Excerpt from The Cambridge Directory, 1885, Vol. 34: Containing a General Directory of the Residents, City and County Register, Business Directory, a Map, State Census, &C The difficulty Of compiling a city directory is seldom understood, and is not easily explained, dependent as we are upon local patronage. It is an ah solute necessity that we have the support of the entire business community, who derive the largest portion of the benefit Of such a work. A city directory contains a great amount Of information concerning the public, religious, charitable, and private institutions of the city, which make it a valuable present record as well of an historical authority. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.