Oct 10, 2013 - Sale 2324

Sale 2324 - Lot 276

Price Realized: $ 375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(NEW YORK CITY.) Spooner's Brooklyn Directory, for the Year 1825. Map on verso of title page. 12mo, stitched; moderate dampstaining, first and final leaves worn, title page reinforced with tape on fore-edge; early owner's signature on title page. Brooklyn, NY, June 1825

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Walter Whitman, father of the poet, is listed as a carpenter living on Henry Street near Fulton. Also includes the village's 1815 act of incorporation, several ordinances, and a summary of the eastbound stagecoaches. Spear, page 61.