New York City directory, 1797 c. 2
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Title
New York City directory, 1797 c. 2
Collection
Names
Longworth, David, 1765?-1821 (Publisher)
Shoemaker, Abraham (Compiler)
Tisdale, Elkanah, 1768-1835 (Illustrator)
T. & J. Swords (Firm) (Printer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1797
Place: New-York:
Publisher: Printed for the editor, by T. & J. Swords, no. 99 Pearl-street
Library Location
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KSB (New York, 1797-1842. Longworth's) 22nd (1797) c.2
Subjects
New York (N.Y.) -- Directories
Almanacs, American
Business enterprises -- New York (State) -- New York
New York (N.Y.)
New York (State) -- New York
Genres
Notes
Content: Other title information : "Containing most things useful in a work of the kind."
Content: In some issues, almanac has special title page: 22nd-29th (1797-1804): Astronomical calculations for the ... year of American independence ... by Abraham Shoemaker.
Statement Of Responsibility: Editors: 22nd-30th (1797-1805), David Longworth; 31st-67th (1806-1842), Thomas Longworth.
Statement Of Responsibility: Compilers of almanac: 22nd-29th (1797-1804), Abraham Shoemaker; 33rd-42nd (1808-1817), Andrew Beers.
Content: Some issues include engraved plates and/or other illustrative matter, some on folded leaves, for example, 22nd (1797): "A view of the new theatre in New York," signed: Tisdale delin. et sc.; 40th (1815) and others: "P.M. Stollenwerck's Mechanical Panorama," engraved by T. Simonne, after J.B. Bourgoin.
Content: Most issues include advertising.
Additional Physical Form: Also issued on microfiche from Primary Source Microfilm, Woodbridge CT.
Additional Physical Form: Also available online via HathiTrust and Google Books (selected issues only); Early American Imprints (22nd-44th, 1797-1819); and Gateway to North America (22nd-67th, 1797-1842).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 volume : illustrations ; 15-21 cm
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15325019
RLIN/OCLC: 6128039
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 368ba4c0-8432-0134-ff89-00505686a51c
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Date Issued
1797
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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "New York City directory, 1797 c. 2" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1797. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/368ba4c0-8432-0134-ff89-00505686a51c
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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1797). New York City directory, 1797 c. 2 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/368ba4c0-8432-0134-ff89-00505686a51c
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