Travel & Local Accommodations
The Library Company of Philadelphia
The Library Company is located at 1314 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. We are located on Locust Street, between Broad Street and 13th Street in Center City Philadelphia, a few blocks from City Hall and one block east of the Academy of Music. There are several parking lots nearby.
The McNeil Center for Early American Studies
The McNeil Center for Early American Studies is located on the University of Pennsylvania campus at 3355 Wodland Walk near the intersection of 34th and Sansom Streets.
Traveling to Philadelphia
Philadelphia is easily accessible by plane, train, or automobile. Amtrak service is frequent on the Northeast Corridor line between Washington and Boston. Most major airlines serve Philadelphia International Airport. SEPTA commuter trains, various limousine services, and taxis provide quick transportation from the airport to Center City or University City.
This conference is free and open to everyone interested in the topic. Please let us know if you will be attending by registering online.
Holiday Inn Express Philadelphia-Midtown
1305 Walnut Street
(215) 735-9300
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Rodeway Inn Center City
1208 Walnut St.
215-546-7000
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Doubletree Hotel Philadelphia
237 South Broad Street
(215) 893-1600
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Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel
1701 Locust Street
(215) 735-6000
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Co-sponsors
The Program in Early American Economy and Society at the Library Company of Philadelphia, the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, the Department of History at Princeton University, and Iona College’s Institute of Thomas Paine Studies are pleased to co-sponsor this two-day conference bringing together scholars of imperialism in its multiple early North American forms and spaces.