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1846. (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., 1846. 599pp. plus [2],1-4,9-12,[2]pp. (including pastedowns) of advertisements on yellow and green stock 12mo. Cloth-backed original printed boards. Rear hinge weak. Early ink inscriptions on both boards, blank verso of first leaf, and top and bottom edges of textblock. Bookplate of collector John J. Ford, Jr., on blank verso of first leaf. Very good. One advertising signature lacking. SPEAR, p.53. Charles Stimpson's Boston directory and city register for 1846, with several 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. On the copyright page, Stimpson notes that 22,236 alterations were made for the 1845 edition, and a total number of 26,488 names included.

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George S. MacManus Company US (US)
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Title
STIMPSON'S Boston Directory; Containing Names of the Inhabitants
Book Condition
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Date Published
1846
Keywords
MAXX, BOSTON, DIRECTORIES, FINE/GEN AM

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