Library Company of Philadelphia

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learned society research library subscription library

The Library Company of Philadelphia is an early American subscription library and learned society that became a center of intellectual life in colonial and early national Philadelphia.

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Label Occurrences
Library Company of Philadelphia canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf learned society ⓘ
research library ⓘ
subscription library ⓘ
collectionType books ⓘ
ephemera ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
maps ⓘ
prints ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
foundedAs subscription library ⓘ
foundedBy Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline American studies ⓘ
art history ⓘ
book history ⓘ
history ⓘ
literature ⓘ
hasCollection African American history materials ⓘ
early American imprints ⓘ
history of the book materials ⓘ
visual culture materials ⓘ
women’s history materials ⓘ
hasEducationalProgram conferences ⓘ
exhibitions ⓘ
fellowship programs ⓘ
public lectures ⓘ
seminars ⓘ
hasLegalForm nonprofit organization ⓘ
hasMotto “Founded by Benjamin Franklin 1731” ⓘ
hasPart print department ⓘ
reading rooms ⓘ
special collections department ⓘ
hasUse historical scholarship ⓘ
public education ⓘ
research ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.librarycompany.org ⓘ
inception 1731 ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
notableFor being one of the earliest subscription libraries in America ⓘ
extensive collections on early American history ⓘ
role in the intellectual life of colonial and early national Philadelphia ⓘ
operatedBy Board of Trustees ⓘ
originalLanguageOfName English ⓘ
serviceArea general public ⓘ
scholars ⓘ
students ⓘ
significantEvent became a center of intellectual life in colonial Philadelphia ⓘ
served as a de facto Library of Congress before 1800 ⓘ

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Benjamin Franklin → founded → Library Company of Philadelphia ⓘ
Board of Trustees → governs → Library Company of Philadelphia ⓘ
subject surface form: Board of Trustees of the Library Company of Philadelphia
Board of Trustees → affiliatedWith → Library Company of Philadelphia ⓘ
subject surface form: Board of Trustees of the Library Company of Philadelphia
Board of Trustees → meetsAt → Library Company of Philadelphia ⓘ
subject surface form: Board of Trustees of the Library Company of Philadelphia