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• 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s (c2005), by Max Millard (Gutenberg text)
• The Wealth and Biography of the Wealthy Citizens of the City of New York (12th edition, 1855), by Moses Yale Beach (searchable page images at Google)
• "New World A-Coming": Inside Black America (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1943), by Roi Ottley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Out of the Shadow (New York: George H. Doran Co., c1918), by Rose Cohen, illust. by Walter Jack Duncan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geschichte des deutschthums von New York von 1848 bis auf die gegenwart (T. Lemke, 1891), by Theodor Lemke (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old merchants of New York City (Carleton, 1863), by Joseph Alfred Scoville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Affairs and men of New Amsterdam : in the time of Governor Peter Stuyvesant. Compiled from Dutch manuscript records of the period. (C. C. Childs, 1843), by J. Paulding (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manhattan, 1624-1639. (New York city, 1916), by Edward Van Winkle, Kilaen Van Rensselaer, and Joan Vinckeboons (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Evening post hundredth anniversary, November 16, 1801-1901. (The Evening post publishing co., 1902) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old merchants of New York city. (Carleton, 1863), by Joseph Alfred Scoville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Homœopathy in New-York, and the late Abraham D. Wilson, A.M., M.D. (Pub. by request of the homœopathic medical societies of the county and state of New-York. W.S. Dorr, printer, 1865), by John Franklin Gray, Homœopathic Medical Society of the County of New York, and Homœopathic Medical Society of the State of New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Off-hand portraits of prominent New Yorkers (G.R. Lockwood & Son, 1884), by Stephen Fiske and Lawrence Portnoy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The great metropolis, a mirror of New York : a complete history of metropolitan life and society, with sketches of prominent places, persons, and things in the city, as they actually exist (American Pub. Co., 1869), by Junius Henri Browne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old merchants of New York City (Thomas R. Knox & Co., 1885), by Walter Barrett (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the city of New York, 1609-1909, from the earliest discoveries to the Hudson-Fulton celebration; together with brief biographies of men representative of the business interests of the city (The Journal of commerce and commercial bulletin, 1910), by John William Leonard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Wealth and biography of the wealthy citizens of the city of New York : being an alphabetical arrangement of the names of the most prominent capitalists whose wealth is estimated at one hundred thousand dollars and upwards, with sums appended to each name ... (Sun office, 1846) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The "New Tammany" : interesting biographical sketches of its leaders. (The Evening post, 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Off-hand portraits of prominent New Yorkers (G.R. Lockwood & Son, 1884), by Stephen Fiske (page images at HathiTrust)
• America's successful men of affairs. An encyclopedia of contemporaneous biography. (The New York tribune, 1895), by Henry Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tammany biographies. ([New York City], 1894) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Charles Anthon, LL. D., late Jay-professor of the Greek language and literature in Columbia College : a commemorative discourse, prepared and delivered at the request of the trustees and alumni of the college (D. Van Nostrand, 1868), by Henry Drisler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The wealth and biography of the wealthy citizens of the city of New York : being an alphabetical arrangement of the names of the most prominent Capitalists whose wealth is estimated at one hundred thousand dollars and upwards. (Sun Office, 1855), by Moses Yale Beach (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900. (Biographical directory company (incorporated), 1900), by N.Y.) Biographical Directory Company (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Portrait gallery of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New-York : catalogue and biographical sketches (Press of the Chamber of Commerce, 1890), by George Wilson and New York Chamber of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• The triumph of reform; a history of the great political revolution, November sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. (The Souvenir pub. co., 1895), by Edwin Laurence Godkin and Edwin Lawrence Godkin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The wealth and biography of the wealthy citizens of the city of New York: being an alphabetical arrangement of the names of the most prominent capitalists ... (Pub. at the Sun office, 1846), by Moses Yale Beach (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old merchants of New York City. (T. R. Knox, 1885), by Joseph Alfred Scoville (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Brown book; a biographical record of public officials of the city of New York for 1898-9. (Martin B. Brown company, 1899) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wealth and pedigree of the wealthy citizens of New York City, comprising and alphabetical arrangement of persons estimated to be worth $100,000 and upwards. With the sums appended to each name ... (The Sun Office, 1842), by Moses Yale Beach (page images at HathiTrust)
• Leslie's history of the greater New York (Arkell Pub. Co., 1898), by Daniel Van Pelt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The redemption of New York (Milo T. Bogard, 1902), by Milo T. Bogard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections of persons and events, chiefly in the city of New York; being selections from his journal (Sheldon and Company, 1865), by J. M. Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old merchants of New York City. (New York, 1864), by Joseph Alfred Scoville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoir of Charles H. Russell, 1796-1884 : ([s.n.], 1903), by Charles Howland Russell (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of New York city, embracing an outline of events from 1609 to 1830 (G.E. Perine, 1884), by Benson John Lossing (page images at HathiTrust)
• Piety--usefulness--peace : a sermon, occasioned by the death of Mr. Benjamin Strong : delivered in the Pearl Street Presbyterian Church, New York, February 9, 1851 (William S. Dorr, Printer, 1851), by A. Augustus Wood and N.Y.) Pearl Street Presbyterian Church (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• The wealth and biography of the wealthy citizens of the city of New York : being an alphabetical arrangement of the most prominent capitalist ... : also, a valuable table of statistics concerning the wealth of the city of New York. (Sun Office, 1846), by Moses Yale Beach (page images at HathiTrust)
• Portraits of the presidents of the society, 1835-1914. (Pub. by order of the society, 1914), by Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York and Florence Evelyn Pratt Youngs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men of affairs in New York : an historical work giving portraits and sketches of the most eminent citizens of New York. (L.R. Hamersley, 1906) (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the city of New York, 1609-1909, from the earliest discoveries to the Hudson-Fulton celebration (The Journal of commerce and commercial bulleting, 1910), by John W. Leonard (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of New York City, embracing an outline sketch of events from 1609 to 1830, and a full account of its development from 1830 to 1884. (G. E. Perine, 1884), by Benson J Lossing (page images at HathiTrust)
• The season, an annual record in New York, Brooklyn, and vicinity (White, Stokes, & Allen, 1883), by Charles H. Crandall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wealth and biography of the wealthy citizens of New York city, comprising an alphabetical arrangement of persons estimated to the worth $100,000, and upwards (The Sun office, 1845), by Moses Yale Beach (page images at HathiTrust)
• Makers of New York; an historical work, giving portraits and sketches of the most eminent citizens of New York. (L.R. Hamersly & co., 1895), by Charles Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prominent families of New York; being an account in biographical form of individuals and families distinguished as representatives of the social, professional and civic life of New York city. (The Historical company, 1897), by Lyman Horace Weeks (page images at HathiTrust)
• New York, the metropolis. (The New York recorder, 1893), by John Franklin Sprague (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wealth and pedigree of the wealthy citizens of New York City : comprising an alphabetical arrangement of persons estimated to be worth $100,000 and upwards, with the sums appended to each name : being useful to banks, merchants and others. (Compiled with much care and published at the Sun Office, 1842), by Moses Yale Beach (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rev. Mr. Snodgrass' funeral discourse (John P. Haven ...:, 1830), by William D. Snodgrass and N.Y.) Murray Street Church (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Review of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York : together with portraits and autographs of officers and members brought down to the year 1900 (Stumpf & Steurer, 1900), by Frank Thompson and New York (N.Y.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geschichte des deutschthums von New York von 1848 bis auf die gegenwart. (T. Lemke, 1891), by Theodor Lemke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections of departed friends (Stanford and Swords, 1850), by William Berrian (page images at HathiTrust)
• The season : an annual record of society in New York, Brooklyn, and vicinity (White, Stokes, & Allen, 1883), by Charles H. Crandall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wealth and biography of the wealthy citizens of New York City : comprising an alphabetical arrangement of persons estimated to be worth $100,000, and upwards : with the sums appended to each name : being useful to banks, merchants, and others ... (The Sun Office, 1845), by Moses Yale Beach (page images at HathiTrust)
• James T. Brady, in memoriam (Transcript Association, 1869), by Association of the Bar of the City of New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old merchants of New York city. (Carleton, 1863), by Joseph Alfred Scoville and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings and addresses on the occasion of the death of Benjamin F. Butler, of New York. (D. Appleton & Co., 1859), by William Buell Sprague and N.Y.) Bar of the City of New York (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old merchants of New York City, by Walter Barrett, clerk [pseud.]. (M. Doolady, 1870), by Joseph Alfred Scoville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das deutsche element der stadt New York : biographisches jahrbuch der Deutsch-Amerikaner New Yorks und umgebung ... (New York city.), by Otto Spengler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old merchants of New York City : First-Fifth series (Carleton, 1863), by Joseph Alfred Scoville (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of New York City : embracing an outline sketch of events from 1609 to 1830, and a full account of its development from 1830 to 1884 (Perine Engraving and Pub. Co., 1884), by Benson J. Lossing (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Redemption of New York ([s.n.], 1902), by John DeWitt Warner and Milo T. Bogard (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of New York & c (J. Lane, 1900), by Washington Irving, Robert Howard Russell, Daniel Berkeley Updike, Maxfield Parrish, R.H. Russell (Firm), John Lane Company, and Merrymount Press (page images at HathiTrust)
• Friedrich Kapp. Gedächtnissrede gehalten (L. Simion, 1885), by Georg von Bunsen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Funeral oration of his eminence John Cardinal McCloskey, D.D., Archbishop of New York : delivered October 15,1885, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York (Benziger Brothers, 1885), by James Gibbons and N.Y.) St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prominent families of New York; being an account in biographical form of individuals and families distinguished as representatives of the social, professional and civic life of New York city. (The Historical company, 1897), by Lyman Horace Weeks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das deutsche Element der Stadt New York; biographisches Jahrbuch der Deutsch-Amerikaner New Yorks und Umgebung. (Spengler, 1913), by Otto Spengler and Otto Spengler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geschichte des deutschthums von New York von 1848 bis auf die gegenwart. (T. Lemke, 1891), by Theodor Lemke (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old merchants of New York City (Carleton, 1865), by Joseph Alfred Scoville (page images at HathiTrust)
• The memorial history of the city of New York : from its first settlement to the year 1892 (New-York History Co., 1892), by James Grant Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manhattan, 1624-1639 (New York, 1916), by Edward Van Winkle and Joan Vinckeboons (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old merchants of New York City. Second series (Carleton, 1863), by Joseph Alfred Scoville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections of persons and events, chiefly in the city of New York; being selections from his journal (Sheldon and company, 1865), by J. M. Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prominent families of New York; index. (The Historical company, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prominent families of New York; being an account in biographical form of individuals and families distinguished as representatives of the social, professional and civic life of New York city. (The Historical company, 1898), by Lyman Horace Weeks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reminiscences of an interesting decade, the ardent eighties (The International press, 1929), by Gregory Weinstein (page images at HathiTrust)
• New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. (New York Recorder, 1893), by John Franklin Sprague (page images at HathiTrust)
• A souvenir of New York City, old and new. (New York Commercial, 1919), by New York Commercial and Seymour B. Durst (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wealth and wealthy citizens of New York. (s.n., 1852), by Moses Yale Beach and Seymour B. Durst (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sights, secrets, and sins of New York (People's, 1887), by Seymour B. Durst, Ralph Bayard, Henry Llewellyn Williams, and Matthew Hale Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sunshine and shadow in New York By Matthew Hale Smith. (Burleigh.). (J.B. Burr and Co., 1883), by Matthew Hale Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old merchants of New York City. (Carleton, 1863), by Joseph Alfred Scoville (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ardent eighties and after; reminiscences of a busy life. (International Press, 1947), by Gregory Weinstein (page images at HathiTrust)
• New Yorkers, from Stuyvesant to Roosevelt (Chaucer head book shop, 1928), by Albert Ulmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• St. Paul's Chapel (erected A.D. 1766) the oldest public building and the only Colonial church edifice in New York City (Albart B. King & Co., 1901), by Charles F. Wingate (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tributes to D.R. Floyd-Jones. (s.n.], 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
• In memoriam, Reverend Joseph P. Thompson, D.D. (s.n., 1879), by John E. Todd (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Memorial history of the City of New York : Biographical. (New York History Co., 1895) (page images at HathiTrust)
• New York : the world's metropolis, 1623-4--1923-4, a presentation of the greater city at the beginning of its second quarter century of amalgamated government and the 300th anniversary of its founding, with review of the interim accomplishments of its citizens (New York, NY : New York City Directory : R.L. Polk, 1924., 1924), by William Thompson Bonner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorial of the Rev. John Knox, D.D. ([New York, N.Y.] : [John A. Gray, Printer and Stereotyper], [1858?], 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The West Side Award, a ten-year history, 1948-1958. (New York, 1958), by West Side Association of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• My Mamie Rose: The Story of My Regeneration, by Owen Kildare (Gutenberg ebook)

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