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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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