Stafford, Cornelius WilliamThe Philadelphia Directory, for 1797; containing the Names, Occupations, and Places of Abode of the Citizens ... With an accurate Table of the Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize; together with a General Abstract from the Revenue Laws. [Philadelphia:] Printed for the Editor by William W. Woodward, 1797 8vo (206 x 120 mm). Lacks the map; title remargined. Modern half calf to style. Cloth box. First edition. Cornelius Stafford explains in his preface why he launched this new publication: "a Directory in a mercantile city is one of the most useful Publications; and, from the circumstance of the great accession of new inhabitants to the city every year, together with the frequent removals, are the leading motives which have actuated the Editor to publish the present one. ... From the utility of the work, the Editor flatters himself to experience the patronage of the Public every year, as he intends publishing one annually, and which will be keeping on foot a desirable collection of genuine information." REFERENCEESTC W31438; Evans 32868
Stafford, Cornelius WilliamThe Philadelphia Directory, for 1797; containing the Names, Occupations, and Places of Abode of the Citizens ... With an accurate Table of the Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize; together with a General Abstract from the Revenue Laws. [Philadelphia:] Printed for the Editor by William W. Woodward, 1797 8vo (206 x 120 mm). Lacks the map; title remargined. Modern half calf to style. Cloth box. First edition. Cornelius Stafford explains in his preface why he launched this new publication: "a Directory in a mercantile city is one of the most useful Publications; and, from the circumstance of the great accession of new inhabitants to the city every year, together with the frequent removals, are the leading motives which have actuated the Editor to publish the present one. ... From the utility of the work, the Editor flatters himself to experience the patronage of the Public every year, as he intends publishing one annually, and which will be keeping on foot a desirable collection of genuine information." REFERENCEESTC W31438; Evans 32868
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