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"A valuable collection of neat books well chosen" : the Pennsylvania Assembly Library

MLA citation style
Deibler, B. E. “"a Valuable Collection Of Neat Books Well Chosen" : The Pennsylvania Assembly Library”. no date. Py C2442.2 V215C C.2, Society for Political Enquiries in conjunction with the Capitol Preservation Committee, 1994.
APA citation style
Deibler, B. E. (1994). "A valuable collection of neat books well chosen" : the Pennsylvania Assembly Library. Py C2442.2 V215C C.2. Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3ASLP2005001_289
Chicago citation style
Deibler, Barbara E. “"a Valuable Collection Of Neat Books Well Chosen" : The Pennsylvania Assembly Library”. Py C2442.2 V215C C.2, State Library of Pennsylvania - Benjamin Franklin, 1994. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3ASLP2005001_289.
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Title

"A valuable collection of neat books well chosen" : the Pennsylvania Assembly Library

Subject

Legislative journals -- Pennsylvania
Government libraries -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century
Pennsylvania. -- General Assembly. -- Library -- History -- 18th century

Description

Describes the history and contents of the General Assembly, Rare Books Collection at the State Library of Pennsylvania. The original colleciton was ordered from England by the clerk of Pennsylvania's General Assembly, Benjamin Franklin. Includes many photographs of the items in the collection, as well as an "Abbreviated list of titles from the General Assembly, Rare Books Collection" in the Appendix. Also includes bibliographical references.

Creator

Deibler, Barbara E., 1943-1991

Publisher

Society for Political Enquiries in conjunction with the Capitol Preservation Committee

Date

1994

Location Covered

Pennsylvania

Time Period Covered

18th century

Type

text

Original Format

volume

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

(OCoLC)31879008

Source

PY C2442.2 V215c c.2

Language

eng

Rights

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Contact

For information on source and images, contact the State Library of Pennsylvania, Digital Rights Office, Forum Bldg., 607 South Dr, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0600. Phone: (717) 783-5969

Contributing Institution

State Library of Pennsylvania

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.