Peter Cooper (1791 1883 American manufacturer and philanthropist, designer and builder of the first American locomotive tom Thumb He also backed Cyrus Field in laying the trans Atlantic cable D.S. I p. folio New York June 28 1860 a partly printed diploma from Cooper Union certifying that Lawrence Van Wypk had completed a course in mechanical Philosophy signed by Cooper as President With vignette of the school at top Some marginal soiling and spotting