Hi Hal, In a message dated 11/19/97 8:24:59 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote: >I want to get a copy of this, but am confused that I find it sometimes as >a 5-volume set, but more often as just one volume. Would the complete >work be a 5-volume set? > >Thanks. > >Hal Morris ([log in to unmask]) >'Tales of the Early Republic' (http://www.panix.com/~hal) >A History Web Site, Focusing on the 1830s-1840s. If you're speaking of Walter Barrett's THE OLD MERCHANTS OF NEW YORK CITY, T.R. Knox, publisher, yes, it's a 5-volume set--at least in my experience. Best, Leslie Corn NYC Research & Genealogy [log in to unmask]