TitleNew York City directory, 1786
Additional title: The New-York directoryAdditional title: New York directory
NamesFranks, David, active 1786 (Compiler)Kollock, Shepard, 1750-1839 (Printer)Franks, David C. (Attributed name)
CollectionNew York City directories
Dates / OriginDate Issued: 1786Place: New-YorkPublisher: Printed by Shepard Kollock, corner of Wall and Water Streets
Table of Contents"Likewise, 1. The names of all the citizens, their occupations and places of abode, 2. The members in Congress, from what state, and where residing, 3. Grand departments of the United States for adjusting public accounts, and by whom conducted, 4. Members in Senate and Assembly, from what country, and where residing, 5. Judges, aldermen, and other civil officers, with their places of abode, 6. Public state-offices, and by whom kept, 7. Counsellors at law, and where residing, 8. Ministers of the gospel, where residing, and of what church, 9. Physicians, surgeons, and their places of abode, 10. President, directors, days and hours of business at the Bank, 11. Professors, &c. of the university of Columbia college, 12. Rates of porterage, as by law established, 13. Arrivals and departures of the mails at the Post-Office."
Library locationsIrma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and GenealogyShelf locator: *KSB (New York, 1786. New-York directory)
TopicsNew York (N.Y.) -- DirectoriesBusiness enterprises -- New York (State) -- New YorkAlmanacs, AmericanNew York (N.Y.)New York (N.Y.) -- CommerceNew York (State) -- New York
GenresBooksDirectories
NotesStatement of responsibility: by David Franks.Content: Signatures: A-G⁶(-G6).Additional physical form: Also available online (New-York Historical Society copy) via Early American Imprints (Digital Evans) and Gateway to North America.Citation/reference: Indexed in: English Short Title Catalogue, W24848 ; Evans, C. American bibliography, 19655 ; Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 54456; Spear, D.N. Bibliography of American directories through 1860, page 231
Physical DescriptionExtent: 82 pages ; 21 cm (12mo)Modern quarter dark green leather and green cloth; binder's ticket on back pastedown: "Leather--full chrome. Neumann, Hoboken"; date stamped: Jul 11, 1938. NNIncomplete; lacks title page and pages 5-6, supplied in facsimile. Inscribed on binder's blank at beginning: "The first New York directory. The title page and pp 5-6 are in facsimile by Bierstadt--from the N.Y. Historical Society copy. (1896)"
Type of ResourceText
LanguagesEnglish
IdentifiersRLIN/OCLC: 43717322NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16309042Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b14662b0-81a8-0134-2a18-00505686a51c
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