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Boston, (MA): Wm. C. Lears, 26 Washington Street, 1850. Broadside. 39 x 25 cm. Gray paper, text enclosed in an ornamental border, with the names of the committee of nine, and the town clerk. Dated in type "Reading, April 1, 1850" at conclusion. A separation and a couple of tiny holes without loss along one of several old folds, light edgewear, but overall quite good. Body of the text lists 39 roads with their new names, plus five other streets already named, and that "said Committee further report that they have put up seventy-three boards, bearing the names of said streets, as above named, in all places deemed ... necessary and proper, at an expense of forty dollars and sixteen cents." Included is a fair amount of information on where people lived, many of the roads also mention the names of the local residents. No OCLC.

Providence: H. H. Brown, 1830. 12mo, pp. 150, [5] ads, [1]; printed paper-covered boards neatly rebacked in black cloth; very good and sound. First published in 1824 and according to Bartlett, every two years up to 1850, after which it was issued annually. This edition not common: only 2 in OCLC (Buffalo & Erie P.L. and AAS); none in Rhode Island. Spear, p. 306 noting that this includes an historical sketch of Providence.

Index of streets and houses in the capital city of Moscow, with an explanation of the historical origin of the names of streets, squares and other places, and with an indication In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Ukazatel' ulits i domov stolichnogo goroda Moskvy, s poyasneniem svedeniy istoricheskogo proiskhozhdeniya naimenovaniya ulits, ploshchadey i drugikh mest i s ukazaniem Short description: In Russian (ask us if in doubt).to which world and judicial districts of the city are included streets with houses on them, with a historical description of all the churches of the city and an appendix to the city plan We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbabe8ee6d7aa6c678