Held at the Library Company, 1314 Locust St.

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with reception to follow. The symposium is open to the public without charge, but advance reservations are required.

Speakers are:
David Morgan (Valparaiso University): From Bibles to Flags: 19th-Century American Sacred Imagery of Nationhood

Sally M. Promey (University of Maryland): Mirror Images: "Framing" the Self in Early New England Material Practice

Mark Schantz (Henrdix College): Mortality and Morality: "The Court of Death" in American Antebellum Culture

Carol Soltis (Center for American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art): Jefferson's Art Collection: Democracy and "The Lessons of Religion"

James Green (Library Company of Philadelphia): The American Bible Illustrated

Guy Jordan (University of Maryland): Looking Down the Road to Ruin in the 1840s

RSVP (acceptances only) to the telephone number or e-mail address provided below.