Library Company of Philadelphia - Early print and map evidence of Lenape presence

The Library Company of Philadelphia holds early American imprints, maps, and pamphlets from the colonial era that record place names, travel accounts, and observations referring to the Lenape and other Indigenous peoples of the Delaware River region. Its cartographic holdings include maps used by settlers and surveyors that show Lenape villages and trails in and around what became Philadelphia. Scholars consult these materials to trace changes in landscape, settlement patterns, and colonial-Indigenous interactions.