856. Together with an alphabetical index to the whole
Description: Volumes I - III of the Library Company printed catalog of 1835 and 1856., Only the newspaper clippings on the front end papers have been digitized. For the full text, see volumes 055, 051, and 071., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1835
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v076

Title: A catalogue of books belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia : a facsimile of the edition of 1741
Description: A facsimile of the 1741 edition of the Library Company Catalog., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., Marked copy, with call numbers noted in the margins. The text is the same as MSS00270v004, with different marginalia., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1956
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v003

Title: A catalogue of books belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia : a facsimile of the edition of 1741
Description: A facsimile of the 1741 edition of the Library Company Catalog., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., Marked copy, with call numbers noted in the margins. The insertion was found and is stored in the front cover. The text is the same as MSS00270v003, with different marginalia., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: 1956
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v004

Title: The second part of the catalogue of books, of the Library Company of Philadelphia
Description: Part 2 of the Library Company printed catalog of 1775., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., Text block only, no cover. Bookplate (in box) marks this as a gift of Robert R. Logan from the papers of John Dickinson. A slip of paper with a Library Company of Philadelphia border marks this as a gift of C. Newbold Tayor in 1955. John Dickinson's name is inscribed on the title page. The first two signatures have separated from the rest., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: [MDCCLXXV [1775]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia. | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v023

Title: The charter, laws, and catalogue of books, of the Library Company of Philadelphia
Description: The Library Company printed catalog of 1764., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., Owned by Samuel Allen. Because of the stiffness in the binding, only the bookplate and covers have been digitized. See MSS00270v012 for the full text., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: [MDCCLXIV [1764]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia. | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v014

Title: A catalogue of books belonging to the Union Library Company of Philadelphia. To which is prefixed, the articles of the Company, with the names of the present members, and rules observed by the clerk in letting out books, &c
Description: The Union Library Company printed catalog of 1754., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., Some pages after page 40 are misnumbered., Gift of James Thackara., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Union Library of Philadelphia
Date: 1754
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v007

Title: Th e charter of the Library Company of Philadelphia. Bound with Books added to the Library Since the Year 1741
Description: The charter of the Library Company of Philadelphia and supplement to the 1741 catalog., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: [M,DCC,XLVI [1746]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v006

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