The best place to search for more information about items in the Library Company of Philadelphia records (MSS00270) is in the collection’s finding aid, available at https://www.librarycompany.org/FindingAids/MSS00270-LCP-records-finding-aid_final.pdf.
Most unique items dating from 1731 to 1881 have also been digitized, and are available either on the Internet Archive or in the Library Company’s Digital Library, or both. You can browse digitized holdings by finding aid arrangement here.
However, please keep in mind that searchable metadata for digitized images does not necessarily include word-for-word transcriptions of each item’s full text. Therefore, keyword searching may not give you the results you seek.
Instead, you may need to use the collection’s finding aid first to identify a likely resource, then navigate to that digitized resource to view the material you’re seeking. You can also find subject guides related to graphic materials and artifacts that are related to the collection on this site’s Documents page.
For an overview of how to do research at the Library Company, visit https://librarycompany.org/research/ Still have questions about how to find materials in the Library Company’s collections? Contact us.