5,540 as the rain comes down

Another new build and another 50 craftsmen, including:
Amidon, Luther -- Merchant
Amidon, Luther Shumway -- Merchant
Bailey, Joseph -- Clockmaker
Ball, George -- Silversmith and jeweler
Ball, True M. -- Silversmith
Bentley, Burr S. -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Blanchard, Harrison -- Silverplater
Bowen, Chauncey Thomas -- Merchant
Bowen, George Stephen -- Merchant
Bowen, James Henry -- Merchant
Brabrook, Alfred -- Manufacturer
Brabrook, George -- Manufacturer
Brabrook, George Hale -- Manufacturer
Claggett, Thomas -- Clockmaker
Cornell, Walter -- Clockmaker
Cunningham, Erastus Brainerd -- Silversmith
Cutter, Henry P. -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Dodd, Stephen Baldwin -- Silversmith and watchmaker
Dorrance, Edwin Frink -- Jeweler
Dorrance, George E. -- Jeweler
Durkee, Franklin Denison -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Durkee, Lewis Purse -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Emmons, Martin W. -- Silver refiner
Fairbanks, Sewell Whitcomb -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Field, Ambrose Spencer -- Watchmaker
Forman, Benoni Bradner -- Silversmith
Gilchrist, Charles A. -- Jeweler
Kidder, Albion O. -- Jeweler
Lamb, Elam Merritt -- Silversmith
Mershon, Ralph Smith -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Munson, John -- Pewtersmith
Noyes, Leonard W. -- Clockmaker
Payne, Thomas -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Poor, Nathaniel C. -- Silversmith
Quinby, Henry Clay -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Rawson, Erskine Ebenezer -- Jeweler
Robinson, John West -- Jeweler
Sargent, Frederick Herbert -- Silverplater
Sherman, Martial -- Clockmaker
Smith, Martin Snyder -- Jeweler
Smith, Samuel L. -- Silversmith
Sylvester, Joseph Burnall -- Clockmaker
Tyler, Charles Russell -- Silversmith
Uffington, Thomas Spoone -- Gold beater
Warren, Leonard -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Warren, Lorenzo D. -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Weaver, Devalson G. -- Jeweler
Whiting, Gamaliel Bradford -- Clockmaker
Whitney, George Carpenter -- Silversmith
Winslow, Almerin Henry -- Merchant
Woodward, Joseph -- Silversmith

Research update

Some additional names; time for a new build
Amidon, Luther -- Merchant
Amidon, Luther Shumway -- Merchant
Brabrook, Alfred -- Manufacturer
Brabrook, George -- Manufacturer
Brabrook, George Hale -- Manufacturer
Dorrance, Edwin Frink -- Jeweler
Dorrance, George E. -- Jeweler
Forman, Benoni Bradner -- Silversmith
Kidder, Albion O. -- Jeweler
Munson, John -- Pewtersmith
Robinson, John West -- Jeweler
Smith, Samuel L. -- Silversmith
Whitney, George Carpenter -- Silversmith

Research update

Craftsmen added since the last site build of 25 December:
Bailey, Joseph -- Clockmaker
Ball, George -- Silversmith and jeweler
Claggett, Thomas -- Clockmaker
Cornell, Walter -- Clockmaker
Cunningham, Erastus Brainerd -- Silversmith
Cutter, Henry P. -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Durkee, Franklin Denison -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Durkee, Lewis Purse -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Emmons, Martin W. -- Silver refiner
Field, Ambrose Spencer -- Watchmaker
Gilchrist, Charles A. -- Jeweler
Mershon, Ralph Smith -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Noyes, Leonard W. -- Clockmaker
Quinby, Henry Clay -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Rawson, Erskine Ebenezer -- Jeweler
Sargent, Frederick Herbert -- Silverplater
Sherman, Martial -- Clockmaker
Smith, Martin Snyder -- Jeweler
Sylvester, Joseph Burnall -- Clockmaker
Tyler, Charles Russell -- Silversmith
Uffington, Thomas Spoone -- Gold beater
Warren, Leonard -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Warren, Lorenzo D. -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Weaver, Devalson G -- Jeweler
Whiting, Gamaliel Bradford -- Clockmaker
Woodward, Joseph -- Silversmith

A few more directories added

New York City 1808
New York City 1827
New York City 1843
Buffalo 1849

Main directory index

And quickly, as the clock ticks down. . .

Two more directories:
Boston 1823
Philadelphia 1843 
Now, where's that champagne. . ?

As the year wanes

I have now added a silversmith-related transcription of McElroy's 1839 Philadelphia City Directory, to the thirty others on the site. There are quite a few familiar names here, but a good number of new ones, too.

5,490 for the Solstice

Another new build and another 50 craftsmen, including

Babcock, Courtland -- Jeweler
Balch, William Duncan -- Watchmaker
Bard, Edmund Howe -- Manufacturer
Bard, George J. -- Manufacturer
Bard, James D. -- Manufacturer
Bard, John -- Manufacturer
Bard, Jonathan Sprague -- Silversmith
Bentley, Burr S. -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Bond, Charles -- Watchmaker
Bowden, Joseph B. -- Jeweler
Brown, Joseph Newman -- Silversmith
Carpenter, George Forest -- Silver burnisher
Carpenter, Thomas Saunders -- Jeweler
Carpenter, William Harvey -- Silversmith and silverplater
Child, True Woodman -- Clock and watchmaker
Cox, Joseph -- Watchmaker
Cranston, George King -- Jeweler
Dodd, Stephen Baldwin -- Silversmith and watchmaker
Dumesnil, Antoine -- Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker
Fairbanks, Sewell Whitcomb -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Harris, Samuel -- Silversmith
Hodges, George Frank -- Jeweler
Hodges, Leonard -- Jeweler
Hodges, Lewis Tiffany -- Jeweler
Hodges, Milton -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Jerome, Oscar Lyman -- Clockmaker
Jones, George Amasa -- Silversmith
Marcy, Frederick Ithamar -- Jeweler and manufacturer
Moore, Edward Chandler -- Silversmith
Moore, Edward D. -- Jeweler
Moore, John Chandler -- Silversmith
Moore, John Washington -- Silversmith
Morse, Nathan Tingley -- Jeweler
Payne, Thomas -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Rogers, Charles Milton -- Jeweler
Smith, Charles H. -- Jeweler and manufacturer
Stearns, Elijah Cady -- Jeweler and watchmaker
Stearns, John R. -- Silversmith
Stearns, William Ripley -- Jeweler
Stevens, Evelyn E. -- Clockmaker
Stevens, Zachariah -- Pewtersmith
Todd, Edward -- Manufacturer
Todd, Henry Hobart -- Manufacturer
Young, Almyron -- Jeweler and clockmaker