The collection explores new applications of the American Philosophical Society’s library material...

André Michaux was the most famous scientific explorer of North America before Lewis and Clark. Bu...

Synthesizing the tensions between high and low politics and eastern and western regions in Pennsy...

Synthesizing the tensions between high and low politics and eastern and western regions in Pennsy...

Patrick Spero is Librarian and Director at the American Philosophical Society Library. He is auth...

In 1763, the Seven Years' War ended in a spectacular victory for the British. The French army agr...

In October 2018, the Amer, Philosophical Soc. (APS) gathered a group of scholars, library profess...

'In The Other Presidency, Patrick Spero resurrects an overlooked but essential part of Thomas Jef...

'In The Other Presidency, Patrick Spero resurrects an overlooked but essential part of Thomas Jef...