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Welcome to the Library Company of Philadelphia's Tumblr page! Founded by Ben Franklin in 1731, we are an independent research library specializing in American history and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. This page highlights materials from LCP's extensive collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art.
![Ownership can not be dismissed if a book has this beautiful manuscript bookplate.
Bookplate and birth record for Joseph Nesch [Nash]. Fraktur Collection. Pennsylvania. ca. 1830. 7979.F.2](https://64.media.tumblr.com/66d9b0f9f2f5d688308639dd4e3daa7b/tumblr_oyuxbw5XDG1u23qdao1_250.jpg)
Ownership can not be dismissed if a book has this beautiful manuscript bookplate.
Bookplate and birth record for Joseph Nesch [Nash]. Fraktur Collection. Pennsylvania. ca. 1830. 7979.F.2
For our first #bookplatespecial post, we present William Penn’s bookplate, dated 1703, found on our copy of George Whitehead’s A Serious Apology for the Principles & Practices of the People Call’d Quakers (1671).