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Library Company of Philadelphia

Ask    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.

Library Company research fellow Monica Anke Hahn snapped these shots of a book in our collection, People of All Nations (Philadelphia, 1807).

The text that accompanies the attached picture of the Englishman in this tiny little book (2" x 2.5") reads: 

“An Englishman is accused by foreigners with eating too much.  This man before us looks as if he was a cook, with roast beef, and we wish that every body may live well." 

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People of all nations : a useful toy for girl or boy. Philadelphia : Jacob Johnson, 1807.  [126] p. :  ill. ;  7 cm. (16mo)

— 4 years ago with 27 notes
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