http://www.librarycompany.org The Library Company of Philadelphia is an independent research library specializing in American history and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Open to the public free of charge, the Library Company houses an extensive non-circulating collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art. The mission of the Library Company is to preserve, interpret, make available, and augment the valuable materials within its care. We serve a diverse constituency throughout Philadelphia and nationally and internationally, offering comprehensive reader services, an internationally renowned fellowship program, online catalogs, and regular exhibitions and public programs. en-us http://www.librarycompany.org/about/press/audio.htm Edgar Allan Poe and the Philadelphia Gothic Tradition with Ed Pettit, the "Philly Poe Guy" http://www.librarycompany.org/about/press/audio.htm Maurice Jackson, "Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism" (February 5, 2009) http://www.librarycompany.org Friday, March 6, 5:30 – 7:00 pm at Benjamin Franklin Hall, 427 Chestnut Street. Reception at 5:30, Program at 6:00. Carol E. Soltis is a Library Company Trustee and Consulting Curator at the Center for American Art of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Please note that this is a co-sponsored event with the Friends of the Library of the American Philosophical Society, and that it will take place at APS’s Franklin Hall. RSVP to sduffy@amphilsoc.org. daily 1 2009-02-24T19:02:09+00:00 2009-02-24T19:02:09+00:00