[Rarebooks] FS: Philadelphia Directory for 1806

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Robinson, James. "THE PHILADELPHIA DIRECTORY FOR 1806, containing the
Names, Trades, and Residence of the Inhabitants of the City, Southwark,
and Northern Liberties"

Printed for the Publisher: [1806].

An alphabetical listing of Philadelphia inhabitants, with their address
and professions. A sample from the first pages- William Abbott, china
merchant; William Henry Abbott, carver & gilder; Susannah Abington,
gentlewoman; John Ackland, cabinet-maker; J.B. Ackley, chair-maker; John
Aitken, silversmith; Henry Albert, plane maker; Samuel Alexander, gold and
silversmith; Peter Allardice, silk dyer; and so on and on and on... The
text also includes a lengthy introduction, information on streets and
buildings, city officers, tariffs, ministers, and so on.

Hardcover. 4”x6.5”, about 400 + xlii + [iv] pages; bound (just barely) in
the original boards and leather spine; covers quite worn, and coming off,
spine flaking, etc. Contents with some soil and wear, front (blank)
endpaper torn in half; some period ink notes. [09857] $500.00


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