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Title: One penny specie One penny specie. F The president, directors and company of the Bank of North-America promise to pay to the bearer, on demand, one ninetieth of a dollar. F August 6, 1789
Description: Two printed sections, each inside ornamental border. The top section measures 39 x 55 mm, and the ornamental border incorporates: 1789 Bank. The bottom section measures 40 x 56 mm, and the ornamental border incorporates: BFB 1789., Not in: Evans; Bristol., Library Company copy has MS. note: Chas. A. Poulson Esq. with the regards of Jno. A. McAllister Feb 29, 1864., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bank of North America
Date: [1789]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm #Am 1789 Bank 3321.F.70 (McAllister)

Title: Teachers' local institute
Description: Signed: J. O. Knauss, County Superintendent and Chairman Ex. Committee., Printed area measures: 15.8 x 11.1 cm., Held at Seiberlingsville Church, Weissenberg Township, Lehigh County, on Saturday December 22nd, 1877., "Members will be at liberty to express their views in either the English or the German language.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1877.]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1877 Teachers' 106024.D (Roughwod)

Title: Decoration! Valley View, PA. Saturday, May 30th, 1885 : programme
Description: Ceremonies performed by the "members of W. C., No. 109, P.O.S. of A." and "Wm. Thompson Post, No. 174, G.A.R." Programme signed S. R. Yoder, Marshal ... by order of the committee., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1885.]
Location: sm # Am 1885 Decoration 15146.Q (Roughwood)

Title: Geistlicher Irrgarten mit vier Gnaden-Brunnen, dadurch kürzlich angedeutet werden: erstlich, die vier Ströme des Paradieses
Description: Representation of Christian life as a journey through a maze. The typographical layout of the text follows a maze-like pattern., Augustus Gräter and Alexander Blumer were in business together about 1832 to 1834., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 35.2 x 29.1 cm., Not in: Checklist Amer. imprints., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1833]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1833 Geist 9515.F (Roughwood)

Title: Geistlicher Irrgarten mit vier Gnadenbrunnen, dadurch kürzlich angedeutet werden: 1stens, die vier Ströme des Paradieses
Description: Representation of Christian life as a journey through a maze. The typographical layout of the text follows a maze-like pattern., The Mennonite Publishing Company, Elkhart, Indiana, the successor to the firm of John F. Funk and Brother, was chartered in 1875., Printed area, including holly-leaf border, measures 44.8 x 31.5 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [not before 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1875 Geist 9518.F (Roughwood)

Title: Jefferson ist Präsident!
Description: Caption title., At head of title: Postscript. zum Readinger Adler. Reading, den 20sten Februar, 1801., Printed area measures 13.8 x 7.3 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1801]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1801 Jeffe 106022.D (Roughwood)

Title: Eine wahre Geschichte, oder eine probirte Kunst in Feuers-Gefahr wie auch in Pestilenz-Zeiten zu gebrauchen Ist von einem christlichen Singmeister, König aus Egypten, erfunden worden. Es wurden im Jahre 1714, den 10 Tag Juni, im Königreich Preuszen 6 Zigeuner oder Heiden genannt, mit dem Strang gerichtet, der siebente aber, ein Mann von 80 Jahre alt, sollte am 16 Tage gleich darauf mit dem Schwerdte hingerichtet werden
Description: The gypsy's fire charm, a magical incantation for preventing fire or pestilence., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 25.1 x 13.0 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [between 1850 and 1870?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1850 Wahre 14308.Q (Roughwood)

Title: An essay of a declaration of rights brought in by the committee appointed for that purpose, and now under the consideration of the Convention of the State of Pennsylvania
Description: Imprint supplied by Evans., Printed area measures: 32.9 x 17 cm., Library Company copy 962.F.92 annotated in the hand of Benjamin Franklin.
Creator: Pennsylvania, Constitutional Convention, (1776)
Date: [1776]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1776 Pen Con 962.F.92, Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1776 Pen Con Dickinson 24.7

Title: Ein vortressliches Mittel gegen die Wassersucht Nimm 4 Quart klarer süsser Seider, ... Neues Mittel wider Auszehrung
Description: Dated from typographical evidence., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 16.7 x 12.3 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [between 1850 and 1870?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1850 Vortr 106027.D (Roughwood)

Title: To the memory of James Gifford who was killed by the bursting of a cannon on the 24th, day of December 1832, aged 20 years 9 months and 10 days at Tuckahoe, New Jersey
Description: Poem in ten four-line verses, with grape cluster border and mourning vignette., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1832]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1832 To the 15136.Q (Roughwood)

Title: Zum Andenken Verschied dieses Lebens, am 22sten Mai 1851, in Maxatany, Berks Caunty, an einer langwierigen Auszehrung: Frau Esther Hermann, geliebte Ehegattin des Ehrw. Herrn Charles G. Hermann, reformirten Predigers von Kutztaun und Umgegend. Sie war im Alter von 60 Jarhen und 26 Tagen
Description: Signed at foot: G.F.J.J. [i.e. Gottlieb F.J. Jäger, 1795-1879]., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 19.5 x 14.2 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Jäger, G. F. J. (Gottlieb F. J.)
Date: [1851]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1851 Jager 15144.Q (Roughwood)

Title: Doctor Laroch's von Paris, ächte Pillen für die rhumatischen Uebel, &c Das schäzbarste Hülfsmittel fur Rhumatismus, rhumatische Gicht, scorbutische Umstäde, &c. Auszug ans einem Brief des Doctoren Laroche in Paris, an den Doctor M. Lechleitner in Lancaster, Pa
Description: Advertisement, testimonials, and directions for use of Dr. Laroche's rheumatism pills, available from his agent, Dr. M. Lechleitner, in Lancaster, Pa., Dated from typographic evidence., Printed area measures 20.3 x 18.2 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Laroche, Dr.
Date: [between 1830 and 1850?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1830 Laroche 15124.Q(Roughwood)

Title: The great Know Nothing song, "I don't know."
Description: Song in eight unnumbered stanzas, with chorus; first line: Of all the many mighty things in this here Quaker city,., The American Party, also known as the Know-Nothing Party, flourished between 1849 and 1856., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 21.3 x 14.3 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Eastlack, Francis F., b. 1833
Date: [between 1849 and 1856]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1849 Eastlack 15143.Q (Roughwood)

Title: (No. 8.) Your province tax. Lawful money ... Your town and county rate. Lawful money. ... The assessors sit at Faneuil-Hall in Boston, on Wednesdays, from 3 to 5 of the clock afternoon, to whom any person aggrieved may apply for ease, as the law directs. 1764. Errors excepted
Description: A tax assessment form., Printed area measures 8.0 x 10.4 cm., Not in: Evans; Bristol; Ford, W.C. Broadsides., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Mr. Willm. Fisher, assessment total £12.3.0; Sampson Salter, collector., Library Company copy from the Michael Zinman Collection of Early American Imprints., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., NEH-Readex: not in Readex; not at AAS.
Creator: Boston (Mass.), Collector of Taxes
Date: [1764]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1764 Boston 16921.Q (Zinman)

Title: Shipped by the grace of God, in good order and well conditioned, by [blank] in and upon the good ship called the [blank] whereof is master, under God, for this present voyage, [blank] and now riding at anchor, in [blank] and by God's grace bound for [blank] to say, [blank] being marked and numbered as in the margent, and are to be delivered in the like good order, and well conditioned, at the aforesaid port of [blank] (the danger of the seas only excepted) unto [blank] or to h[blank] assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods [blank] with primage and average accustomed. In witness whereof, the master or purser of the said ship, hath affirmed to [blank] bills of lading, all of this tenor and date; the one of which [blank] bills being accomplished, the other [blank] to stand void. And so God send the good ship to her desired port in safety. Amen. Dated in [blank]
Description: Three bills of lading printed one above the other on a single half sheet; each of the three blank forms begins with an ornamental letter S., Printed area measures 32.1 x 15.6 cm., Not in: Evans; Bristol., Library Company copy completed in MS. in triplicate for Nathaniel West Dandridge, shipping eight hogsheads of tocabbo to Messrs. Farrel & Jones, Bristol, England, aboard the ship Realto, at anchor in York River, John Thomas, master; dated Aug. 30, 1762 and signed by John Thomas., Library Company copy from the Michael Zinman Collection of Early American Imprints., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., NEH-Readex: not in Readex; not at AAS.
Date: [not after 1762]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1762 Shipped 16922.Q (Zinman)

Title: No. [blank] Be it know that [blank] is entitled to [blank] share[blank] in the "Camden Library Company," transferable agreeably to the buy-laws of the institution. Witness the seal of the said company, the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. 182[blank] [blank] Secretary. [blank] President
Description: A share certificate., Printed area measures 8.5 x 15.2 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Joseph Rogers, share no. 44, dated Oct. 10, 1823 and signed by Jacob L. Rowand, secretary, and Robert Smith, president; with papered wax seal., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Camden Library Company (Camden, N.J.)
Date: [182-]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1820 Camden 3321.F.34

Title: No. [blank] Philadelphia County, ss. [blank] has paid to me for the use of the commonwealth, twenty dollars which entitles [blank] to wholesale or retail foreign merchandize, and liquors as a wholesale dealer or a retailer of foreign merchandize and liquors of the fifth class, within the city of Philadelphia, for one year, from the first day of may, one thousand eight hundred and thirty one. [blank] Treasurer of the city of Philadelphia
Description: A merchant's license., Printed area measures 7.7 x 12.3 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. for B.H. Yarnall, license no. 18, with the date altered to May 1, 1835; signed by Cornelius Stevenson, city treasurer. Benjamin H. Yarnall is listed in Philadelphia directories as an ironmonger and hardware merchant., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Philadelphia County (Pa.)
Date: [1831]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1831 Phila Cou 3321.F.53

Title: Shipped by the grace of God in good order and well conditioned, by [blank] in and upon the good ship called the [blank] whereof is master under God for this present voyage [blank] and now riding at anchor in the [blank] and by God's grace bound for [blank] to say, [blank] being marked and numbred [sic] as in the margent, and are to be delivered in the like good order and well conditioned, at the aforesaid port of [blank] (the danger of the seas only excepted) unto [blank] or to [blank] assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods [blank] with primage and average accustomed. In witness whereof the master or purser of the said ship hath affirmed to [blank] bills of lading, all of this tenor and date; the one of which bills being accomplished, the other [blank] to stand void. And so God send the good ship to her desired port in safety. Amen. Dated in [blank]
Description: A bill of lading form., Ornamental initial letter S shows a ship under full sail; the woodcut initial is unsigned., Printed area measures 9.3 x 19.4 cm., Not in: Evans; Bristol., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Jonathan Belcher, shipping sugar, molasses, rum, 12 oak tables, 5 dozens chairs, and 6 dozen pails from Boston to "Nansymum in Virginia or So. Carolina" (i.e. Nansemond, Va.), aboard the ship Dove, William Winter, master; dated Boston, Sept. 12, 1723, and signed by Winter., Library Company copy from the Michael Zinman Collection of Early American Imprints., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., NEH-Readex: not in Readex; not at AAS.
Date: [not after 1723]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1723 Shipped 16872.Q (Zinman)

Title: Keystone Normal School Class tribute to Ellen S. Christ
Description: Class tribute signed Class of 1875; dated November, 1874. First line: But few months have elapsed since it fell to our lot., With: Philomathean Literary Society tribute. First line: Gone to the grave has our sister., Printed area, including foliated border, measures: 20.6 cm x 9 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Kutztown State Teachers College, Class of 1875
Date: [1874.]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1874 Kutztown 8758.F

Title: Jesus Lied
Description: Verse in nine unnumbered stanzas; first line: Wo ist Jesus, mein Verlangen?, Printed in two columns divided by a wavy rule; printed area, within ornamental border, measures 24.3 x 19.2 cm., Cataloging of copy 14289.Q funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1870 Jesus 14056.Q (Roughwood), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1870 Jesus 14289.Q (Roughwood)

Title: United States of America. Bucks County, Pennsylvania Be it remembered, that at a Court of Common Pleas, held at Doylestown, for the county of Bucks, in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States of America, on the [blank] day of [blank] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- [blank] [blank] a native of [blank] exhibited a petition, praying to become a citizen of the United States, and it appearing to the said court that he had declared on [blank] before the [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. 185[blank] that it was bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce for ever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whatsoever
Description: The words "Bucks County, Pennsylvania." are typeset within the banner of a spread-eagle headpiece., Printed area measures 37.7 x 26.3 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Conrad Deisenoth, native of Sachsen Weimar, dated Sept. 18, 1857, and signed by A.W. Gilkeson., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Pennsylvania, Court of Common Pleas (Bucks County)
Date: [185-]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1850 Penn Cou 11330.F (Doret)

Title: Springfield Church School Certificate of scholarship of [blank] for the term ending March 22nd, 1865. Orthography, [blank] Reading, [blank] ... Days absent, [blank] Days present, [blank]
Description: A report card., Printed area measures 9.6 x 16.6 cm., Library Company copy completed for Milton Hess, whose academic grade point average was 3.9, who was present for 98 days out of 100, and who earned a 5 for conduct., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Springfield Church School (Springfield, Bucks County, Pa.)
Date: [1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1865 Sprin 110648.D (Doret)

Title: Mr. [blank] To Mifflin & Parry, [blank] Dr. To [blank] months' subscription to the Pennsylvanian from [blank] to [blank] $ [blank] Received payment, for M. & P., [blank] Publication office, 99 South Second St., Philadelphia
Description: A receipt., Printed area measures 4.9 x 13.5 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Wm. Whitman, Jan. 6, 1838, for a 12-month subscription, signed by C. Taylor., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Mifflin & Parry
Date: [not after 1838]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1838 Mifflin 113184.D (Roughwood)

Title: Sunday school hymns. To be sung by the children at the grand gathering, June 13th, 1868
Description: Caption title., Without music., Hymns printed in two columns divided by a single rule; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 31.0 x 14.2 cm., Contents: The happy land -- The Sunday school army -- Beautiful river -- Dismission., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1868 Sunday 17239.Q (Roughwood)

Title: On the crucifixion of our Saviour and the two thieves
Description: Poem by William Browne; first lines: Behold O God! In rivers of my tears I come to thee., Copyright 1834; printed by E. Durand., Printed within and flanking three crosses; text to be read across lines and also as an acrostic within each of the crosses., Serves as a type specimen showing a wide range of fonts., Not in Checklist of American Imprints., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Browne, William, 1590-ca. 1645
Date: [1834]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare # Am 1834 Browne 9528.F (Roughwood)

Title: This certifies that [blank], the [blank] of [blank] and his wife [blank], as born [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] 18[blank], and that [blank] was baptized on the [blank] day of [blank] in the year of our Lord 18[blank]
Description: A baptismal certificate., Copyright 1873 by Crider & Bro., "Lith. by A. Hoen & Co. Baltimore.", Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 32.0 x 24.0 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Marranda, daughter of Davilla and Amilia Fiand Peifer, borner April 6, 1875, and baptised June 27, 1875 by Preacher Wolf, with the parents as sponsors; the blanks are incorrectly used, and there are errors in spelling and grammar., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1873]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1873 This 14351.Q (Roughwood)

Title: Maryland, ss. Frederick, absolute lord and proprietary of the provinces of Maryland and Avalon, Lord Baron of Baltimore, &c. To all persons to whom these presents shall come, Greeting in our Lord God everlasting Know ye, that [blank] according to the certificate of survey thereof, taken and returned into our land-office, bearing date the [blank] day of [blank] seventeen hundred and [blank] and there remaining, together with all rights, profits, benefits, and privileges, thereunto belonging, royal mines excepted, to have and to hold the same, unto him the said [blank] his heirs and assigns, for ever, to be holden of us and our heirs, as of our manor of [blank] in free and common soccage, by fealty only for all manner of services, yielding and paying therefore, yearly, unto us, and our heirs, at our receipt at our city of St. Mary's, at the two most usual feasts in the year, viz. the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and St. Michael the Arch Angel, be even and equal portions, the rent of [blank] sterling, in silver or gold
Description: A land patent form., Second line of text, last word: Know., Printed on vellum; printed area measures 27.0 x 29.5 cm., Not in: Evans; Bristol., Library Company copy from the Michael Zinman Collection of Early American Imprints., Library Company copy completed in MS. for John Wallace, Jan. 28, 1754, granting him land in Somerset County; signed by Horatio Sharpe; with a MS. docket title., signed: Thos. Jennings clk., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Baltimore, Frederick Calvert, Baron, 1731-1771
Date: [not after 1754]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1754 Balti 10210.F (Zinman)

Title: Der Regenbogen 1 Mosis ix. 9, 13.--
Description: Hymn in nine stanzas; words only; a translation of Joseph Hart's Rainbow; first line: Als taub für jede Warnungsstimm',., Includes "Tod des Gläubigen Gewinn. Philipper i. 21.--Kent. C.M.", a hymn in nine stanzas; words only; a translation of a hymn by John Kent; first line: Zu stimmen in der Sel'gen Sang,., Two hymns printed side by side, divided by a single rule; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 19.9 x 13.0 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Hart, J. (Joseph), 1712-1768
Date: 1846
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1846 Hart 14318.Q (Roughwood)

Title: Certificate of promotion This may certify, that [blank] by diligent attention to study, and punctual attendance at school, has made such proficiency in the studies of [blank] department as entitles [blank] to a promotion to a higher grade; and by [blank] correct deportment and exemplary conduct, has merited the esteem and affectionate regard of [blank] teachers. In consideration of which, this certificate is granted by the board of directors, as a testimonial of their approbation and favour
Description: Printed on rose-colored paper; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 16.4 x 22.2 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. May 24, 1840 for Miss Mary Shertz, signed by John Mathiot., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Lancaster (Pa.), School Board
Date: [1840]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1840 Lanca 112040.O (Roughwood)

Title: Marriage certificate This is to certify, that Mr. [blank] and M[blank] [blank] were by me united in matrimony, this [blank] day of [blank] one thousand eight hundred and [blank] according to law, and the custom of the church
Description: At head of title: "Whom God has joined together, let no man put asunder.", Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 15.6 x 21.1 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Martin Mellinger and Miss Sarah Burry [i.e. Barry], married Dec. 13, 1864, by Rev. F.W. Kremer; with a five-cent stamp attached., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitied by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [not after 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Marri 16513.Q (Doret)

Title: Christlicher Haus-Segen, nebst der Zwölf Stunden-Gedächtniss
Description: This 18th-century German house blessing, with twelve-hour reminder, served as a model for format, though not for content, of printed Pennsylvania house blessings. See Yoder, D. Pennsylvania German broadside, p. 200-202., Printed on laid paper; hand-colored; printed area measures 38.0 x 30.3 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [178-?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1780 Christ 10138.F (Roughwood)

Title: Christlicher Stundenweiser das ist: Kurze Betrachtungen aller Stunden des Tages, dadurch ein Christ, sich zur Wahrnehmung der Zeit, das Nothwendige erwecken kann
Description: Hand-colored woodcut of a clock surrounded by twelve Christian passages, with scenes depicting stages of life in each corner., "This European broadside was perhaps imported because it was attractive to residents of German heritage in southeast Pennsylvania. Although twelve-hour prayers are associated with Catholics, they were occasionally used among Pennsylvania Germans, most of whom were Protestants."--Earnest, R. Flying leaves and one-sheets, 106., Printed on laid paper; printed area measures 36 x 28.9 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Lib. Company. Annual Report, 1999, p. 23-25.
Date: [ca. 1810?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1810 Christ 9504.F (Roughwood), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1810 Christ 10130.F (Roughwood)

Title: The Pennsylvania cyclone
Description: Verse in four unnumbered stanzas; first line: The shadows of death are upon us, and a calamity has occurred,., On Jan. 9, 1889, a tornado swept over Reading, Pa., destroying the Grimshaw Silk Mill and the Reading Railroad paint shop, killing 17 and injuring more than 100 people., Printed area, including mourning border, measures 25.3 x 19.8 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bessel, Fred
Date: [1889?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1889 Bessel 112042.O (Roughwood)

Title: Sehnsucht nach dem himmlischen Jerusalem
Description: A hymn in five verses and a chorus, words only; first line: Kommt ihr Freunde, wir eilen jeszt fort., Caption title., Dated by Yoder, "probably from the late nineteenth century.", Printed area measures 14.4 x 6.5 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [between 1850 and 1900?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1850 Sehns 106030.D (Roughwood)

Title: The Apostle's Creed
Description: Caption title., Kneass published Manual of devotion for the Catholic blind in 1867., Printed in raised-letter Philadelphia Line type on blue paper; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 17.0 x 21.6 cm., In the Michael Zinman Collection of Printing for the Blind., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1867?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll. Zinman Blind 111999.O (Zinman)

Title: The Lord's prayer
Description: Caption title., At head of title is a type specimen., The New England Institution for the Education of the Blind opened in Boston in 1832; in 1839, the name changed to Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind., Printed in S.G. Howe's raised-letter Boston line type; printed area measures 24.9 x 20.1 cm., In the Michael Zinman Collection of Printing for the Blind., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [between 1832 and 1839]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll. Zinman Blind 17224.Q (Zinman)

Title: Neujahrs-Wunsch des Herumträgers des Lancaster Adlers, an seine Kunden, bey dem Eintritt des Jahrs 1829
Description: Verse in ten unnumbered stanzas; first line: Glück zu! ihr Werthen Kunden mein,., Caption title., Presumably printed late in 1828 by Jacob Baab and Herman W. Villee, printers of the Lancaster Adler, for distribution on or about New Year's Day., Verse printed in two columns divided by a column of type ornaments; printed area, including arched ornamental border, measures 35.7 x 23.3 cm., Not in Shoemaker., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1828]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1828 Neujahrs 9519.F (Roughwood)

Title: Wunsch zum Neuen Jahre
Description: Verse in four unnumbered stanzas; first line: Zum neuen Jahre geh'n vom Herzen., Parallel German and Czech texts; Czech title: Přáňi k nowému roku., Signed at foot: Dero unterthänigste Kaminfeger - Gesellen des Herrn Leopold Jedlicz̃ka., Presumably printed in late 1847 for distribution on or about New Year's Day., Printed in two columns inside an ornamental border that includes depictions of chimney sweeps; printed area measures 39.8 x 24.7 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Jedlicz̃ka, Leopold
Date: [1847]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #O Czech Jedli 10127.F (Roughwood)

Title: Wunsch zum neuen Jahre
Description: Verse in thirty-two unnumbered lines; first line: Im Verklärungslichte schweben., Signed at foot: Dero unterthänigste Schornsteinfeger in Korneuburg., Presumably printed in late 1846 for distribution on or about New Year's Day., Printed inside an ornamental border, signed "J. Zwettler lith.", depicting the change from 1846 to 1847, and the moths of the year; printed area measures 35.9 x 21.2 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1846]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #O Czech Wunsch 10131.F (Roughwood)

Title: Trade cards, advertisements, and bill heads for Philadelphia merchants
Description: Contents: [1] J. Yeager engraver Juniper first door below Chesnut & Race Street 103 Philada. -- [2] Printing done with expedition and care, by Richard Folwell, No. 33, Carter's Alley -- [3] Jonathan Meredith, tanner and currier, Philadelphia -- [4] Spectacles, hardware in general also whips and canes of every description, made and sold by John McAllister, No. 48 Chesnut Street Philadelphia -- [5] Edward Penington sugar refiner No. 155 Sassafras Street, Philada. lump -- [6] Jno. P. & Chas. Wetherill, manufacturers of white lead, billhead, dated May 23, 1829, and addressed in MS. to Messrs Pleasants & Graff -- [7] Carpenter's chemical warehouse Philadelphia -- [8] Superior black ink ... Clemens & Baker., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Zinman, Michael, collector
Date: [between 1797 and 1847?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Coll. Zinman Trade cards 111893.O (Zinman)

Title: Geburt- und Tauf-zeugniss Den beiden christlichen Ehegatten: [blank] und seiner ehelichen Hausfrau [blank] geborne [blank] ist ein [blank] zur Welt geboren, den [blank] Tag im [blank] im Jahre unseres Herrn ein tausend acht hundert und [blank] (18[blank]). Dieses Kind ist geboren in [blank], in [blank] County, im Staate [blank] Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika, und erhielt durch die heilige Taufe den Namen [blank] am [blank] Tag im [blank] im Jahre 18[blank] von [blank] Namen der Tauf-Zeugen: [blank]
Description: Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 33.3 x 23.2 cm, Library Company copy completed in MS. for Maria Wetzel, born Feb. 17, 1860 in Mahatongo Township, Schuylkill County, Pa., the daughter of Joseph and Regina Schneider Wetzel, baptized March 18, 1860 by Rev. Isaac Stiely., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [not after 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1860 Gebur 11397.F (Doret)

Title: Das goldene A B C für jederman, der gern mit Ehren wollt bestahn
Description: A broadside of moral and religious aphorisms in rhyme., Caption title., At head of title: Im Nahmen der allerheiligsten Dreyfaltigkeit., Sometimes attributed to Christopher Dock. While he may have used this broadside in his school, the text predates him., Printed on laid paper with watermark "P"; printed area, including double-rule border, measures 33.9 x 28.5 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [between 1770 and 1800?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1770 Goldene 9523.F (Roughwood)

Title: Watchman's address on the return of Christmas, 1851
Description: Verse in fifty-six lines; first line: Now Christmas dawns, the season dear., Caption title., At head of title is a woodcut eagle with the banner: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year., The poems is printed in two columns divided by a wavy rule., At foot is a woodcut of a watchman on a snowy night, along with "Counting house almanac" for 1852, "Solar and lunar eclipses for the year, 1852," and "Regulations of the state house bell in case of fire.", Printed area, including arched ornamental border, measures 43.5 x 26.6 cm., Library Company copy pasted to a 20th-century hand-painted sign advertising: Sermons by the Redemptorist preacher Rev. Andrew L. Doran, ..., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1851]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1851 Watch 9521.F (Roughwood)

Title: Record of birth & baptism To these two parents: as [blank] and his wife [blank] a daughter of [blank] was born a [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] in the year of our Lord 18[blank] This child was born in [blank] in [blank] county, in the state of [blank] in North America; was baptized by the Rev'd. [blank] and received the name of [blank] Witnesses: [blank]
Description: Printed area, including color-printed ornamental border, measures 35.5 x 26.4 cm., Library Company copy completed in MS. for Tyrus Franklin Zerbe, born Aug. 8, 1873 in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pa., son of George and Mary Donmoyer Zerbe; he was baptized by Rev. Elias S. Henry Oct. 26, 1873, with Adam and Sarah Donmoyer Lengel as witnesses., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [not after 1873]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1873 Record 9637.F (Roughwood)

Title: Geburts- und Tauf-Schein Den beiden Ehegatten, als: [blank] und seiner Ehefrau [blank] eine geborne [blank] beide wohnhaft in [blank] ist ein [blank] zur Welt geboren den [blank] im Jahr Christi 18[blank] Dieses Kind wurde hierauf getauft den [blank] durch Herrn Pfarrer [blank] und erhielt [blank] Namen [blank] Die Taufzeugen waren: [blank]
Description: A birth and baptismal certificate, with verse in six numbered stanzas; first line: Ich bin Getauft auf deinen Namen,., Printed in Reutlingen, Germany, in the 1830s by B.G. Kurtz for the American market. At head of ornamental border is an eagle with a shield, and the banner: E pluribus unum., Printed area, including hand-painted ornamental border, measures 37.4 x 28.5 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [183-?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1830 Geburts 9639.F (Roughwood), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1830 Geburts 9640.F (Roughwood)

Title: Geburts- und Taufschein Den beiden Ehegatten, als: [blank] [blank] und seiner ehelichen Hausfrau [blank] eine geborne [blank] ist ein [blank] zur Welt geboren, den [blank] 18[blank] im Jahre Herrn [blank] Diese [blank] wurde geboren in [blank] County, im Statte [blank] in Nordamerika, und wurde getauft und erhielt den Namen [blank] am [blank] im Jahre unsers Herrn 18[blank] von Herrn [blank] Die Taufzeugen waren: [blank]
Description: Copyright 1849 by Augs. Kollner., Printed area, including hand-colored ornamental border, measures 33.3 x 22.4 cm., Library Company copy 9644.F completed in MS. for Albert Moriz Althaus [later Morris A. Althouse], born May 15, 1858 in Centre Township, Berks County, Pa., son of Solomon H. and Esther Althaus Althaus, baptized Aug. 15, 1858, by Rev. Isaac Miesse, sponsored by Jacob and Catharina Nafzinger; imperfect: torn, affecting some text., Library Company copy 11396.F is blank., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [1849]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1849 Gebur 9644.F (Roughwood), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1849 Gebur 11396.F (Doret)

Title: Record of birth & baptism Unto these two parents: [blank] and his wife [blank] a daughter of [blank] was born a [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] in the year of our Lord 18[blank] This child was born in [blank] county of [blank] state of [blank] was baptized by [blank] and received the name of [blank] Witness: [blank]
Description: At foot: +27., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 23.5 x 31.0 cm., Library Company copy hand-colored; completed in MS. for Lydian Wolfskill (later Artz), born Dec. 13, 1866 in Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pa., daughter of John and Elizabeth Mesner Wolfskill, baptized by Daniel Hertz, witness Elizabeth Wolfskill., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [not after 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1866 Record 9533.F (Roughwood)

Title: Geburts- und Taufschein Den beiden Ehegatten, als: [blank] und seiner ehelichen Hausfrau [blank] eine geborne [blank] is ein [blank] zur Welt geboren, den [blank] 18[blank] im Jahre unsers Herrn 18[blank] Diese [blank] wurde geboren in [blank] [blank] County, im Staat [blank] in Nordamerika, und wurde getauft und erhielt den Namen [blank] am [blank] im Jahre unsers Herrn 18[blank] von Herrn [blank] Die Taufzeugen waren: [blank]
Description: Carl L. Rademacher is listed at this address in Philadelphia directories from 1846 to 1848., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 36.4 x 27.8 cm, Library Company copy hand colored; completed in MS. for Maria Bolich (later Koch), born Oct. 11, 1848 in East Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, Pa., daughter of William and Maria Sechler Bolich; she was baptized Dec. 19, 1848 by Rev. Jäger; godparents Jesse and Katharina Sechler., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [not after 1848]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1848 Gebur 11399.F (Doret)

Title: David Doret collection of Centennial ephemera
Description: Collection consists of approximately one hundred items, primarily advertising ephemera, relating to the Centennial Exhibition, held in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park in 1876 to celebrate America’s one-hundredth anniversary of independence and to showcase the strengths of the country’s industry, manufactures, agriculture, and art. Materials include circulars, price lists, advertising cards, stationery, and pamphlets for goods and services, including washboards, ironing tables, saws, springs, sewing machines, mills, mowers, reapers, horse shoes, and hotel accommodations. Other documents include souvenir view books and guidebooks for visitors, maps, a Centennial Board of Finance letterhead, a Centennial award seal, programs, and admission tickets. Several of the items contain illustrations, such as views of the Centennial buildings, and depictions of products. Some advertisements promote foreign businesses from countries, including Belgium, Russia, Great Britain, Holland, Austria, France, Germany, and Spain., Approximately seventeen of the items include manuscript annotations of dates (e.g. "11.2.76" and "Nov 9/76"), possibly made by Centennial visitors to record dates of attendance at the fair. A concert program for Seibert Hall [11423.F.21] contains a lengthy manuscript annotation on the verso., Various printers include Allen, Lane & Scott; Craig, Finley & Co.; Thomas S. Dando; Duross Brothers; G. S. Harris & Son; Heppenheimer & Maurer; Thomas Hunter; Ketterlinus; Lehman & Bolton; Loag; William Mann; Phillip Frey & Co.; Potsdamer & Co.; Theodore Leonhardt & Son; and Times Printing House., Select link above for on-line finding aid and exhibition., Gift of David Doret., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Books and oversize material housed separately in stacks., 11423.F.14 is probably the separated cover of a handbill, and not an advertising card.
Date: 1855-1882, bulk 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret Collection Centennial Ephemera [11423.F; P.2010.21.6-14], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret Collection Centennial Ephemera - 4th Floor [11423.F], Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1875 Visitors 11423.F.10 (Doret), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1876 Chick 11423.F.35 (Doret), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1876 Chick 11423.F.36 (Doret), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1876 Pocket 11423.F.11 (Doret), http://www.lcpimages.org/centennial/

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