The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-01-16

iAr I.ibrarl pi tllc New York His
trical Society has recently been IN
he'd by the addition of a. collection
". New York Alnanac-. prDliabI,
uE.gUr. Certainly 10 such SERIES iI
be,I known 10 our local antiquarian
hitherto. They were the production
"i Daniel Leeds. Il Quaker writer an,
cDLfrUgeTsialist Of great fame IN lIi
ia AMI generation. aud his suH iitaI
le'siS, who followed in his father
footsteps.
. The collectiyn w., made and pre-
served in the family Of Abraham NI
ErciiJcn. of Caiskill, aud Il \ 10 hi,
. descendant. Abraham Y. v. EaI
Nechtrn, the well-known lawyer Oi
this city, that the society in indebted
for this precious gift. Mr.. Van Nech
len has caused them To b. bound by
y. N. Smith in two magnificent LITTLE
tOlumrs-a triumph III hiblioDegistic
TASTE and skill.
The printer Wa William Bradford
the lirst New York printer, the same
whose birthday WAS celebrated in lS'i.
with such solemn pOInp and ceremony
b. the Historical Society and Trim
iJy Church. II WAS well said ip
the distinguished orator Of the day
AiT. John William Wallace, of Phila-
delphia, that few who witnessed that
ceremony would soon forget the au-
gust aiId touching scene in Trinity
Churchyard
The Municipal Authorities of New
York, in honour Of the man by whom
So great au Art as Printing had been
first introduced into their state and
City. aRd who was the earliest printer
tu the civ Corporation itself, had
gwen orders that the passage Of all
carriages of every sort through this
part OF Broadway should be arrested
during these solemn ceremonies. The
stiffness of that great th0rUughfare
at the busiest hour Of The Metropolis ;
with the procession u1 the white-rObed
ministers anu choir through the All
cient cemetery-ar that season clothed
il the yerdure of Spring and emblem
attic of the very resurrection of the
body in whose sure and certain hope
all then stood around the grave of this
venerable son of the Church-With the
pedling strains of the nany-vuiced
singers, produced an effect at once
charming and impressive. The day
was beautiful and soft, and the air soft
and wOOing. The windows and roofs
of adjacent houses were occupied hy
spectators eager To catch view of 4
scene 50 unusual and 50 worthy of long
remembrance"
All BradfOrd's imprints are rare. To
Use the language of collectors, and
when. Us in this case, they possess an
intrinsic historical interest and value,
they readily command great prices. 1t
IS very fortunate that they came into
the hands of Mr.. Van Nechten. who
knew how 10 place them where they
would do the most good.
The following extracts from these
curious publications will present our
readers with specimens of the literary
work of that day, when there was no
newspaper in America excepting one,
which began in the same year with the
first of these almanacs-the Boston
The first New York
WAS issued by Bradford
himself on the 10th of October, 1925;
and it is believed that Il copy of that
single issue would command hun
dred dollars to-Jlay-perhaps a much
larger sum.
l1O4.-- Description of the High
ways and Roads, from New York to
Boston, 27S miles, thus accounted:
From New York to halfway House 0 |
miles, thence to kings-bridge q miles.
TO Eastchester t, 10 New Rochelle 4.
TO Rye /. TO HOrse-neck :. To STAN
ford I. TO NOrwalk 10. To Fairfield
l2. To StratfOrd &. To Milford 1. To
New Haven 10. To BranfOrd 10. To
II. TO KillingswOrth 10. To
u. To New London Is. To
Il. TO PembertsOn's II.
70 Darby 3. To the French town "A.
TO Providence ~. To WOOdc0cks Is. !
To Billends 10. To Whites :. To !
Dedham 6, and from thence to Boston !
10 miles. ....-..-..-
niles, thus accounted: From New |
Y ork TO EliZabethtown (by water 20
nile. thence TO Woodbridge s. To Am
JOy J. Thence to George Riscarricks
20. TO Pages ut Doctors brook 12. To
MISUNDERSTANDING 1. To Burlington
= Miles. Thence to Philadelphia 20
Mile.