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- Boston Directories 18th century 19th century 1800-1829 1830-1849 1850-1869 1870-1889 1890-1899 20th century 1900-1949 1950-1999
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
{{italic title}}The Boston Directory of Boston, Massachusetts, was first published in 1789. It contained "a list of the merchants, mechanics, traders, and others, of the town of Boston; in order to enable strangers to find the residence of any person." Also included were listings for public officials, doctors, bank directors, and firemen.[1] The directory was issued annually after 1825; previously it had appeared irregularly. The number of listings in each directory reflected fluctuations in the population size of Boston. In 1789, the directory included some 1,474 listings; by 1875, there were 126,769.[2] Publishers included John Norman (1789); John West (1796-1803); Edward Cotton (1805-1818); Charles Stimpson (1820-1846); George Adams (1846-1857);[3] Adams, Sampson & Co. (1858-1865); Sampson, Davenport & Co. (1865-1884); Sampson, Murdock & Co. (1885-1903); Sampson & Murdock Co. (1904-ca.1930); R.L. Polk & Co. (1944-ca.1980).[2][4] {{TOC right}}Boston Directories18th centuryTitle | Publisher | Year | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other | Boston Directory | | 1789 | | | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectory00sampgoog#page/n10/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | Boston Directory | | 1796 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=CJFIAAAAYAAJ&client=safari&pg=RA1-PA215#v=onepage&q=&f=false reprint via Google Books, p. 215-302] | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | | 1798 | | | | via Boston Athenæum |
19th century1800-1829Title | Publisher | Year | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other | Boston Directory | | 1800 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | John West | 1803 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Edward Cotton | 1805 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010363295 via HathiTrust] | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectory00inbost#page/n9/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | Boston Directory | Edward Cotton | 1806 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Edward Cotton | 1807 | | via HathiTrust | | | Boston Directory | Edward Cotton | 1809 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Edward Cotton | 1810 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Edward Cotton | 1813 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Edward Cotton | 1816 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Edward Cotton | 1818 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Frost and Stimpson | 1820 | | via HathiTrust | | | Boston Directory | Frost and Stimpson | 1821 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Frost and Stimpson | 1822 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Frost and Stimpson | 1823 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=nY4vAAAAYAAJ via Google Books] | via HathiTrust | | | Boston Directory | Frost and Stimpson | 1825 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010363295 via HathiTrust] | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectorys1825bost via Internet Archive] | | Boston Directory | Frost and Stimpson | 1826 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Hunt, Stimpson, and Frost | 1827 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Hunt and Stimpson | 1828 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Charles Stimpson, Jr. | 1829 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | |
1830-1849Title | Publisher | Year | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other | Boston Directory | | 1830 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1831 | | | [https://archive.org/stream/stimpsonsbostond3132adam#page/n29/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1832 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=raQtAAAAYAAJ via Google Books] | via HathiTrust | | | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1833 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1834 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010363296 via HathiTrust] | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectory01bost#page/n5/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1835 | | | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectory03bost#page/n5/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1836 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010363296 via HathiTrust] | [https://archive.org/stream/stimpsonsbostond1836adam#page/n21/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1837 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1838 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1839 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1840 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1841 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1842 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1843 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1844 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1845 | | | | via Boston Athenæum via Tufts University | Stimpson's Boston Directory | Stimpson & Clapp | 1846 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Adams's New Directory of the City of Boston | George Adams | 1846-47 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Adams's Boston Directory | French and Stimpson | 1847-48 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | French and Stimpson | 1848-49 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100734377 via HathiTrust] | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectory4849bost#page/n7/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | Boston Directory | George Adams | 1849-50 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337 via HathiTrust] | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectory00bost#page/n7/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | |
1850-1869Title | Publisher | Year | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other | Directory of the City of Boston | George Adams | 1850 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=UHDPAAAAMAAJ via Google Books] | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337 via HathiTrust] | | | Boston Directory | George Adams | 1851 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=C6UqAAAAYAAJ via Google Books] | via HathiTrust | | | Boston Directory | George Adams | 1852 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=2tsCAAAAYAAJ via Google Books] | | | | Boston Directory | George Adams | 1853 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100321756 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | George Adams | 1854 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100734377 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | George Adams | 1855 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100321756 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum via Tufts University | Boston Directory | George Adams | 1856 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=zYMqAAAAYAAJ via Google Books] | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337 via HathiTrust] | | | Boston Directory | George Adams | 1857 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=nYIqAAAAYAAJ via Google Books] | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100321756 via HathiTrust] | | | Boston Directory | Adams, Sampson, & Co. | 1858 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=En4qAAAAYAAJ via Google Books] | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100321756 via HathiTrust] | | | Boston Directory | Adams, Sampson, & Co. | 1859 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100734377 via HathiTrust] | | | Boston Directory | Adams, Sampson, & Co. | 1860 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100734377 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Adams, Sampson, & Co. | 1861 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=hHwqAAAAYAAJ via Google Books] | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100321756 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenaeum | Boston Directory | Adams, Sampson, & Co. | 1862 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=tH4qAAAAYAAJ via Google Books] | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100321756 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Adams, Sampson, & Co. | 1863 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100321756 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Adams, Sampson, & Co. | 1864 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=8IEqAAAAYAAJ via Google Books] | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100321756 via HathiTrust] | | | Boston Directory | Adams, Sampson, & Co. | 1865 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100734377 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum via Tufts University | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1866 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=_A5FAQAAMAAJ via Google Books] | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1867 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100734377 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1868 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=SFwJAQAAIAAJ via Google Books] | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337 via HathiTrust] | | | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1869 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100321756 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum | |
1870-1889Title | Publisher | Year | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1870 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=GytFAQAAMAAJ via Google Books] | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum via Tufts University | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1871 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Commercial Directory | Wentworth & Co. | 1871 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=xfACAAAAYAAJ via Google Books] | | | | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1872 | | via HathiTrust | | December supplement via Boston Athenæum via Tufts University | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1873 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=NqHNAAAAMAAJ via Google Books] | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337 via HathiTrust] | | November, December supplements via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1874 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1875 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=EC5FAQAAMAAJ via Google Books] | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum via Tufts University | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1876 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1877 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=RTBFAQAAMAAJ via Google Books] | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1878 | | via HathiTrust | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1879 | | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1880 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1881 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1882 | [https://books.google.com/books?id=NSFFAQAAMAAJ via Google Books] | [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337 via HathiTrust] | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1883 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Davenport, & Co. | 1884 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1885 | | | | via Boston Athenæum via Tufts University | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1886 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1887 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1888 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1889 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | |
1890-1899Title | Publisher | Year | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1890 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1891 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1892 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1893 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1894 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1895 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1896 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1897 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1898 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1899 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | |
20th century1900-1949Title | Publisher | Year | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1900 | | | | via Boston Athenæum | Boston Directory | Sampson, Murdock, & Co. | 1905 | | | | via Tufts University | Boston Directory | Sampson & Murdock Co. | 1916 | | | [https://archive.org/stream/bostonmassachuse1916112samp#page/n9/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | Boston Register and Business Directory | Sampson & Murdock Co. | 1922 | | | [https://archive.org/stream/bostonregisterbu1922bost#page/n13/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | Boston Directory | Sampson & Murdock Co. | 1925 | | | | via Tufts University | |
1950-1999Title | Publisher | Year | Google Books | HathiTrust | Internet Archive | Other | Boston City Directory | R.L. Polk & Co. | 1955 | | | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectoryi00bost#page/n7/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | Boston City Directory | R.L. Polk & Co. | 1956 | | | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectoryi56bost#page/n3/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | Boston City Directory | R.L. Polk & Co. | 1959 | | | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectoryi002bost via Internet Archive] | | Boston City Directory | R.L. Polk & Co. | 1961 | | | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectoryi11961bost#page/n3/mode/2up v.1], [https://archive.org/details/bostondirectoryi261bost v.2] via Internet Archive | | Boston City Directory | R.L. Polk & Co. | 1962 | | | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectoryi162bost#page/n3/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | Boston City Directory | R.L. Polk & Co. | 1965 | | | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectoryi11965bost#page/n3/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | Boston City Directory | R.L. Polk & Co. | 1966 | | | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectoryi1966bost#page/n3/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | Boston City Directory | R.L. Polk & Co. | 1969 | | | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectoryi169bost#page/n3/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | Boston City Directory | R.L. Polk & Co. | 1970 | | | [https://archive.org/stream/bostondirectoryi170bost#page/n3/mode/2up via Internet Archive] | | |
See also- Boston Almanac and Business Directory
- Boston Register and Business Directory
- Massachusetts Register
References1. ^Boston Directory. 1789. 2. ^1 Advertisement for Boston Directory. Boston Almanac, 1875. 3. ^{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ors-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA87 |year=1866 |title=New England Historical & Genealogical Register }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228685309|title=The Boston directory ... including all localities within the city limits, as Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, Hyde Park, Roslindale, Roxbury, West Roxbury ...|work=worldcat.org}}
Further reading- [https://books.google.com/books?id=ALIUAAAAYAAJ New England historical and genealogical register]. Oct. 1862; p. 387+
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=CJFIAAAAYAAJ Report of the record commissioners of the city of Boston], Volume 10. Rockwell and Churchill, 1886; p. 163+
- {{Citation |publisher = Williams Directory Co. |publication-place = Cincinnati, Ohio |author = A.V. Williams |title = The Development and Growth of City Directories |publication-date = 1913 |chapter=Boston, Massachusetts |chapterurl=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082423645?urlappend=%3Bseq=61 }}
External links- HathiTrust. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010363295 1805 etc]; [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499337 1849-1883]
- damrellsfire.com
- Boston Athenæum: The Boston Directory 1789-1900 (Ongoing Project), Digital Collection.
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