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The Boston directory. [1861], 1861
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1PREFACE.
3In preparing the Directory for the present year the returns have shown—what was hardly expected at this time—a considerable increase of names. Although this increase has of course added to the expense of getting up the Directory, and although the expense annually increases with the growth of the city, yet the price of the book has not been raised since 1853.
5The Directory for 1853 contained 38,000 names, while this contains more than 60,000. That was a book of 440 pages, this of 700.
7In that, the place of business was only given against the first partner of a firm. In this, it is given against each partner. Boston was then a city of about 150,000 inhabitants, in about 15,000 houses. By the census of 1860, it contained 177,902 inhabitants, in 19,874 houses. This territory has also been increased during the same period, to a considerable extent, by filling in of new lands and the annexation of Washington Village.
9Notwithstanding the increased labor and expense in the compilation of the work, which these changes have rendered necessary, still the publishers of the Directory desire to keep the price of the book the same as formerly (viz. $1.50), for a year or two longer, and in so doing they are confident that they offer to the citizens of Boston one of the best and cheapest Directories in the world.
11The publishers hope that, in consideration of this fact, the business men of the city will, as they have hitherto done, give a liberal support to so indispensable a work. If any feel disposed to make the last year's Directory do, because business is not as brisk as in ordinary times, let them consider that in such times changes are more numerous, and that in preparing the copy for this edition, some 12,000 names have been erased, and 16,000 added; and that the other changes, such as removals, dissolutions or formations of partnerships, &c., amount to over 10,000. It will also be well for them to consider that one or two blunders made in consequence of using a last year's Directory, may actually cost them more money than would buy several Directories.
13We are not so vain as to suppose that perfection has been attained in this issue, for a long experience in Directory publishing teaches that it is impossible to collect, compile, and print so many names and figures without some omissions and errors; but we do feel confident that no work of the same character is to be found containing fewer mistakes, and we assure such persons as find themselves incorrectly entered, that they cannot regret it more than we do, and that special efforts will be made to prevent the same error occurring in future issues.
15At the Directory office is kept a record of such changes as come to our knowledge during the year, and persons changing their business or residence are invited to give us notice of the same.
17Besides Directories of the fourteen cities, which we publish, we also keep a full assortment of all Directories published in the United States, and some from foreign countries; and persons wishing to learn the whereabouts of a single individual from any of them, we are happy to accommodate, free of charge; and those wishing more information, such as lists of traders or manufacturers in different localities, we are equally happy to accommodate for a fair compensation.
19CONTENTS.
21Advertising Department follows… 596
22Assessors… 516
23Banks… 606
24Boston Corn Exchange… 650
25Boston Board of Trade… 540
26Boston Exchange Co… 685
27Boston and Lowell Railroad… 678
28Boston and Maine Railroad… 616
29Boston and Providence Railroad… 677
30Boston and Worcester Railroad… 580
31Bridges… 546
32Business Directory… 481
33Cemeteries… 572
34Churches and Ministers… 513
35City Government… 645
36Clergymen… 490 673
37Commissioners… 492
38Constables… 643
39Counsels, &c… 628
40County Officers… 604
41Courts in Boston… 654
42Courts, time of holding… 4-6
43Custom House… 671
44East Boston Company… 680
45East Boston Wharf Co… 689
46Eastern Railroad… 676
47Expresses… 601
48Fall River Railroad… 679
49Fire Alarm Telegraph… 647
50Fire Department… 546
51Fitchburg Railroad… 583
52Gaslight Companies… 585
53Great Western Railroad Route… 681
54Halls, Public Buildings, &c… 16
55Labor… 647
56Health Department… 547
57Horse Railroads… 553
58House of Correction… 649
59House of Industry and Reformation… 519
60Insurance Agencies… 508
61Insurance Companies… 560
62Lamps… 545
63Land Route to N. Y. and Albany… 581
64Loan Fund Associations… 568
65Long Island Company… 585
66Lunatic Hospital… 549
67Markets… 548
68Masonic Societies… 595
69Mint… 479
70Mount Hope Cemetery… 548
71Nashua and Lowell Railroad… 578
72Newspapers… 686
73Northern Railroad… 592
74Odd Fellows… 695
75Old Colony and Fall River R. R… 579
76Omnibuses… 584
77Overseers of the Poor… 648
78Packet… 524
79Police Department… 548
80Port Physician… 547
81Post Office… 570
82Public Buildings… 649
83Public Institutions… 549
84Public Lands… 560
85Public Library… 650
86Public Schools… 550
87Railroads… 675
88Real Estate and Building Co… 685
89Savings Banks… 669
90Schools and Teachers… 650
91Societies… 588
92Steamers… 684
93Streets, Courts, Places, &c… 8
94Superintendent of Health… 547
95Superintendent of Streets… 552
96Surveyors, &c., &c… 652
97Tow-Boats… 580
98Ward-Rooms and Boundaries… 17
99Ward Offices… 610
100Water Department… 600
101West Castleton R. R. & State Co… 585
102Wharves… 10
103Wood and Coal Dealers' Asso… 660
105FOR REMOVALS, CORRECTIONS, ETC., SEE PAGE 540.
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