The Philadelphia directory, for 1817
Subtitle: containing the names, trades, and residence of the inhabitants of the city, Northern Liberties, Southwark and precincts, with other useful information
By: By Edward Dawes
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 41784
Publisher: Printed for the proprietor, and published at 13 S. Sixth Street. Price 125 cents.
Published: 1817
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 467
Subjects: Directories
Notes: Issued in competition with James Robinson's annual directory. The preface to the latter for 1817 states that "an attempt is now making, by the aid of a host of hawkers, to palm upon the publick a catch-penny production in the form of a directory ... a malicious report having been industriously circulated, that this [Robinson's] work was discontinued."

Bound in paper-covered boards with printed front cover.

Shaw & Shoemaker 40625

Shaw & Shoemaker 41784

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.