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Title: Libby Prison in war times
Description: View of Libby Prison, a Confederate prison in Richmond, Va. and showing Union prisoners in front of tents and a large building. In the foreground are six tents, one labeled "C.S.A." Men, including one with his arm in a sling, stand and walk between the tents. In the background is the brick, three-story prison building, converted from a grocery warehouse and with a sign that reads, "Libby & Sons Ship Chandlers & Grocers." A group of men stand in front of the building. In the left, men in uniform stand in formation. Libby Prison held Union officers and operated from March 1862 until April 1865. The overcrowded prison had harsh conditions and a high mortality rate., Title from the item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1889 by Charles Pollock., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Date: 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Prisons [P.2011.45.6]

Title: Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy This certifies that [Rev. William Hance]
Description: Certificate for life membership in the Philadelphia Sabbath Association and depicting a church next to a canal. In the center, shows a church. Men and a woman walk towards the church and enter through the front door. In the foreground is a canal with a canal boat docked and a railway car. In the right are several buildings. In the left are horses and cows in a fenced in field, and a house is visible in the background. The Philadelphia Sabbath Association was founded in 1840 and aimed to promote the protection of the Sabbath and provided Sunday services for canal workers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Text printed and manuscript written on recto: ...by a contribution of twenty dollars made by [M.E. Union Church, Phila. June 1, 1856] is constituted a Life Member of the Philadelphia Sabbath Association. [John A. Brown] President. [Milfred Hall] Cor. Secy. [Martin Buehler] Treasurer., Gift of David Doret., Lib. Company. Annual Report, 2009, p. 56-7.
Creator: Robyn, Edward, 1820-1862, artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelphia Certifcates - Phila. Sabbath [P.2009.24.11]

Title: W.H. Furness, D.D
Description: Bronze medal commemorating William H. Furness's fifty years as pastor of the First Unitarian Society in Philadelphia. Shows a silhouette bust of Furness facing left. On the verso, depicts a wreath encircling the text. William Henry Furness (1802-1896) became the minister of the First Unitartian Church of Philadelphia in 1825 and served until his retirement in 1875., Text on verso: 1825 - 1875, In Honor of a Pastorate of 50 Years Over the First Unitarian Society Philadelphia., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Creator: W. & C. Barber, engraver
Date: 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department PRINT albums [P.2011.45.31]

Title: Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of Pennsylvania Hospital, founded in 1751 by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin, built between 1755-1805 at 801-849 Pine Street, Philadelphia. In the foreground, shows the fence surrounding the multi-winged hospital and a row of trees. The West wing of the hospital was built 1794-1796 and the center house built 1794-1805 after the designs of David Evans, Jr. Building altered between 1846-1853 after the designs of John McArthur and John McArthur, Jr., Title from item., Date from publication date of the book the illustration appears in: James Mease. Picture of Philadelphia. (Philadelphia: Published by Robert Desilver, 1831)., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Creator: Gilbert, George, active 1818-1836, engraver
Date: [ca. 1831]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Print Ph Pr 8x10 - Hospitals - Pennsylvania Hospital [P.2011.45.23]

Title: The Great fertilizer, Whann's raw bone super-phosphate
Description: Depicts the Walton, Whann & Co. fertilizer manufactory in Wilmington, Delaware. Shows several brick buildings with smokestacks. In the foreground, two ships, a barge, and a small boat dock in front and travel down the river. Horse-drawn wagons arrive and leave the factory. Numerous workers walk, push wheelbarrows, and move boxes and barrels., Text printed below image: Walton, Whann & Co's works, Wilmington, Del., Text printed on recto: The unexampled results of this Great Fertilizer on Cotton, Corn, Wheat, Tobacco, and all other crops prove it to be the best and cheapest manure in the market. Made of pure raw bone, dissolved in sulphuric acid, guano, and salts of potash and soda, it contains every element needed by growing plants. No fertilizer has been more uniformly successful in all sections of the country. Descriptive pamphlets mailed free on application., Title from item., Date from the trade mark date: Trade mark patented, November 22d, 1870., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Creator: Walton, Whann & Co.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Advertisements - Walton [P.2011.45.22]

Title: Philadelphia fashions
Description: Periodical illustration showing fashionable clothes on men and women. In the right, a white woman, attired in a brimmed hat, a long-sleeved dress with a white collar, and a cross pendant, holds a small purse and stands facing the viewer. In the left, a man and woman couple link arms and stand with their backs to the viewer. The man is attired in a top hat, a long jacket, pants, and shoes and carries a cane. The woman is attired in a brimmed hat, a long-sleeved dress with a white collar, and carries a shawl in her left hand. In the background, two men and a woman stand in front of a building with decorative columns and a statue on top. A dog runs by. Trees grow in the background., Title from item., Date from the text printed beneath the image: Engraved for the Souvenir published by Philip Price Jr. No. 66 Lombard St. March 1828., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
Date: 1828
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Ph Pr 11x14 - Fashion [P.2011.45.12]

Title: New public buildings, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of City Hall constructed 1871 to 1901 after designs by John McArthur Jr. at 1 Penn Square, Philadelphia while under construction. Shows construction materials surrounding the building both inside and outside of the fence. Some scaffolding is visible on the roof in the left and around several statues in the right. Building lacks William Penn statue., Title from text printed on mount., Date inferred from content., Text on negative: No. 97. New Public Buildings., Gift of David Doret, 2011., Image of Girard Avenue Bridge mounted on verso: photo - unidentified - government buildings [P.2011.45.15].
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo- unidentified - government buildings [P.2011.45.14]

Title: [Half-length portrait of Dr. Alexander C. Hart]
Description: Half-length portrait of Alexander C. Hart. Hart, wearing a beard and attired in a white collared shirt, bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, looks left. Alexander Chambers Hart (1811-1884) was a physician and surgeon. He helped found the Charity Hospital of Philadelphia and served during the Civil War., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from dates of operation of the photographer and attire of the sitter., Photographer's imprint on recto: Broadbent & Taylor, 914 Chestnut St., Philadelphia., Photographer's imprint on verso: Broadbent & Taylor. 914 Chestnut St., Philadelphia [icon of an artist's palette]; S. Broadbent. W. Curtis Taylor., Manuscript note written on verso: Dr. Alexander C. Hart. Husband of Mary T. Clark. 48 831., Gift of David Doret, 2017., Broadbent & Taylor, the partnership between Samuel Broadbent (1810-1880) and William Curtis Taylor (1825-1905), was active at 914 Chestnut Street from 1877-1884. Broadbent died in 1880, leaving his interest in the business to his two sons, who bought out Taylor in 1884.
Creator: Broadbent and Taylor, photographer
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Phila Certificates - Military - Hart Collection [P.2010.21.5.1]

Title: Dr. Alex C. Hart
Description: Half-length portrait of Alexander C. Hart. Hart, wearing a beard and his hair parted to the right and attired in a white collared shirt, tie, and jacket, looks right. Alexander Chambers Hart (1811-1884) was a physician and surgeon. He helped found the Charity Hospital of Philadelphia and served during the Civil War., Title from manuscript note on recto., Date inferred from dates of operation of the photographer and attire of the sitter., Photographer's imprint on recto: Husted, Philadelphia., Photographer's imprint on verso: Husted, Ridge Ave. and Wallace St., Philadelphia., Gift of David Doret, 2017., Joseph Husted was listed in the Philadelphia directory as a photographer beginning in 1863. His brother William and sister Anne were listed in the Philadelphia directory as photographers beginning in 1880.
Creator: Husted, photographer
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Phila Certificates - Military - Hart Collection [P.2010.21.5.2]

Title: [Eighty-fourth] Regiment of the militia, of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the [second] brigade, Of the first division, compound of the militia of the city and county of Philadelphia
Description: Membership certificate appointing Dr. Alexander C. Hart as a surgeon in the 84th regiment of the Pennsylvania militia in 1842. Alexander Chambers Hart (1811-1884) was a physician and surgeon. He helped found the Charity Hospital of Philadelphia and served during the Civil War., Title and date from item., Text printed on recto: To have and to hold this commission, exercising all the powers and discharging all the duties thereunto lawfully belonging and attached, until the third day of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, if you shall so long behave your sold well, and perform the duties required by law [unless sooner removed by the commanding officer of said regiment] In testimony whereof, I have set my hand, and caused the less seal of the state to be affixed to these presents, at Harrisburg, dated agreeably to law, the [third] day of [August] in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty [two] and of the commonwealth, the sixty [seventh] By the Governor: [Chas. McClure] Secretary of the Commonwealth., Gift of David Doret, 2017.
Date: [ca. 1842]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Phila Certificates - Military - Hart Collection [P.2010.21.5.3]

Title: Pennsylvania. SS. In the name & by the authority of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. David R. Porter, Governor of the said Commonwealth. [Alexander C. Hart of the County] of Philadelphia, Esquire, Greeting: Know that you, the said, [Alexander C. Hart] being duly [appointed] and returned, are hereby commissioned [Surgeon of the First Regiment of Artillery] Regiment of the Militia, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the [First] Brigade of the First Division, composed of the Militia of the City and County of Philadelphia
Description: Membership certificate appointing Dr. Alexander C. Hart as a surgeon in the first regiment of artillery of the Pennsylvania militia in 1843. Alexander Chambers Hart (1811-1884) was a physician and surgeon. He helped found the Charity Hospital of Philadelphia and served during the Civil War., Title and date from item., Text printed on recto: To have and to hold this Commission, exercising all the powers and discharging all the duties thereunto lawfully belonging and attached, until the third day of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, if you shall so long behave your self well, and perform the duties required by law [unless sooner removed by the commanding officer of said Regiment.] In testimony whereof, I have set my hand, and caused the less seal of the State to be affixed to these presents, at Harrisburg, dated agreeably to law, the [first] day of [June] in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty [three] and of the Commonwealth, the sixty [seventh.] [Chas. McClure] Secretary of the Commonwealth., Contains a wax seal and the signature of the Governor of Pennsylvania, "David R. Porter.", Gift of David Doret, 2017.
Date: [ca. 1843]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Phila Certificates - Military - Hart Collection [P.2010.21.5.4]

Title: [Letter to Alexander C. Hart from Augustus J. Pleasonton]
Description: Manuscript letter from Augustus J. Pleasonton appointing Dr. Alexander C. Hart as a surgeon in the first regiment of artillery of the Pennsylvania militia in 1843. Alexander Chambers Hart (1811-1884) was a physician and surgeon. He helped found the Charity Hospital of Philadelphia and served during the Civil War., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from item., Manuscript written on recto: Head Quarters. 1st Regt of Artillery, Philadelphia, June 1st, 1843.To Surgeon Alexander C. Hart, 1st Regt of Artillery, Sir, You are hereby appointed to be the Surgeon of the First Regiment of Artillery in the First Brigade of the First Division of Pennsylvania Militia. Your uniform and equipment will be similar to those of a surgeon in the Army of the United States. Be pleased to inform me at your earliest convenience of your acceptance or non-acceptance of this appointment. Very Respectfully your obedt servant, A.J. Pleasonton, Colonel., Gift of David Doret, 2017.
Date: [ca. 1843]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Phila Certificates - Military - Hart Collection [P.2010.21.5.5]

Title: United States Pension Surgeon. Dr. Alexander C. Hart, N.W. cor. Sixth and Spring Garden Sts. Philadelphia. Office Hours: 8 to 9 A.M., 1 to 2 P.M., 6 to 7 P.M
Description: Broadside announcing Dr. Alexander C. Hart's office hours as U.S. Pension Surgeon. Alexander Chambers Hart (1811-1884) was a physician and surgeon. He helped found the Charity Hospital of Philadelphia and served during the Civil War., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Manuscript note written on verso: "Extract from Moore Genealogy....", Gift of David Doret, 2017.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Phila Certificates - Military - Hart Collection [P.2010.21.5.6]

Title: [Genealogical information about Alexander C. Hart]
Description: Typewritten and manuscript letter containing genealogical information about Dr. Alexander C. Hart. Alexander Chambers Hart (1811-1884) was a physician and surgeon. He helped found the Charity Hospital of Philadelphia and served during the Civil War., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Verso of manuscript letter has signature in ink: Alex. C. Hart., Gift of David Doret, 2017.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Phila Certificates - Military - Hart Collection [P.2010.21.5.7; P.2010.21.8]

Title: Mrs. Clinton
Description: Photographic reproduction of the 1797 portrait engraving made by St. Memin of Cornelia Tappen Clinton. Bust-length, left profile portrait of Clinton attired in a ruffled bonnet and a fichu shawl over her dress. Cornelia Tappen Clinton was born in Kingston, New York to Petrus Stoffelse Tappen (ie. Peter Tappen) and Tjaatje Cornelise Wynkoop. She married George Clinton, Vice President of the United States under Jefferson and Madison., Title from manuscript note written under image: Mrs. Clinton., Date inferred from photographic medium., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department misc. photo - portraits - miscellaneous [P.2010.6.34]

Title: Governor Clinton
Description: Photographic reproduction of the 1797 portrait engraving made by St. Memin of George Clinton. Bust-length, right profile portrait of Clinton attired in a neckerchief, waistcoat, and jacket. George Clinton was governor of New York from 1777 to 1795 and 1801 to 1804. He served as Vice President from 1805 to 1812., Title from manuscript note written under image: Governor Clinton., Date inferred from photographic medium., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department misc. photo - portraits - miscellaneous [P.2010.6.35]

Title: Mrs. Kemper
Description: Photographic reproduction of the 1797 portrait engraving made by St. Memin of Elizabeth Marius Kemper. Bust-length, left profile portrait of Kemper attired in a ruffled bonnet, earrings, necklace, and a fichu shawl over her dress. She was married to Daniel Kemper (1749-1847,) who served as a Colonel during the American Revolution and later was the customs receiver for the port of New York., Title from manuscript note written under image: Identified. Mrs. Daniel Kemper., Date inferred from photographic medium., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department misc. photo - portraits - miscellaneous [P.2010.6.36]

Title: [Christina Livingston Macomb]
Description: Photographic reproduction of the 1797 portrait engraving made by St. Memin of Christina Livingston Macomb. Bust-length, left profile portrait of Macomb wearing her curly hair up with a headband and attired in a dress with a ruffled collar. Christina Livingston Macomb was the daughter of Philip P. and Sarah Johnson Livingston of New York. She married merchant John Navarre Maccomb (1774-1810) in 1797., Title from manuscript note written under image: Identified. Mrs. John Navane Maccomb [sic]., Date inferred from photographic medium., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department misc. photo - portraits - miscellaneous [P.2010.6.37]

Title: [Miss Rogers]
Description: Photographic reproduction of the 1797 portrait engraving made by St. Memin possibly of Sarah Elizabeth Rogers. Bust-length, left profile portrait of Rogers wearing her curly hair up with a headband and attired in a dress with a ruffled collar. Portrait identified by descendants as Sarah Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of New York merchant Moses Rogers and Sarah Woolsey Rogers. Sarah Elizabeth Rogers would have been twenty years old, and the sitter appears older. Inscription also reads, Mrs. Rodgers, which is crossed out. [See Elaine Mile. Saint-Memin and the neoclassical profile portrait. Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, 1994, p.382-383.], Title from manuscript note written under image: Identified. Mrs.[crossed out] Rodgers. Miss Rogers., Date inferred from photographic medium., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department misc. photo - portraits - miscellaneous [P.2010.6.38]

Title: [Edward William Laight]
Description: Photographic reproduction of the 1797 portrait engraving made by St. Memin of Edward William Laight. Bust-length, left profile portrait of Laight wearing his hair tied back in a bow and attired in a neckerchief and jacket. Edward William Laight graduated from Columbia University and studied law in the office of Aaron Burr. He served as a Major General in the New York militia and was president of the Eagle Fire Insurance Company., Title supplied by cataloger based on entry in Mile. St. Memin. (Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, 1994)., Date inferred from photographic medium., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department misc. photo - portraits - miscellaneous [P.2010.6.39]

Title: Near Gettisburg [sic] [Pa.]
Description: Lithograph showing a stream coursing through the landscape, finally flowing under a bridge in the background. In the foreground, there is an island in the middle of the stream with three trees. In the right, a horse lowers his head to drink. A horse-drawn covered wagon travels over the bridge in the background., Title from inscription lower right., Date based on publication date of series: North American Foliage and Trees., First word in title on print in lower case: near., Gift of David Doret., See Nicholas B. Wainwright, "Augustus Kollner, Artist" in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 84 (1960) 325-351.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, 1812-1906, artist
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC-Views-United States-Pennsylvania [P.2010.35.3]

Title: On foot of Blue Ridge Mountains, Pa
Description: Lithograph showing a covered wagon hitched to four hourses. In the center, a man sits on horseback and talks to a man standing and holding a whip. A woman holds a baby and stands in front of a wooden home with a paddock. In the left is an empty cart. Trees and hills fill the background., Printed lower left: 13., Title from inscription lower right., Date based on publication date of series: North American Foliage and Trees., First word in title on print in lower case: on., Gift of David Doret., See Nicholas B. Wainwright, "Augustus Kollner, Artist" in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 84 (1960) 325-351.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, 1812-1906, artist
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC-Views-United States-Pennsylvania [P.2010.35.4]

Title: Near Harrisburg Pa
Description: Lithograph showing a view of a river with a large tree in the foreground. To the left of the tree, two men push a raft away from shore. A house is visible on the far bank of the river and above it are a few wispy clouds., Printed lower left: 9., Title from inscription lower right., Date based on publication date of series: North American Foliage and Trees., First word in title on print in lower case: near., Gift of David Doret., See Nicholas B. Wainwright, "Augustus Kollner, Artist" in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 84 (1960) 325-351.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, 1812-1906, artist
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC-Views-United States-Pennsylvania [P.2010.35.5]

Title: Below Lewistown, Pa
Description: Lithograph showing a view of a river. On the left is a rocky outcropping covered in foliage. On the right the river curves and disappears into the background while two men push a canoe away from shore., Printed lower left: 2., Title from inscription lower right., Date based on publication date of series: North American Foliage and Trees., First word in title on print in lower case: below., Gift of David Doret., See Nicholas B. Wainwright, "Augustus Kollner, Artist" in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 84 (1960) 325-351.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, 1812-1906, artist
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC-Views-United States-Pennsylvania [P.2010.35.6]

Title: Residence for J. Monroe Shellenberger esq., Doylestown, Penna
Description: Architectural print showing the Queen Anne-Eastlake-style residence built for the notorious Doylestown attorney in 1887 after the designs of Charles Marquedent Burns on East Court Street. Residence, later known as Windemere, contains towers, Gothic windows, a gable roof, and covered porch. Print also shows landscaped lawns. In 1890, the former district-attorney and member of several boards was convicted of forgery and sentenced to Eastern State Penitentiary. The following year, his residence was sold to Dr. George C. Wheeler of Philadelphia., Title from item., Publication date from copyright statement: Copyright, 1886 W. T. Comstock., Possibly published in 1886 edition of Architecture and building (New York: W. T. Comstock, 1882-1899)., Gift of David Doret., Frank Burns, brother of architect Charles M. Burn, worked as a City of Philadelphia Bureau of Surveys draftsman from 1892 until 1912.
Creator: Burns, Frank, 1844-1913, artist
Date: 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Residences [P.2010.21.3]

Title: Sharples homestead
Description: Historical view showing the over 200-acre West Chester homestead, including a residence, barn, and outbuilding at 22 Dean Street. In the foreground, cows graze near a boy whittling while seated on a log. Lombardy poplars surround the residence in the background. The original log residence built before 1750 was removed and replaced about 1802, and the depicted barn was destroyed by lightning before the Civil War., Title from manuscript written on recto., Date inferred from content., Possibly printed by West Chester printer and younger brother to Martha Sharples Robert P. Sharples., Gift of David Doret., Library Company of Philadelphia Annual Report 2010, p. 73-74., Martha Sharples (b. 1852), daughter of coal and lumber dealer S. Emlen Sharples, worked as a teacher in 1870 and studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women 1877-1878. She also was a member of the Chester County Historical Society.
Creator: Sharples, Martha, b. 1852, artist
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Residences - Sharples [P.2010.21.1]

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