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Laws of the library company of philadelphia made in pursuance of their charter at a general meeting held in the library on the third day of may 1742 by library company of philadelphia . The library company of philadelphia provides open access to high resolution publication quality images for free through the digital repository to download an image file navigate to the item level record and scroll down to the section labelled downloads please include a credit line to the library company of philadelphia alongside the . The library company of philadelphia may be physically closed but our online resources have never been richer we invite you to participate in virtual fireside chats tune into our podcast series use and re use tens of thousands of open access digital images and share your discoveries on social media. Laws of the library company of philadelphia made in pursuance of their charter at a general meeting held in the library on the third day of may 1742 published 1746 a catalogue of the books belonging to the library company of wilmington published 1789 . The library company of philadelphia lcp is a non profit organization based in philadelphiafounded in 1731 by benjamin franklin as a library the library company of philadelphia has accumulated one of the most significant collections of historically valuable manuscripts and printed material in the united states the current collection size is about 500000 books and 70000 other items