1844 BUFFALO NY City Directory Abolition President Fillmore Wells Fargo UGRR

by Horatio N. Walker

$132 · Offered by eBay

First edition

.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } 1844. WALKER'S BUFFALO CITY DIRECTORY, Containing A List of Civil and Military Officers, Religious, Benevolent and Philanthropic Societies, Local and Miscellaneous Statistics. With the Names, Residence and Occupation, of the Business Population, Heads of Families, &c. In the City of Buffalo by Horatio N. Walker Published by Lee & Thorp's Press, Buffalo, 1844. Good in original pictorial printed wrappers depicting harbor scene with sailing vessels, leather spine repairs, hinges starting, text clean and unmarked with scattered age spotting. 12mo, illustrated with woodcut advertisements, 236 pages plus 12 pages advertisements and index. A document of singular historical importance capturing Buffalo at the precise moment when this frontier city was transforming into the commercial crossroads of a young nation—and documenting, in its alphabetical listings, an astonishing concentration of figures who would reshape American history. Within these pages, arranged with the democratic indifference of the alphabet, one finds Millard Fillmore ("atty at law, firm Fillmore & Haven, h 128 franklin"), six years from the presidency and fresh from his unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign; William G. Fargo ("express, 57 Ellicott"), the earliest known directory listing of the future founder of American Express and Wells Fargo, his nascent express operation just months old; Joseph Dart, Jr. ("steam warehouse ship canal long w

• Publisher: Lee & Thorp's Press
• Year: 1844
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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