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Subject: Re: Two Specific Articles from the 18th Century
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 03:57:01 -0500 (EST)

Hi Kate,

In a message dated 10/31/97 9:31:35 PM, wrote:

>Hi, Rooters!
>
>I am looking for two very specific newspaper articles and sure would
>appreciate any assistance and/or ideas you can throw my way. (I can't
>afford the $80 for one and $130 for the other to get the 35mm microfilms.)
> Thank you for the generousity of your time and spirit. These are the
>photocopies of the New York City articles I am looking for:
>
>In The New York Mercury edition for May 20, 1765 - an article reporting -
>theft from "Shop of Otto Parisien, Goldsmith in Smith-street...."
>
>And:
>
>In The New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury edition for April 25, 1774 - an
>article reporting - "House of Mr. Otto Parisien, Silversmith in the Fly,
>took Fire...."

You should be able to find these newspapers at the NY Historical Society,
which has the largest collection of periodicals in NYC.

Since you know the exact dates and issues you need, they may copy the
articles for you for a fee. They won't photocopy fragile items (they're REAL
fussy about that!), so this may not work, but it's worth a shot. Their
contact info:

NY Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024
212-873-3400

>
>I am also curious, as a sideline to this, where 'the Fly' was located and
>where 'Peck's Slip' was located back in that era.

I'd sure like to know where the Fly was, too!

Peck Slip (if it's the same Peck Slip) is in what's now the South Street
Seaport Historical District. I'm looking at a map of 1848 from Valentine's
Manual. In lower Manhattan, running east/west to the East River, north of
Beekman and south of Dover, bounded on the east by Fulton Market (as far as
you could go before taking a dip in the East River), is Peck Slip.

>Does anyone know where I
>might obtain a map of that area for that era and the approximate cost
>involved?

A few thoughts of many possibilities:
NY Historical Society, NY Genealogical & Biographical Society, NYPL,
Valentine's Manual, and certain NYC directories. Duncan's and Longworth's are
among the earlier directories for NYC. That might be the least expensive way
to go. But not all directories have maps for each year, and I don't know
offhand which years would be helpful (and mapful).

Best,

Leslie

Leslie Corn
NYC Research & Genealogy

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