The Civil, Political, Professional and Ecclesiastical History and Commercial and Industrial Record of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, N.Y. from 1683 to 1884 by Henry R. Stiles
Call Number
Date
Creator
Extent
Language of Materials
Abstract
One copy of The Civil, Political, Professional and Ecclesiastical History and Commercial and Industrial Record of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, N.Y. from 1683 to 1884 by Henry Reed Stiles, published by W.W. Munsell & Co. in 1884. The volume is in poor condition; it has been disbound and some page are torn. Also included is a set of portraits of prominent 19th century Brooklynites from Stiles's volume, some of which have been mounted and framed with matting.
Biographical Note
Henry Reed Stiles (1832-1909) was a physician who authored a number of historical and genealogical works in the second half of the nineteenth and into the early twentieth centuries, including the 3 volume A History of the City of Brooklyn (1867-1870). Though his medical career took him to places as disparate as Dundee, Scotland and Woodbridge, New Jersey, Stiles lived most of his life in New York City and in Brooklyn. He was a founder of the Long Island Historical Society (now the Brooklyn Historical Society) in 1863 and served as the Society's first librarian. Further biographical information on Stiles can be found at his Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Reed_Stiles.
Scope and Contents
One copy of The Civil, Political, Professional and Ecclesiastical History and Commercial and Industrial Record of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, N.Y. from 1683 to 1884 by Henry Reed Stiles, published by W.W. Munsell & Co. in 1884. The volume is in poor condition; it has been disbound and some page are torn. Also included is a set of portraits of prominent 19th century Brooklynites from Stiles's volume, some of which have been mounted and framed with matting.
Subjects
Topics
Conditions Governing Access
Researchers should exercise caution when using the volume due to its fragile condition.
Conditions Governing Use
Volume is in the public domain.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); The Civil, Political, Professional and Ecclesiastical History and Commercial and Industrial Record of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, N.Y. from 1683 to 1884 by Henry R. Stiles, 2004.021, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
GIft of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., and Brian Michael Seltzer, date unknown. Formally accessioned in 2004.
Existence and Location of Copies
This volume has been digitized and is freely available online at: https://archive.org/details/cu31924088998061
About this Guide
Processing Information
Minimally processed and finding aid authored by Nicholas Pavlik in November 2011. The collection was rehoused and the finding aid was revised by John Zarrillo in November 2015.
