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
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