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McElroy's Philadelphia city directory for 1862. : Containing the names of the inhabitants of the consolidated city, their occupations, places of business, and dwelling houses; a business directory; a list of the streets, lanes, alleys, city offices, public institutions, banks, etc., also, the names of housekeepers, etc., in Camden, N.J.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - City Directories Busch Room 1862 McElroy's
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- McElroy's Philadelphia directory. 1862.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business enterprises--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Business enterprises.
- Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Merchants.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Directories.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Registers.
- Genre:
- Advertisements -- Merchants.
- Directories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1862.
- Physical Description:
- 32, [6], xxxix-xlii, [2], 889, [1], 33-67, [1] p., [3] leaves (1 folded), [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Twenty-fifth edition. The names of the subscribers, in this edition, are printed in capitals, and the same course will be pursued in all future editions. See changes and removals, etc., page xliii.
- Other Title:
- M'Elroy's Philadelphia city directory. 1862
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia: : E.C. & J. Biddle & Co. A. McElroy & Co. Printed by C. Sherman & Son., 1862.
- Notes:
- In fact there is no Camden directory, despite a claim to the contrary on the t.p.
- Copyright 1862 by A. McElroy.
- "The decimal system of numbering houses."--folded leaf.
- "McElroy's Philadelphia city business directory, 1862."--p. [747]-817.
- Miscellaneous advertisements, two leaves in the text, initial 32 p., and p. 33-67 at end.
- Includes indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum's copy has been rebound and so lacks initial p. 2 and final p. 67, which would have been pasted to boards.
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