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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.
In honor of everyone’s favorite day, the day taxes are due, we give you Ben Franklin’s published reaction to the Stamp Act. Two things you can’t avoid are Death and Taxes, and the Stamp Act threatened the life of newspapers and other commercial documents in the American Colonies. Not cool.
Pennsylvania Journal & Weekly Advertiser. Thursday, October 31, 1765.