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Samuel Copp's Business Cards

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Copp, Jr., Samuel Copp Family

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These business cards belonged to Samuel Copp (born 1787) who owned the wholesale and retail dry goods store Samuel Copp and Company located at 197 Broadway in New York City. Samuel served in the war of 1812 and retired to Stonington, Connecticut around 1815.The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.Currently not on view
Format:
Paper, Laid (Overall Material)Paper, Wove (Overall Material)Ink (Overall Material)
Rights:
Gift of John Brenton Copp
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National Museum of American History

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Smithsonian Institution