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442:. This new merchant banking partnership, which was based in New York, rather than Philadelphia, served initially as an agent for Europeans investing in the United States. Over the next generation, this partnership assumed the leading role in financing America's railroads and stabilizing and revitalizing Wall Street's chaotic securities markets. The firm created a national capital market for industrial companies— a market that had previously existed only for railroads and canals. To restore investor confidence, Drexel, Morgan & Co. underwrote the pay of the entire U.S. Army when Congress refused to do so in 1877, bailed out the U.S. government during the Panic of 1895 and rescued the New York Stock Exchange during the Panic of 1907. With the formation of Drexel, Morgan & Co., Drexel Harjes became the French affiliate of an international banking firm with offices in 49: 543: 347: 484:
Drexel married Ellen B. Rozet (1832–1891), the daughter of John Roset (1794–1870) and Mary Ann Laning (1807–1880) in 1850 in a service officiated by Dutch Reformed clergyman Rev. John D. Ludlow, father-in-law of the bride's sister. Although raised a Roman Catholic, Drexel subsequently converted to
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Upon the death of his sister-in-law, Hannah Jane Langstroth Drexel, in 1858, Anthony and Ellen cared for his nieces, three-year-old Elizabeth and five-week-old Katherine for the next two years. When his older brother Francis married Emma Bouvier in 1860, Francis brought his two daughters home.
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After the death of his father in 1863, Drexel closed the bank's Chicago and San Francisco offices and changed the name of its New York branch from Read, Drexel & Co. to Drexel Winthrop. In 1867, he founded a separate Paris-based banking partnership,
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News of His Death Sent by Cable from Carlsbad. He Went There in Poor Health to Spend the Summer. Last of the Sons of the Founder of His House. Known All Over the World as a Financier. A Philanthropist as Well. Connected with Many Gigantic
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Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, ambassador to Spain and for many years one of this country's most distinguished diplomats, died today at Walter Reed Army ...
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At the age of 13, Drexel began working in the banking house founded three years earlier by his father, the Austrian-born American banker
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Drexel died of a heart attack on June 30, 1893, in Karlsbad (in the German-speaking part of Bohemia, Austrian Empire), today
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Sarah Rozet "Sallie" Drexel (1860–1929), who married John R. Fell Sr. (1858–1895), and after his death married
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his wife's Episcopalian faith. He and his family were members of the Church of the Saviour, now
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Larkin, Tara Elizabeth. "Drexel, St. Katharine Mary", Pennsylvania State University, Fall, 2006
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Drexel University, a University with a Difference: The Unique Vision of Anthony J. Drexel
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George William Childs Drexel (1868–1944), who married Mary Stretch Irick (1868–1948).
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The Man Who Made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel and the Rise of Modern Finance
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The Man Who Made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel and the Rise of Modern Finance
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Two years after Drexel's death in 1893, Drexel, Morgan & Co. was renamed
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of New York, and entered into a new partnership with young Morgan, forming
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Frances Katherine Drexel (1852–1892), who married James William Paul Jr.
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Bibliography of sources about Anthony J. Drexel and the Drexel family
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Church and Estate: Religion and Wealth in Industrial-Era Philadelphia
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Historical marker commemorating Drexel in Old City, Philadelphia.
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in London, Drexel became the mentor of Junius's troubled son,
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Business & Industry, Education, Entrepreneurs, Railroads
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Mae E. Drexel (1857–1886), who married Charles T. Stewart
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Francis Anthony Drexel II (1861–1869), who died young.
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Emilie Taylor Drexel (1851–1883), who married Edward
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Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
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Harjes and Eugene Winthrop. 30:For the statue by Moses Jacob Ezekiel, see 1080: 1066: 978: 745: 743: 741: 719: 634: 47: 1138:College of Nursing and Health Professions 1009: 648:"Anthony Joseph Drexel | American banker" 558:(1874–1948) and the great-grandfather of 454:and Paris that would subsequently become 829: 752:Drexel Institute of Technology 1891–1941 541: 345: 1143:Goodwin College of Professional Studies 754:. Haddon Craftsmen, Inc. pp. 4–5. 738: 606:"Pennsylvania Historical Marker Search" 319:as his junior partner. He also founded 14: 1342: 857: 585:, at the age of 66, and was buried in 1087: 1061: 883:"The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan" 807: 694: 381:. Anthony Joseph Drexel was raised a 1360:19th-century American businesspeople 1128:College of Computing and Informatics 1113:Bennett S. LeBow College of Business 907: 875: 554:Anthony was also the grandfather of 1420:American people of Austrian descent 330:In 1892, Drexel was elected to the 24: 1053:Article on Encyclopædia Britannica 972: 891:. December 3, 1956. Archived from 25: 1441: 1415:Burials at The Woodlands Cemetery 1022: 724:. Penn State Press. p. 126. 1410:Businesspeople from Philadelphia 1400:Members of the Philadelphia Club 1163:Dornsife School of Public Health 560:Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. 556:Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr. 479: 1405:University and college founders 1370:Episcopalians from Pennsylvania 938: 492:The Drexels had nine children: 470:United States Steel Corporation 790: 768: 713: 697:Fairmount: Philadelphia's Park 688: 664: 640: 598: 332:American Philosophical Society 185:Pennsylvania Historical Marker 13: 1: 1251:Hahnemann University Hospital 1225:Colonial Athletic Association 1158:Thomas R. Kline School of Law 592: 341: 295:. As the dominant partner of 195:Anthony J. Drexel (1826–1893) 1118:College of Arts and Sciences 377:. He was the uncle of Saint 7: 1246:Campus of Drexel University 1173:Academy of Natural Sciences 946:"Anthony J. Drexel is Dead" 720:F. Rzeznik, Thomas (2013). 361:Drexel was born in 1826 in 32:Statue of Anthony J. Drexel 27:American banker (1826–1893) 10: 1446: 1230:Daskalakis Athletic Center 837:"MRS. BRINSLEY FITZGERALD" 396: 336:Association for Public Art 29: 1304: 1264: 1238: 1181: 1097: 529:Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr. 392: 289:Anthony Joseph Drexel Sr. 282: 278: 233: 223: 215: 207: 199: 191: 182: 178: 172:Anthony Drexel Biddle Jr. 167:Anthony Drexel Biddle Sr. 141: 129: 121: 113: 103: 77: 55: 46: 39: 1385:Drexel University people 1256:Centennial National Bank 979:Rottenberg, Dan (2001). 514:Alexander Van Rensselaer 425:Drexel, Harjes & Co. 403:Drexel, Harjes & Co. 162:Elizabeth Wharton Drexel 1329:Music Industry Entities 1030:"Anthony Joseph Drexel" 695:White, Theo B. (1975). 652:Encyclopedia Britannica 440:Drexel, Morgan & Co 305:Drexel, Morgan & Co 97:Austro-Hungarian Empire 1380:Drexel Burnham Lambert 1148:Pennoni Honors College 1123:College of Engineering 1011:Papadakis, Constantine 547: 487:Philadelphia Cathedral 417:Drexel Burnham Lambert 371:Francis Anthony Drexel 358: 146:Francis Anthony Drexel 545: 476:and other companies. 462:J.P. Morgan & Co. 456:J.P. Morgan & Co. 432:Junius Spencer Morgan 409:Francis Martin Drexel 399:J.P. Morgan & Co. 375:Joseph William Drexel 367:Francis Martin Drexel 349: 309:J.P. Morgan & Co. 307:, which later became 262:39.94899°N 75.14581°W 151:Joseph William Drexel 134:Francis Martin Drexel 41:Anthony Joseph Drexel 676:search.amphilsoc.org 672:"APS Member History" 436:John Pierpont Morgan 413:Drexel & Company 385:, but he joined the 241:, Pennsylvania, U.S. 72:, Pennsylvania, U.S. 1133:College of Medicine 923:. November 14, 1961 895:on February 8, 2007 845:. 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Anthony J. Drexel
Statue of Anthony J. Drexel

Philadelphia
Karlsbad
Bohemia
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Banker
Francis Martin Drexel
Francis Anthony Drexel
Joseph William Drexel
Katharine Drexel
Elizabeth Wharton Drexel
Anthony Drexel Biddle Sr.
Anthony Drexel Biddle Jr.
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Philadelphia County
Philadelphia
39°56′56″N 75°08′45″W / 39.94899°N 75.14581°W / 39.94899; -75.14581
American Civil War
Drexel & Co.
Philadelphia
Drexel, Morgan & Co
J.P. Morgan & Co.
New York City
J. P. Morgan
Drexel University
Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society
Association for Public Art

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