Chapters: The liberal tradition -- The English jurisprudential tradition -- The literature of political economy and improvement -- The civic humanist tradition -- The literature of enlightenment -- The Scottish moral and historical tradition -- American voices
Summary
This publication shows the importance of "The Library Company" in Philadelphia and its books during the formation of the United States. The books were used by the men who gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to create a constitution for the nation. The library held books of all political theories of the time,as well as books about law, history, etc. This book describes the various bodies of knowledge available there to the founders.
Germantown and the Germans : an exhibition of books, manuscripts, prints, and photographs from the collections of the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, October 1983 to January 1984
