Professor:
Search The Iconography of Manhattan Island by
I.N.Phelps Stokes and then try to find a library that
holds this rare set six volume set.  There is no other
work like this one on any city in the world. 
Iconography is a three-century history, loaded with a
stupendous number of drawings and photographs. b Good
luck.
Regina Daly
--- Thomas Davis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Colleagues,
> 
> Please aid me in identifying references and
> resources on any or all of the
> following:
> 
> (1) descriptions of Manhattan in the 1850s,
> including maps or other visuals;
> 
> (2) descriptions of housing, housing plans, or most
> common architectural
> styles;
> 
> (3) descriptions or studies of the structure of the
> New York waterfront in
> the 1850s, including who worked there in what
> capacities;
> 
> (4) travelers accounts of  Manhattan in the 1850s;
> 
> (5) historical novels set in Manhattan in the
> 1850s..
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> T. J. Davis, Ph.D., J.D.
> Professor
> Department of History
> Arizona State University
> Box 874302
> Tempe AZ 85287-4302
> 480.965-4931 (vox)
> 480.965-0310 (fax)
> 



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