Call Number:

MC.975.11.009

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.54 linear ft. (10 folders)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Thomas P. Cope packetship logbooks (HC.MC.975.11.009), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1817-1876 (inclusive)

Creator:

Cope, Thomas P. (Thomas Pim), 1768-1854

Abstract:

Thomas Pim Cope (1768­ 1854) was born on August 26, 1768, in Lancaster County Pa, 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, member of 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.

This collection is comprised of the handwritten copies of nine of the logbooks of Thomas P. Cope's packet ships, as well as a folder of related materials.