“The Library Company of Philadelphia is an independent research library concentrating on American society and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Free and open to the public, the Library Company houses an extensive non-circulating collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art.”
The library has a copy of History of Louisiana by Antoine Le Page Du Pratz which is inscribed in Lewis’s on hand:
Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton was so obliging as to lend me this copy of Monsr. Du Pratz’s history of Louisiana in June 1803. It has been since conveyed by me to the Pacific ocean through the interior of the Continent of North America on my late tour thither and is now returned to it’s proprietor by his
Friend and Obt. Servt.
Meriwether Lewis
https://librarycompany.org/
1314 Locust Street
Philadelphia, Pa. 19107
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Distance: 0.02 mi (straight line)
Athenaeum of Philadelphia, South 6th Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Distance: 0.65 mi (straight line)
American Philosophical Society, 104 South 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Distance: 0.73 mi (straight line)
Academy of Natural Sciences, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Distance: 0.76 mi (straight line)
Second Bank of the United States Portrait Gallery, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Distance: 0.78 mi (straight line)
238 S 4th St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Distance: 0.79 mi (straight line)
St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia, Pine Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Distance: 0.88 mi (straight line)
Elfreth's Alley, Elfreth's Alley, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Distance: 1.14 mi (straight line)
Cultural Districts Museums and Interpretive Centers Guided Tours
Penn Museum, South Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Distance: 1.50 mi (straight line)
Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum, 1237 State Rd., Andalusia, PA 19020, USA
Distance: 13.38 mi (straight line)
Andrew Ellicott House, North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA, USA
Distance: 60.94 mi (straight line)
Green Tree Tavern, South King Street, Leesburg, VA, USA
Distance: 140.33 mi (straight line)
Cannonball Deli, Potomac Street, Harpers Ferry, WV, USA
Distance: 143.26 mi (straight line)
Battle Grounds Bakery & Coffee, High Street, Harpers Ferry, WV, USA
Distance: 143.29 mi (straight line)
343 Campground Rd, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425, USA
Distance: 145.13 mi (straight line)
570 Valley Brook Rd, New Florence, PA, USA
Distance: 208.64 mi (straight line)
Idlewild & Soak Zone, Lincoln Highway, Ligonier, PA, USA
Distance: 218.46 mi (straight line)
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