Scan 276
The New York directory for 1786, illustrated with a plan of the city, 1886
22 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 140. See the scan on archive.org.
1William Tapp has opened an office at 66 King Street, for settling copartnership accounts. He will keep merchants or tradesmens books by the year. He can accomodate three or four young gentlemen with boarding and lodging.
3Theatre, this evening. The Roman Father and The Poor Soldier.
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7Jacob Astor, No 81, Queen Street, two doors from the Friends Meeting House, has just imported from London. An elegant assortment of Musical Instruments, such as piano fortres, spinnets, piano forte guittars, guittars, hautboys, fifes, the best Roman violin strings, and all other kind of strings, music books and papers, and every other article in the musical line, which he will dispose of on very low terms for cash.
9The office for the settlement of the accounts of the Hospital and Cloathing Departments, is opened at No 58 in King Street.
11John Shaw of No 213 Water Street sells Irish linens, tobacco, Wines, spirits, ale, chocolate, sugars etc etc.
13John and Francis Atkinson of No 223 Queen Street, offer for sale a large assortment of Dry Goods.
15Thomas Dodds, organ builder and musical instrument maker in general, has removed from his residence near the Bank, to No 76, next to the Engine house, the corner of Cherry Street.
17Columbia College. A course of Lectures on Moral Philosophy and Geography, which will continue for twelve months, will commence on Monday next.
19The firm of Hunter, Oliver & Co. is dissolved, the lumber business will be carried on by Robert Hunter.
21Cornelius Bradford and Peter Mackie, executors of Mrs. Schyler, offer for sale the estate of Dirck Schyler, deceased, and his widow Anne Mary Schyler. Houses and buildings on the lot of ground corner of Maiden Lane and William Street, four lots in Elizabeth street part of the Bayard Farm. The purchaser of the Maiden Lane property may be accomodated with the Chocolate Works on the premises, with all the apparatus complete consisting of two mills, pots, pans &c. also 2000 wt. of excellent cocoa. etc etc.
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