Item #48332 Providence Directory, Enlarged and Improved; Containing Names of

Providence Directory, Enlarged and Improved; Containing Names of

Item #48332

(RHODE ISLAND). (PROVIDENCE). The Providence Directory, Enlarged and Improved; Containing Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of Business and of Residence; With Lists of the Strtees[sic], Lanes, Wharves, &c. Also, Banks, Insurance Offices and Other Public Institutions, State and Municipal Officers, Societies, Courts &c. &c. Providence: H.H. Brown, 1853. Original printed boards, original roan spine, somewhat rubbed, very good. SPEAR p. 309. Twelfth edition of Brown's Providence directory. Includes a register of names, addresses and occupations, as well as a vast array of information on the city. There is a historical miscellany of past newspaper articles, a large section on Brown University, a table of deaths and causes of deaths for 1852 (consumption killed the most people) and an extensive list of societies and their officers, including masonic lodges. Spears locates five copies.

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