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Mercantile Library Company (Philadelphia)

Summary

The Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia was established in 1821.[1][2] Staff included John Edmands.

Mercantile Library, Philadelphia, built in 1845. Designed by William L. Johnston. Building demolished in 1925

In 1989, the Free Library of Philadelphia absorbed the collections of the Mercantile Library.

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References edit

  1. ^ Catalogue of the Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia. 1850
  2. ^ John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott. History of Philadelphia, 1609–1884, v.2. 1884.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mercantile Library Company (Philadelphia).
  • William Ellery Channing. An address, delivered before the Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia, May 11, 1841
  • Bookplate of the Mercantile Library Company, via Flickr
  • Illustration of the library in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1869 (via US Library of Congress)

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