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How Pennsylvania Got an “R”

July 5, 2022
Guardians of Memory: Preserving the National Collection

Claire Dekle, Senior Book Conservator, analyzes an early printing of the influential “Join, or Die” cartoon printed in 1754.

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  • How Pennsylvania Got an “R”

    from: Guardians of Memory: Preserving the National Collection
    July 5, 2022

  • Who Claims the Arctic?

    from: Teaching with the Library of Congress
    July 5, 2022

  • Average Jones: Solving Crimes via the Classifieds

    from: Library of Congress Blog
    July 5, 2022

  • Live and In Person! Come to the 2022 National Book Festival on Saturday, Sept. 3

    from: National Book Festival
    May 23, 2022

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    from: Library of Congress Blog
    May 26, 2022

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    from: Now See Hear!
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    from: Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos
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  • Mississippi Author Jesmyn Ward: Winner of the 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction

    from: Library of Congress Blog
    June 30, 2022

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