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Mendenhall, Thomas, 1759-1843

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Cope and Mendenhall letterbooks (digitized)

 Digital Record
Identifier: HC.MC-1323d
Dates: 1788 - 1853

Cope and Mendenhall letterbooks

 Collection
Identifier: HC-1323
Abstract This collection consists of four volumes of business letter books authored by Thomas P. Cope (1768-1843) and his uncle and business partner Thomas Mendenhall (1759-1843). Thomas P. Cope trained under his uncle who was in the mercantile shipping business at the turn of the nineteenth century. Thomas P. Cope took over his uncle’s business in 1821 and the succeeding three volumes of business letters are all authored by him. Cope established Philadelphia’s first packet line, a small fleet of...
Dates: 1788 - 1853

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