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Books & Pamphlets
The books and pamphlets in the Society's collection touch on every subject in American history and life through the year 1876. The collection has grown into the largest collection of pre-1821 United States imprints anywhere in the world. In addition to works printed in the United States themselves and their territories, the collection includes smaller numbers of Caribbean and Canadian imprints. The Society maintains strong collections of twentieth and twenty-first century materials that relate to the pre-1877 period.
Contact
For questions please contact our Readers' Services department or the curator of books and digital collections, Elizabeth Watts Pope. For information on obtaining digital images please review the step-by-step guide.
