Collection, ca. 1800-1925.

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Collection, ca. 1800-1925.

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Business records, in a variety of forms, kept by Thomas P. Cope and Sons, Cope Brothers, Philadelphia Steam Tow Boat Company, and associated business firms; shipping business predominates. There are numerous letter books and a few miscellaneous items, including memorandum books, estate and family accounts.

69 linear ft.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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SNAC Resource ID: 6732765

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Cope, Thomas P. (Thomas Pim), 1768-1854

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Founder of packet ship line in 1821 that sailed from Philadelphia to Liverpool; Cope travelled from Philadelphia to Niagara Falls, Montreal, and Quebec with his son Alfred on July 12, 1820, visiting Nantucket from Sept. 9-15, 1820. From the description of Thomas Pym Cope diary/J. Morris Evans collection, 1820 Sept. 9-15. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 70953345 William Carvill was Haverford College's first landscape architect. Jonathan Richards was principa...

Cope family.

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Philadelphia Steam Tow Boat Company

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Cope Brothers

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