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Old New York Directory Of 1786 Keeps Quirky Terms
The 1786 New York directory shows odd job titles like Samuel Bredhurst physician and apothecary at 64 Queen Street and "watch men" for policemen. Clergymen are labeled reverend or clergyman, with unique descriptors for trades such as "preeches maker" and "punch and porter house" keeper.
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New York
New York City
Samuel Bredhurst
Queen
Pearl) Street
Abraham Bache
Church of England
Smith Street
Joze Phelan
Church of Rome
Beekman Street
Leop Rogers
Broadway
John Bean
Crygiér
Cherry Street
Punch and
Porter House
Queen Street
D. Hitchcock
John Hogland
Goldler
Henry H. Kip
King Street
John Nitchie
Garden Street
Samuel B. Webb
Lower Dock Street
Wall and
Queen Streets
New York Post