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
- List of libraries in 19th century Philadelphia
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
- 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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