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Chromolithograph advertisement showing busy port scene with ships at dock, barrels, and assorted men moving about

Shareholder Spotlight: Thomas Ash

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February 26, 2026
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Jessica Roney Appointed Director Designate of the Library Company of Philadelphia

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February 26, 2026
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Shareholder Spotlight: Stephen Girard (1750-1831)

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January 30, 2026
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Library Company Papers Project Launches New Web Portal

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January 12, 2026
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Photograph of portrait of Lucy Hooper used as frontispiece in her 1871 volume of poetry

Shareholder Spotlight: Lucy Hamilton Jones Hooper (1835-1893)

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December 22, 2025
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Illustration of the seal of the Library Company, with books pouring knowledge from single large jar to many smaller jars

Library Company of Philadelphia to Merge with Temple University

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Shareholder Spotlight: Connections to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps

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November 24, 2025
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Shareholder Spotlight: S. Decatur Smith (1820-1908)

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September 29, 2025
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Color engraving of the Library Company of Philadelphia's 1791 building on 5th and Library Streets

LCP’s Summer Mellon Interns Spotlight

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August 29, 2025
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Shareholder Spotlight: Sarah Jenkins Harmar (1761-1847)

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August 19, 2025
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Shareholder Spotlight: William Maclure (1763-1840)

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July 18, 2025
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Library Company Announces Plans for Semiquincentennial

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July 10, 2025
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Side portrait illustration of Frances Cadwalader Erskine, labeled Mrs. Erskine 1809

Shareholder Spotlight: Anne Bond Travis Erskine (circa 1792-1851)

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June 24, 2025
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Photograph portrait of Frank Etting that appeared in published book

Shareholder Spotlight: Frank M. Etting (1833-1890)

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May 27, 2025
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Shareholder Spotlight: Cadwalader Morris (1741-1795)

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April 21, 2025
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Library Company Acquires the William Woys Weaver Collection of Culinary Ephemera

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April 21, 2025
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Shareholder Spotlight: Emma M. Bouvier Drexel (1833-1883)

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March 20, 2025
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Photographic postcard of the exterior of Christ Church

Shareholder Spotlight: Rev. Robert Blackwell (1748-1831)

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February 20, 2025
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Shareholder Spotlight: Elizabeth Hewson Caldwell (1774-1851)

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January 23, 2025
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Photograph of William Pepper membership ticket to the First Pan-American Medical Congress

Shareholder Spotlight: Dr. William Pepper (1843-1898)

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December 12, 2024
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