Who was the young Franklin? How did he accumulate so much wealth so rapidly? What social contacts did he have that enabled this? The Franklins’ Shop Books, 1730-1748, provides tools to explore these questions. The American Philosophical Society holds several of the account books and ledgers Benjamin Franklin and his wife Deborah Read Franklin used to document their business dealings.
Visualizing Women in Science uses the collections of the American Philosophical Society to recover biographies and information about women in science not previously known. The network visualization at the heart of the project illustrates networks that were essential to sustaining women’s work in science.
A Portal to the Nation's Founding is a one-stop-shop for students, teachers, scholars, and lovers of history to learn about diverse stories of the American Revolution from the perspective of early residents of America's revolutionary city.
