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McElroy's Philadelphia city directory, for 1859: : 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, the city offices, public institutions, banks, &c. Also, the names of housekeepers, &c., in Camden, N.J.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - City Directories Busch Room 1859 McElroy's
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- McElroy's Philadelphia directory. 1859.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business enterprises--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Business enterprises.
- Camden (N.J.)--Directories.
- Camden (N.J.).
- Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Merchants.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Directories.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Registers.
- Genre:
- Advertisements -- Merchants.
- Directories -- New Jersey -- Camden -- 1859.
- Directories -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1859.
- Physical Description:
- 8, 12, [4], 976, 31, [1] p., [1] folded leaf, [1] leaf of col. plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Twenty-second 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, &c., page 16. Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1859, by A. McElroy, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
- Other Title:
- A. M'Elroy's Philadelphia city directory for the year 1859
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia: : Edward C. & John Biddle. Printed by Henry B. Ashmead., 1859.
- Notes:
- Parentheses substituted for square brackets in edition statement.
- "The decimal system of numbering houses."--folded leaf.
- "Philadelphia city business directory."--p. 795-902.
- "Camden, New Jersey."--p. 903-[922].
- Miscellaneous advertisements, initial p. 2-8, and 31 p. at end.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum's copy has been rebound and so lacks initial p. 2 and final p. 31 of advertisments, which would have been pasted to boards.
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