The Philadelphia directory and register, for 1818: containing the names, professions, and residence, of all the heads of families and persons in business of the city and suburbs, Hamiltonville, and Camden, N.J. : With other useful information. / By John Adems Paxton, editor of several directories, and author of the Alphabetical plan of Philadelphia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paxton, John Adams.

Contributor:

Kneass, William, 1780-1840, engraver.

Young, J. H. (James Hamilton), engraver.

Kneass, Young & Co., engraver.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 45218.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Directories.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Camden (N.J.)--Directories.

Camden (N.J.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Registers.

United States--Registers.

United States.

Genre:

Registers (Lists)

City directories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1818.

City directories -- New Jersey -- Camden -- 1818.

Directories.

Physical Description:

484 unnumbered pages, c pages, 24 unnumbered pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia] : Published, for the editor, by E. & R. Parker, booksellers and stationers, No. 178 High Street, and sold by them, and all the other booksellers; and by the editor, No. 3 Heyde's Court, running north from 23 Filbert Street, above Eighth. Price to subscribers $1.50--to non-subscribers $1.62 1/2. (Copy-right secured according to law.), [1818]

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Notes:

Preface dated Jan. 27, 1818.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.

One of the plates is engraved by Kneass, Young & Co.

First [68] p. have half-title: Paxton's Philadelphia annual advertiser, preceded by two plates, and contain assorted advertisements, many with illustrations.

C, [24] p. at end have caption title: Paxton's Philadelphia register for 1818, and include registers of the United States and Philadelphia. Last [24] p. contain "A list of institutions, companies, and societies."

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 45218).

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