{"id":144,"date":"2024-08-06T17:51:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T17:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librarycompany.org\/librarycompanypapersproject\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2025-12-01T16:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:48:29","slug":"historical-context","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/librarycompany.org\/librarycompanypapersproject\/historical-context\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical Context"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/librarycompany.org\/librarycompanypapersproject\/the-library-companys-first-shareholders\/\">The Library Company\u2019s First Shareholders<\/a><\/strong>, by Dana Dorman<br>Learn more about the Library Company\u2019s first 25 shares, all of which were issued in 1731, and who owned them over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/librarycompany.org\/librarycompanypapersproject\/the-library-companys-first-order-of-books\/\"><strong>The Library Company\u2019s First Order of Books<\/strong><\/a>, by Dana Dorman<br>Learn more about the Library Company\u2019s first order of books in 1732, and which works are still part of the collection today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/librarycompany.org\/librarycompanypapersproject\/librarians-of-the-library-company-from-its-founding-through-1881\/\">Librarians at the Library Company from its Founding Through 1881<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/librarycompany.org\/2020\/10\/02\/upstairs-downstairs-at-the-library-company-of-philadelphia\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/librarycompany.org\/2020\/10\/02\/upstairs-downstairs-at-the-library-company-of-philadelphia\/\"><strong>Upstairs, Downstairs at the Library Company of Philadelphia<\/strong><\/a>, by Erika Piola<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More About the Library Company&#8217;s Users Over the Years:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/librarycompany.org\/librarycompanypapersproject\/subscription-libraries-and-commercial-circulating-libraries-in-colonial-philadelphia-and-new-york\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/librarycompany.org\/librarycompanypapersproject\/subscription-libraries-and-commercial-circulating-libraries-in-colonial-philadelphia-and-new-york\/\">Subscription Libraries and Commercial Circulating Libraries in Colonial Philadelphia and New York<\/a><\/strong>, by Jim Green<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.librarycompany.org\/islandora\/object\/Islandora%3A59292#page\/1\/mode\/1up\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/digital.librarycompany.org\/islandora\/object\/Islandora%3A59292#page\/1\/mode\/1up\"><strong>The Intellectual Heritage of the Constitutional Era; The Delegates&#8217; Library<\/strong><\/a>, by Jack P. 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