Library CO Of Phila

The Library Company of Philadelphia is an independent research library specializing in American history and culture from the 17th through the nineteenth centuries. Open to the public free of charge, the Library Company houses an extensive non-circulating collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art. The mission of the Library Company is to preserve, interpret, make available, and augment the valuable materials within its care.