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gptkbp:instanceOf
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library
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:American_Library_Association
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gptkbp:architecturalStyle
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Georgian
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gptkbp:collectionSize
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over 600,000 volumes
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gptkbp:director
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gptkb:Robert_H._McDonald
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gptkbp:founded
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1731
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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preservation_of_American_culture
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Library Company of Philadelphia
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gptkbp:is_part_of
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gptkb:Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
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gptkbp:membership
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open to the public
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gptkbp:notable_member
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gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton
gptkb:Audre_Lorde
gptkb:Alice_Walker
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:James_Baldwin
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:W.E.B._Du_Bois
gptkb:James_Madison
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Richard_Wright
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:Richard_Allen
gptkb:John_Hancock
gptkb:James_Weldon_Johnson
gptkb:Benjamin_Rush
gptkb:Gwendolyn_Brooks
gptkb:Ralph_Ellison
gptkb:Charles_Willson_Peale
gptkb:Paul_Laurence_Dunbar
gptkb:Lydia_Maria_Child
Toni Morrison
Nikki Giovanni
bell hooks
Maya Angelou
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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rare books
pamphlets
prints and photographs
early_American_history
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gptkbp:significantEvent
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first subscription library in America
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gptkbp:type
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research library
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gptkbp:visitorsPerYear
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approximately 10,000
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gptkbp:website
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librarycompany.org
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