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Manual Of The Corporation Of The City Of New York, For The Years 1857

Manual Of The Corporation Of The City Of New York, For The Years 1857

T. Valentine, D.

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General ReferenceGeneral United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354507700
ISBN13: 9789354507700
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 876
Weight: 2.78
Height: 1.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
New York before the skyline: streets, wards, names, rules. The city speaks in ledgers. D. T. Valentine's Manual Of The Corporation Of The City Of New York, For The Years 1857 is the quintessential municipal government manual and official city register for new york city 1857, gathering the machinery of a growing metropolis into one indispensable volume. Part new york city almanac, part city officials directory, it maps nyc wards and districts, lists departments and civic bodies, and preserves the practical framework of new york city ordinances that shaped daily life. For readers drawn to the texture of antebellum new york history, its value lies in specificity: titles, offices, institutions, and the language of governance at the moment the city was becoming modern. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Sought by genealogy and local history enthusiasts tracing a family address, and by urban history researchers reconstructing neighbourhood change, it also rewards the curious browser with the sheer density of real names and real places. Collectors of civic ephemera will appreciate its orderly tables and enduring authority, long sought in facsimile reprint edition form. As a cornerstone of the valentines manual collection, it stands as both reference and artefact: a window into power, public order, and civic identity in nineteenth-century New York, ready for the classic literature collector who prizes historically resonant books.

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