Cambridge, Massachusetts Directories, 1887-90

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Home to Harvard University in Massachusetts, Cambridge boasted a population of over 50,000 in 1890. This database is a collection of four directories for the city originally published between 1887 and 1890. It is a listing of city residents in those years. In addition to providing the resident's name, it provides their address and occupational information. It includes the names of over 114,800 people, mostly heads of households. For the researcher of ancestors from metropolitan Boston this can be an extremely valuable collection.

Sources Cambridge City Directory, 1887. Boston: W. A. Greenough and Co, 1887. Cambridge City Directory, 1888. Boston: W. A. Greenough and Co, 1888. Cambridge City Directory, 1889. Boston: W. A. Greenough and Co, 1889. Cambridge City Directory, 1890. Boston: W. A. Greenough and Co, 1890.

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