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From: Michael Disbrow <>
Subject: Re: [DISBROW-L] Disbrow Riding Academy
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:58:06 -0500


At 06:31 PM 3/21/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks Mike for your tracking down William Disbrow of Disbrow's Riding
>Academy. You had a lot more than I might have hoped for. Fascinating stuff
>there!
>Just wondered if you could say from that directory's key just what its
>appreviation means in 1851-2 Doggett & Rode's City Directory for New York
>City: "20 av. 4". Or is it the obvious: #20, 4th??
>Thanks again, great stuff.
>Stephen T. Squires

Steve - Unfortunately I didn't copy the codes for this directory but my take
on it is the same as yours: #20, 4th (Street or Avenue or whatever). By the
way there are other Disbrows in these NYC directory listings. If you or
anyone else is interested in them just let me know.

Mike

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