The Providence directory; containing names of the inhabitants, their occupations, places of business and dwelling houses; with lists of the streets, lanes, wharves, &c. Also, banks, insurance offices and other public institutions; being a desideratum to almost every man in business. The whole carefully collected and arranged

Providence: H. H. Brown, 1830. 12mo, pp. 150, [5] ads, [1]; printed paper-covered boards neatly rebacked in black cloth; very good and sound. First published in 1824 and according to Bartlett, every two years up to 1850, after which it was issued annually. This edition not common: only 2 in OCLC (Buffalo & Erie P.L. and AAS); none in Rhode Island. Spear, p. 306 noting that this includes an historical sketch of Providence.