Preserving "Common Sense" (1776) and Other Historic Pamphlets

Library of Congress Preservation Services public presentation · September 8, 2026

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Opening and definition of pamphlet

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A Library of Congress preservation-services staff member opened the program for National Book Festival visitors, defined a pamphlet (dictionary/library definitions), traced the term's history, and framed 18th-century pamphlets as the era's blogs and partisan outlets.

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A Library of Congress preservation-services staff member presented at a public book-festival program about the history of American pamphlets and how the library preserves them, describing examples (Mayhew, Dickinson, Wheatley, Jefferson, Paine), current conservation methods, storage practices and digitization limits; a brief Q&A covered gloves, moisture, and selection criteria.

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