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Judith Giesberg talked about what life was like for African Americans in Philadelphia during and after the Civil War. She described how many former slaves took out newspaper ads to find fami…

Sally McMillen talked about her book Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life, in which she recounts the life of abolitionist and suffragist Lucy Stone. In her book, the author contends that Stone s…

Stephen Mihm talked about his book A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States, published by Harvard University Press. He describes the U.S. system …

Mr. Rottenberg talked about his book, The Man who Made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel and the Rise of Modern Finance, published by University of Pennsylvania Press. The book is a biography o…

Richard Newman spoke about his book, Freedom’s Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers, published by NYU Press. In his book, Mr. Newman recounts the lif…

Thomas Slaughter talked about his book ,The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman, Apostle of Abolition (Hill and Wang, September 16, 2008). The book recounts the life of John Woolman (1720-1772), …

The co-authors read from their book, In the Shadow of the Civil War: Passmore Williamson and the Rescue of Jane Johnson, published by University of South Carolina Press. They also told the s…

Professor Daniel Richter previewed his latest book, Facing East From Indian Country: A Native History of Early America, published by Harvard University Press. It’s an historical account of N…

The Library Company of Philadelphia is an independent research library with over a half million rare books, prints and broadsides. Benjamin Franklin founded the library in 1731 as the nation…

William Reese talked about the history of collecting early books and documents printed in America before 1801 and about the Zinmann collection housed by the Library Company of Philadelphia. …