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San Francisco Directory, 1876 1876 [163217]

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San Francisco Directory, 1876  1876  [163217]

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The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing April 1876: Embracing a General Directory of Residents and Business Directory; Also a Directory of Streets, Public Offices, etc., and a Reliable Map of the City: Together with the Consolidation Act and its Amendments; the Municipal Government; Societies and Organizations, and a Great Variety of Useful and Statistical Information, Exhibiting at a Glance the Progress and Present Condition of the City. 17th year of publication ñ Compiled by Henry G. Langley. San Francisco: Francis & Valentine, Commercial Steam Press, 517 Clay Street. Lxxxviii advertisements, 1112 pp. with 31 additional full advertisement pages in the back in addition to the 88 pages in the front (many illustrated). 8.75x5.5. Original printed (advertisements) paper-covered boards with black straight-grained Morocco spine, lettered in gilt. First and last leaves used as pastedowns, 6 inserted red and blue letterpress advertisements (apparently wanting one at p. 928). Folding Map bound in at title page is missing, there are an many pages of local advertising with many of California's earliest banking houses, mining companies, assayers, express and steamship companies. Contains a wealth of information on residents, businesses, streets, organizations and societies, public institutions, and city government. This directory was issued at a critical time in western mining history because of the bonanzas found on the Comstock, the rush to White Pine County, Nevada, and the general development of mining interests in California overall. The front of the directory has an alphabetical listing of residents, and the back has a typical business directory listed alphabetically by business type, which includes Assayers, lists of Mines and Mining Engineers. The next section is an appendix: Comprising the Consolidation Act with the Amendments thereto; officers of Government: Federal, State and Municipal, together with Lists of Churches, Associations, etc. Contains a wealth of information on residents, businesses, streets, organizations and societies, public institutions, and city government. Spine with voids at top and bottom, front joint starting, upper board cracked, boards darkened and rubbed, shelf wear, scattered light foxing, some signatures age-toned because of paper quality, pp. 655-662 torn with loss of a few words on each page, p. 23 at end torn with loss of about an eighth of the leaf at upper right. Usual directory condition. With contemporary manuscript slip stating "Warehouse Dept" pasted on upper board. Contains a wealth of information on residents, businesses, streets, organizations and societies, public institutions, and city government. The early issues of the Langley directories are important sources of information on San Francisco and have become quite scarce in any condition. QUEBEDEAUX p. 128. Cowan I, p. 70. Cf. Cowan II, p. 172. P-270 San Francisco California Franklin Collection