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An African American Miscellany: Selections from a Quarter Century of Collecting, 1970-1995

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by Phillip Lapsansky, curator. (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1996.)

At the Instance of Benjamin Franklin

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(Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, Revised and Enlarged 1995.)

The Repeal, or, the Funeral of Miss Ame-Stamp. ([London], 1766)

The Repeal, or, the Funeral of Miss Ame-Stamp. ([London], 1766)

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Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World

Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World

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by Page Talbott (ed). (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005)

�A Clock for the Rooms�: The Horological Legacy of the Library Company of Philadelphia

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Reprint of an article originally pub. in �Antiquarian Horology,� Dec. 2006 discussing scientific titles in the Lib. Co. of Phila. (LCP) that influenced early Amer. clockmakers, such as David Rittenhouse & Edward Duffield. In 1792 the Library received the nearly 4,000 vol. Loganian Library, which included the private library of James Logan. Another LCP shareholder involved with clocks was cabinetmaker Benjamin Randolph. The greatest enhancement to the horological collections came during the tenure of librarian Edwin Wolf 2nd. Also discusses clocks held by the LCP: the �Cromwell Family Clock� by John Fromanteel; the �Astronomical Clock� by John Child; the �William Penn Clock� by William Martin; & clocks by Christopher Sauer, & Edward Duffield. Full-color illus.

Autobiographical Sketch (Wolf)

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Edwin Wolf 2nd. (au).

(Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1991.)

Bibliothesauri: or, Jewels from the Shelves of the Library Company of Philadelphia.

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by Edwin Wolf 2nd, curator. (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1966.)

Economy of Early America

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by Cathy Matson (ed). (Philadelphia: Co-published with the Library Company of Philadelphia and Penn State Press, December 2005.)

Every Man His Own Doctor: Popular Medicine in Early America

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by James N. Green, curator. Essays by Charles E. Rosenberg and William H. Helfand. (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1998.)

Germantown and the Germans

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by Edwin Wolf 2nd, curator. (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1983.)