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Old New York. Charter of the City of New-York

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Old New York. Charter of the City of New-York
Old New York. Charter of the City of New-York. Printed by L. Nichols & Co., 1801, 63 pp. Magnificently bound in rich brown polished calf, yellow and brown veined boards, gilt title and trim. Curious usage throughout "Manhatan's Island." A plethora of quaint and charming laws and language, including licensing of tavern keepers, aldermen and constables to be chosen yearly on the Feast-Day of St. Michael the Arch-Angel, "no person being not a free man to exercise any trade," description of boundaries of wards, with many interesting and archaic place-names, and much more. Light foxing, else fine, the binding beautiful.