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Thomas Pym Cope was an American merchant and philanthropist. He was active in the social and civic life of Philadelphia and enjoyed the company of many of the leading political, literary and civic figures of his day.
Background
Thomas Pym Cope, the son of Caleb and Mary (Mendenhall) Cope and a descendant of Oliver Cope who emigrated from England to Pennsylvania about 1687, was born on August 26, 1768 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. His parents were both Quakers, and when he was a boy of twelve, his father gave shelter to Major André and other British prisoners who, sent to Lancaster by General Montgomery, could find no one else willing to give them a place in which to live. The populace grew so excited at this act of their Quaker neighbors that they broke every window in the Cope house. In later years they redeemed themselves by assisting liberally in the reconstruction of the house when it had been accidentally destroyed by fire.
Education
Cope was given an education, good for his time, which included the study of English and German and a foundation in Latin.
Career
In 1786 Thomas Cope went to Philadelphia and began a four-year apprenticeship to his uncle, Thomas Mendenhall, a merchant. In 1790 the firm of Mendenhall & Cope was formed, but it was dissolved two years later. Then Cope began business for himself, importing his own goods and selling them. He was a prudent man, and his rise in the business world was not as rapid as it was sure and sound. In 1803 he again formed a partnership in the firm of Cope & Thomas. While thus engaged in business, he laid the foundation for a line of packets to Europe. His first ship, the Lancaster, was built in 1807, and in 1821 he established the first regular line of packet ships between Philadelphia and Liverpool. His mercantile success was such that he became possessed of one of the large fortunes of his day and his business passed on to his sons and grandsons.
He lived his long life in the Quaker faith, creditably discharged many positions of public trust, and did much for the development of Philadelphia. Having been ill with yellow fever in the epidemic of 1793, on his recovery, and again during the return of the scourge in 1797, he rendered much service, being a manager of the Almshouse and one of the “Guardians of the Poor” who carried food to the homes of the sufferers.
At the close of the century he was a member of the City Council, and as such was a promoter and staunch advocate of the introduction of Schuylkill River water into the city, one of the most important health measures devised in his day. He served in the state legislature in 1807, later refusing overtures which might have led him to Congress, and was an important member of the state constitutional convention of 1837. He was one of the founders, and for many years president, of the Mercantile Library Company, and one of the first members of the city’s Board of Trade of which he was the first, and for a period of twenty-two years ending with his death the only, president.
A close friend of Stephen Girard, he was one of the executors of the Girard will and later a director of Girard College. Influential in securing Henry J. Pratt’s estate, “Lemon Hill, ” for a park for the city and contributing heavily toward the purchase of the Sedgeley estate for a similar purpose, he also gave $25, 000 to the Zoological Society, and $40, 000 to the Institute for Colored Youth to found a scientific school. He took great delight in social life, and his buoyancy of spirit made him a favorite at the social gatherings of his day.
Achievements
Thomas P. Cope was remembered as a founder of packet ship line that sailed from Philadelphia to Liverpool and as a founder of the Mercantile Library Company. He was instrumental in bringing about the completion of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal and was active in promoting the construction of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad.
