Lyford, William G.:

$1,750 · Offered by William Reese Company

THE WESTERN ADDRESS DIRECTORY: CONTAINING THE CARDS OF MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, AND OTHER BUSINESSMEN...TOGETHER WITH HISTORICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, & STATISTICAL SKETCHES, (FOR THE YEAR 1837,) OF THOSE ... The directory covers towns from Pittsburgh west (especially along the Ohio River) as far as St. Louis. Besides Lyford's essays on the towns of the West, there are large sections of advertisements on colored paper (pink, yellow, brown, and green) advertising trades and merchants, arranged by category. An extensive and invaluable directory.

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