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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.
You can’t spell TGIF without F!
Or Friday, or Forget-me-not, or Flowers…
Frances Sargent Locke Osgood. The flower alphabet, in gold and colors. Boston: S. Colman, 1846?
TGI #FinisFriday! Looks like someone was pretty happy to finish this copy of The New-England Primer. (wait, does that say Elvis?!)