STIMPSON'S Boston Directory; Containing Names Of The Inhabitants -

1844. (MASSACHUSETTS). (BOSTON). STIMPSON'S Boston Directory; Containing Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwelling Houses, and the City Register, With Lists of the Streets, Lanes and Wharves.... Boston: Charles Stimpson, Jr., 1844. 580pp. plus [2],13,[1]pp. (including pastedowns) of advertisements on yellow, brown, and pink stock. 12mo. Cloth-backed original printed boards, lightly rubbed and worn, spine laid down. Early ink inscriptions on both boards, blank verson of first leaf, and all edges of textblock. Bookplate of collector John J. Ford, Jr., on verso of first leaf. Overall very good. SPEAR, p.53. Charles Stimpson's Boston directory and city register for 1844, complete with illustrated advertisements. In addition to the lists of residents and streets, the volume provides information on local organizations, city offices, and physicians, surgeons, and nurses. "People of Color" are listed in a separate, seven-page section.