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June 27, 2019
On June 27, 2019, staff and friends of the American Philosophical Society and the David Library of the American Revolution gathered for a special kick-off...
June 26, 2019
Recorded sessions from the April 2019 General Meeting of the APS are now available online. Click on the links in the talk titles to see...
June 21, 2019
It is hard to imagine that Benjamin Franklin did not hear stories about “the war” growing up. Not the American Revolution of course, but the...
June 12, 2019
I must admit, having worked in the shadow of Independence Hall for close to seven years, I have somehow become immune to the luster of...
June 5, 2019
The many manuscripts and notebooks at the APS Library produced by anthropologists studying Indigenous peoples are fundamentally based upon the knowledge and expertise of the...
May 31, 2019
Header image: A Map of the Tennassee Government formerly part of North Carolina taken chiefly from Surveys by Genl. D. Smith & Others, 1793. APS...
May 30, 2019
WASHINGTON CROSSING and PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 30, 2019 – In a bold decision that will preserve the material record of American Revolutionary history and make...
May 23, 2019
There are many reasons to print a small book. The first being that you have a small pocket and would like to carry your book...