STIMPSON'S Boston Directory; Containing Names of the Inhabitants,

Item #48334

(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., 1845. 550,[1]pp. plus [2],14,[2]pp. (including pastedowns) of advertisements on yellow, green, pink, and blue stock 12mo. Cloth-backed original printed boards. Small ink cost code, dated 12/15/62, and bookplate of collector John J. Ford, Jr., on blank verso of first leaf. Newspaper clipping on "Thomas Amory's Old House" laid in (1884?). Ex-lib., with institutional inkstamp on titlepage. Boards bumped and chipped at extremities, else very good. SPEAR, p.53. Charles Stimpson's Boston directory and city register for 1845, 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, eight-page section. On the copyright page, Stimpson notes that 19,085 alterations were made for the 1845 edition, and a total number of 23,932 names included.

Price: $250.00