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 Henry Wilson (1812–1875)

Career
Wilson Henry, compiler
 * 1877
 * 11 University Place
 * Private office 697 Broadway, room 26
 * Connecticut

Affiliations

 * 1874: Elected Fellow of the American Geographical Society

History
The New York Directory  1842–1849: John Doggett, Jr. (1807–1852)  1845: Doggett also issued a supplement, needed because of the Great Fire of July 19, updating address changes  1850–1851: Charles Rudolph Rode (1825–1865), of Doggett & Rode  1852–1870: John F. Trow (1810–1886)  1871–1886: The Trow City Directory Company, John R. Trow, Vice President

Wilson's addresses

 * 1860: Hutchinson's home
 * 697 Broadway (1865)


 * 1864: 237 Monroe (home)
 * 1870: 258 Delancey (home)


 * 1875: Henry Wilson (compiler)
 * 11 University Place
 * Private office: 697 B'Way room 26
 * Home: Ct.

Directories
The Trow City Directory company facility at 49 Ann Street on May 31, 1855, was partially destroyed by fire, reportedly about $50,000 in damaged. The 1855 Trow City Directory had been nearly ready for publication.

Wilson's direcories

 * Wilson's Newburgh Directory, 1856
 * Wilson's Binghamton Directory, 1857
 * Wilson's Elmira Directory for 1857
 * Wilson's Hudson City Directory for 1856–57
 * Wilson's Illustrated Guide to the Hudson River, 1850

Selected published works
 History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America (3 Vols.) by Henry Wilson (1812–1875), J.R. Osgood and Company (1873–1877); Vol. 3 edited, after the death of the author, by Samuel Hunt 

 The Great Metropolis

1850

1851

1852

1853

Six publications by Henry Wilson, then John Doggett, Jr. (died March 21, 1952, New York City)

John F. Trow, receivership
On October 23, 1877, Judge David McAdam (1839–1901), in the New York City Marine Court on Chambers Street, appointed Zenas Edgar Newell (1841–1912) as receiver of the property of John F. Trow.

1877 executives

 * John F. Trow, Vice President
 * James Collis, Jr. (1828–1898), Vice President
 * G. Washington Coutant, Cashier
 * Robert B. Hallock, Editor
 * Henry M. Baird, Proofreader
 * Henry Wilson, Compiler, private office at 697 Broadway, room 26 (home was in Connecticut)

The Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co., in June 1891, under the laws of New Jersey, with capital stock of $1,500,000, in shares of $100 each, consisting of $750,000 of 8 percent cumulative stock and $750,000 common stock, to take over and carry on the business of Trow City Directory Company, established in 1836 (18X6?), of Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Company, heretofore two separate companies.

Directors

 * Robert W. Smith, President, New York
 * Edward Lange, Vice-President and Treasurer, New York
 * Francis B. Thurber, President Thurber Whyland Co., New York
 * Alfred C. Cheney, President Garfield National Bank, New York
 * Robert J. Dean, of R. J. Dean A Co., Bankers, New-York
 * Franklin W. Hopkins, of S.V. White & Co. Bankers, New York
 * William H. Bates, Superintendent, Trow City Directory, New York

Directories

 * Category:History of New York City
 * Category:Directories
 * Category:Publications established in 1786
 * Category:18th century in New York City
 * Category:19th century in New York City
 * Category:20th century in New York City
 * Category:Books about New York City