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Some prominent New Yorkers in 1848 (from Doggett's New York City Directory https://archive.org/details/doggettsnewyorkc1848dogg)
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| Name | Address | Page and column | Occupation | Directory link | Wikipedia link | NYPL link | Photo | Latitude | Longitude | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Jacob Astor jr. | 87 Prince, h. 37 Lafayette pl | page 31 left top | (occasional poet, sickly and mentally unstable, never married or had children) | https://archive.org/stream/doggettsnewyorkc1848dogg#page/n37/mode/2up | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_family | http://archives.nypl.org/mss/141 | 40.713 | -74.006 | ||
| William B. Astor | 87 Prince, h. 37 Lafayette pl | page 31 left top | (property tycoon, became the richest man in the US) | https://archive.org/stream/doggettsnewyorkc1848dogg#page/n37/mode/2up | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Backhouse_Astor,_Sr. | http://archives.nypl.org/mss/141 | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/William_Backhouse_Astor_Sr.jpg | 40.713 | -74.006 | |
| Thomas Addis Emmet | 45 William, h. Av. 7 c. W. 13th | page 141 left middle | lawyer (New York State Attorney General) | https://archive.org/stream/doggettsnewyorkc1848dogg#page/n151/mode/2up | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Addis_Emmet | http://archives.nypl.org/collection/1 | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/ThomasAddisEmmet.jpg/400px-ThomasAddisEmmet.jpg | 40.713 | -74.006 | |
| Cornelius W Lawrence | Custom house, h. Manhattanville | page 242 right top | collector of the port (first popularly elected mayor of ny) | https://archive.org/stream/doggettsnewyorkc1848dogg#page/n257/mode/2up | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Lawrence | http://archives.nypl.org/mss/7680 | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Cornelius_Van_Wyck_Lawrence.jpg | 40.713 | -74.006 | |
| James Lenox | Av. 5 c. Twelfth | page 246 right top | (collector) | https://archive.org/stream/doggettsnewyorkc1848dogg#page/n261/mode/2up | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lenox | http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1732 | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/James_Lenox.jpg/361px-James_Lenox.jpg | 40.713 | -74.006 | |
| Herman Melville | 103 Av. 4 | page 282 right bottom | (author) | https://archive.org/stream/doggettsnewyorkc1848dogg#page/n297/mode/2up | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Melville | http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed3ecd60-f2f6-0130-91b4-58d385a7b928 | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Herman_Melville.jpg/400px-Herman_Melville.jpg | 40.713 | -74.006 | |
| Samuel J. Tilden | 11 Pine, h. 11 Av. 5 | page 404 right top | lawyer | https://archive.org/stream/doggettsnewyorkc1848dogg#page/n419/mode/2up | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_J._Tilden | http://archives.nypl.org/collection/2 | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/SamuelJonesTilden.png | 40.713 | -74.006 | |
| William N. Tweed (Boss Tweed) | 240 & 357 Pearl, h. 237 E Broadway | page 411 right top | brushes | https://archive.org/stream/doggettsnewyorkc1848dogg#page/n425/mode/2up | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tweed | http://archives.nypl.org/mss/4657 | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/William_Magear_%22Boss%22_Tweed_%281870%29.jpg/381px-William_Magear_%22Boss%22_Tweed_%281870%29.jpg | 40.713 | -74.006 | |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | 9 Battery pl, h. 10 Washington place | page 415 left middle | steamboats (& railroads) | https://archive.org/stream/doggettsnewyorkc1848dogg#page/n429/mode/2up | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Vanderbilt | http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3147 | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Cornelius_Vanderbilt_Daguerrotype2.jpg/449px-Cornelius_Vanderbilt_Daguerrotype2.jpg | 40.713 | -74.006 | |
| Fernando Wood | 162 South, h. 461 Broome | page 448 right top | shipping merchant (First Tammany Mayor) | https://archive.org/stream/doggettsnewyorkc1848dogg#page/n463/mode/2up | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Wood | http://archives.nypl.org/mss/4686 | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Fernando_Wood_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/327px-Fernando_Wood_-_Brady-Handy.jpg | 40.713 | -74.006 |
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