Sep 25, 2001 - Sale 1906

Sale 1906 - Lot 52

Price Realized: $ 138
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
(BROOKLYN)
Brooklyn Alphabetical and Street Directory, and Yearly Advertiser for 1843 & 4. Brooklyn, (1843). Compiled and published by Thomas Leslie, Henry R. and William J. Hearne. Numerous ads with varied typesetting. 8vo, original cloth-backed lettered and pictorial boards, worn, backstrip defective; browned at edges, foxed.

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From 1814 (with the invention of Robet Fulton's steam ferry) to 1860 Brooklyn underwent enormous growth, from a population of about 3000 to over 260,000.