Observed arrival · 2026-09-05
EIS LIBRIS: Philadelphia, in Objects
A private research collection documenting eighteenth-century Philadelphia medicine, science, printing, and revolution through books, manuscripts, prints, and other objects.
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The collection is arranged as five narrative catalogs, with the homepage listing chapter and object counts for each: 70 objects on Rush and Franklin, 46 on Franklin’s press, 22 on Franklin’s Philadelphia, 24 on the Revolution, and 44 on the 1793 yellow-fever epidemic. Its stated span is Philadelphia from 1721 to 1813, and the materials include ordinary documentary items alongside famous figures’ papers. The site identifies Erik I. Soiferman as the collector and says researchers may visit by appointment.
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