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Cope family financial records

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-08-005

Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of four volumes of the Cope family's financial records, including an account book, a Pennsylvania bank account book, and two family cash books. The collection includes both business and personal financial records.

Dates

  • Creation: 1789-1883

Creator

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Thomas Pim Cope (1768­-1854) was born on August 26, 1768, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the son of Caleb and Mary (Mendenhall) Cope. He married Mary Drinker (1766­-1825) in 1792, and the couple had at least four children, two sons and two daughters.

Cope was a Quaker merchant, founder of Cope family shipping business, and a member of both the Philadelphia City Council and Pennsylvania legislature. In 1821, Cope established his first packet line to Liverpool, England. Cope was very involved in local politics; in 1837, he was a member of Convention to amend the Constitution of Pennsylvania. He was the President of the Board of Trade and of the Mercantile Library, as well as a member of the first board of Haverford College. Cope also helped create Fairmount Park by securing Lemon Hill.

Thomas Pim Cope died November 22, 1854, at the age of 86.

Extent

0.4 linear ft. (4 volumes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Cope family's financial records include an account book, a Pennsylvania bank account book, and two family cash books. The collection includes both business and personal financial records.

Acquisition

Unknown.

Related Materials

  • HC.MC.1013 Thomas P. Cope family papers
  • HC.MC.1169 Stokes-Evans-Cope Family papers
  • HC.MC.975.01.013 Thomas Pim Cope diaries
  • HC.MC.975.02.005 Thomas p. Cope letters
  • HC.MC.1170 Cope-Evans family papers
  • HC.MC.1242 Cope-Evans family papers
  • HC.MC.975 Cope packetships logbooks
  • HC.MC.950.043 Cope family correspondence
  • HC.MC.950.045 Thomas Cope legal papers
  • HC.MC.950.046 Cope-Collins-Morris papers
  • HC.MC.950.193 Thomas P. Cope estate settlement papers
  • HC.MC.975.11.009 Thomas P. Cope packetship logbooks

Processing Information

Processed by Kara Flynn; completed November, 2015.

Subject

Title
Cope family financial records, 1789-1883
Author
Kara Flynn
Date
November, 2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

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