City of New York below Twenty-Seventh Street [with accompanying ledger]
A fascinating piece of ephemera from antebellum New York City.
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Description
This magnificent little treasure was distributed by the dry goods firm of Robbins, Royce & Hard of New York City, likely in either 1859 or 1860, based on the calendar on the front endpapers. It’s primary use is as a ledger, and the booklet contains nearly 100 pages filled with contemporary manuscript lists noting the purchase of various goods from textiles to spices. An emphasis on the former leads me to believe a previous owner may have been a tailor or otherwise in the clothing business. Dishware, tools, candy, and much more are also included.
The book also contains twelve pages dedicating to introducing the reader to New York City, and presents a list of hotels, telegraph stations, hackney cab fares, and other helpful information. An accompanying fold-out map shows the island of Manhattan south of Twenty-Seventh Street. Streets are labeled and piers along both the East and Hudson Rivers are individually numbered.
Map Details
Publication Date: c. 1860
Author: Robbins, Royce & Hard Dry Goods
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Sheet Height (in): See Description
Condition: B+
Condition Description: 108 pp. ledger distributed by Robbins, Royce, & Hard Dry Goods Company of New York City. Bound in original brown cloth bindings (gilt and embossed), with a broken spine and worn gutters. Contents are quite good, with slight toning, consistent with age, and scattered spotting on a handful of pages, including the endpapers. Includes a fold-out woodcut map of lower Manhattan, in very good condition save for light spotting and faint creasing along fold lines.
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