Singerman ID#supp2765

Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York.

Singerman Entry

Singerman ID#supp2765

New York. Common Council. Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York. [New York: E. Jones & Co., Printers, c1869]. xvi, 896 p.

Notes

The sections devoted to the Mount Sinai Hospital (pp. [338]-39) and the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society (pp. [374]-75) include exterior views and lists of officers. Peter Kalm’s "Description of the City of New York in the Year 1748" (pp. 837-49) includes his account of a synagogue service (at pp. 841-82). "Preface" by Joseph Shannon, Clerk, Common Council. A perfect copy has a frontispiece and folded maps.