Port of Entry Document: Hendricks & Brothers Copper Shipment to Philadelphia

A port of entry document from Hendricks & Brothers, indicating the shipment of finished copper from an unspecified location to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The document is dated July 17, 1845. This record is one of one. The Hendricks family, originally from Amsterdam and later based in New York, played a significant role in the American Industrial Revolution through their copper manufacturing. Uriah Hendricks, the patriarch, established a metals business in 1764, and his son Harmon expanded it significantly, establishing a copper rolling mill in Soho, New Jersey, in 1812. The firm supplied copper to prominent figures such as Paul Revere and Robert Fulton and contributed significantly to the US Navy during the War of 1812. The business, known as Hendricks Brothers, remained a prominent Jewish family business in the United States until its closure in 1938.

Associated People/Businesses

• Hendricks & Brothers

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Copper industry and trade
• Shipping
• Industrial revolution

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 7, Folder 11