The Mercantile Library Company of
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
was established in 1821.
John Thomas Scharf
John Thomas Scharf (May 1, 1843 – February 28, 1898) was an American historian, author, journalist, antiquarian, politician, lawyer and Confederate States of America soldier and sailor. He is best known for his published historical works. ...
, Thompson Westcott. History of Philadelphia, 1609–1884, v.2. 1884. Staff included
John Edmands.
In 1989, the
Free Library of Philadelphia
The Free Library of Philadelphia is the public library system that serves Philadelphia. It is the 13th-largest public library system in the United States. The Free Library of Philadelphia is a non-Mayoral agency of the City of Philadelphia gove ...
absorbed the collections of the Mercantile Library.
See also
*
List of libraries in 19th century Philadelphia
The following is a list of libraries located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, active in the 19th century. Included are public libraries, academic libraries, medical libraries, church libraries, government libraries, circulating libraries, and subs ...
References
External links
* William Ellery Channing
An address, delivered before the Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia, May 11, 1841Bookplateof the Mercantile Library Company, via Flickr
Illustrationof the library in ''Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper'', 1869 (via US Library of Congress)
Libraries in Philadelphia
History of Philadelphia
Buildings and structures demolished in 1925
Demolished buildings and structures in Philadelphia
1821 establishments in Pennsylvania
1989 disestablishments in Pennsylvania
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