Mercantile Library, Philadelphia, built in 1845. Designed by William L. Johnston. Building demolished in 1925
The Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia was established in 1821.[1][2] Staff included John Edmands.
In 1989, the Free Library of Philadelphia absorbed the collections of the Mercantile Library.
See also
References
- ↑ Catalogue of the Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia. 1850
- ↑ John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott. History of Philadelphia, 1609–1884, v.2. 1884.
External links
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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