Philadelphia Directory for 1798: Containing the Names, Occupations
Item #78639
STAFFORD, Cornelius William. The Philadelphia Directory for 1798: Containing the Names, Occupations, and Places of Abode of the Citizens...also a Register of the...Magistrates...with an Accurate Table af the Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize; together with a General Abstract from the Revenue Laws.... [Phila.]: Printed for the Editor, by William W. Woodward, 1798. 166,[2],77,[2]pp. plus a notice from the editor trimmed and mounted to a rear blank. 19th-century 3/4 calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Minor scuffing and wear to boards. Occasional dampstaining to text, moderate tanning. Good. In a brown cloth folding case. Spear, p.275. Evans 34593. ESTC W27617. Scarce, with only nineteen copies listed in ESTC, six of which are at the Library Company of Philadelphia. An early directory for Philadelphia. This is Stafford's second directory of Philadelphia, following his first of 1797, and includes an alphabetical listing of citizens with their occupations and addresses. On the first page of the listing of names is John Adams, "President of the United States of America, 190, High street." After the listing of citizens, the work includes a printing of the Constitution (without the Bill of Rights), followed by the usual additions relating to politics and finance. The directory ends with a notice from the Society for the Information and Assistance of Emigrants and a two-page account of the July 1797 Yellow Fever outbreak in the city. The Editor's note affixed to a rear blank of the work apologizes for the delay of the publication due to the same yellow fever outbreak.
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