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Mercantile Library Co. 1876 I/U Stock Certificate Signed by Morris Perot

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Mercantile Library Co. 1876 I/U Stock Certificate Signed by Morris Perot
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Pennsylvania, 1876. 4 Shares Stock Certificate and Life Membership Certificate, Black text with black border and salmon background, Large building at top center. The Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia was established in 1821. Signed by Morris Perot as president. Perot was active in founding The Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia, the first medical college in the world for women. He was also the President of the Mercantile Library Company. Staff included John Edmands (1820-1915), was an American librarian who was responsible for innovations in filing methodologies. He inspired Poole's guide to periodical literature. In 1989, the Free Library of Philadelphia absorbed the collections of the Mercantile Library.