Mercantile Library Company (Philadelphia)

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.

See also

References

  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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