THE WASHINGTON DIRECTORY, AND CONGRESSIONAL, AND EXECUTIVE REGISTER, FOR 1850

by Edward Waite, compiler and publisher

$1,250 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition

Washington, D.C. : THE COMPILER, Columbus Alexander, Printer , 1850. First edition apparently the only Washington directory published by Waite . 19 cm. xi 1, errata , 242 pp. The last 56 pages contain advertisements for local businesses. Folding detailed plan of the central city, with a small inset map of the entire District of Columbia; two plans, seating arrangements for the Senate and House of Representatives. Text and title within ornamental borders.

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