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Anthony J. Drexel

ANTHONY J. DREXEL (1826 -1893) Entrepreneur and philan- thropist Drexel created the world's first trans- Atlantic banking network from an office first located here. It financed many U.S. railroads...

ANTHONY J. DREXEL
(1826 -1893)

Entrepreneur and philan-
thropist Drexel created
the world's first trans-
Atlantic banking network
from an office first
located here. It financed
many U.S. railroads
and businesses ofthe
industrial era. Founder
of Drexel University

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