From David M. Lesser, ABAA, Woodbridge, CT, U.S.A.
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Large folio broadside, 19" x 26". Old folds, light wear, Very Good. The broadside prints "An Account of Cash Paid Out by Order of Common Council, from the Tax Granted the Seventh Day of December, 1792, for the Maintenance of the Poor and other Contingent Expences [sic] of the City and County of New York, and from the Excise Collected in the same." Ten horizontal columns contain dollar totals for a variety of expenses, arranged chronologically in a large vertical column from May 17, 1793, through May 9, 1794. The expenses include Improvements at the Battery, Repairing Grate in Wall-Street, Repairs to Public Pumps, Lighting and Cleaning Lamps, funds for the Poor House, Salary for the "Public Whipper," and about a hundred other, similar matters. Richard Varick, the Mayor of New York, and five aldermen [Nicholas Bayard and others] make the required Certification, with their names printed and dated October 6, 1794. Not in Evans, NAIP, Bristol, Shipton & Mooney, which record a handful of similar Supplements. Not located on OCLC or the NYPL, NYHS, or AAS online catalogues as of November 2022. Seller Inventory # 26669
Bibliographic Details
Title: SUPPLEMENT TO THE DAILY ADVERTISER, MONDAY, ...
Publisher: Francis Childs], [New York
Publication Date: 1794
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