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The Boston Directory of Boston, Massachusetts, was first published in 1789. It contained "a list of the merchants, mechanics, traders, and others, of the town of Boston; in order to enable strangers to find the residence of any person." Also included were listings for public officials, doctors, bank directors, and firemen.^[1] The directory was issued annually after 1825; previously it had appeared irregularly.

1807 Boston Directory title page

The number of listings in each directory reflected fluctuations in the population size of Boston. In 1789, the directory included some 1,474 listings; by 1875, there were 126,769.^[2]

Publishers included John Norman (1789); John West (1796-1803); Edward Cotton (1805-1818); Charles Stimpson (1820-1846); George Adams (1846-1857);^[3] Adams, Sampson & Co. (1858-1865); Sampson, Davenport & Co. (1865-1884); Sampson, Murdock & Co. (1885-1903); Sampson & Murdock Co. (1904-ca.1930); R.L. Polk & Co. (1944-ca.1980).^[2]^[4]

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Boston Directory. 1789.

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Advertisement for Boston Directory. Boston Almanac, 1875.

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New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1866

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The Boston directory ... including all localities within the city limits, as Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, Hyde Park, Roslindale, Roxbury, West Roxbury ... OCLC 228685309 – via worldcat.org.

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Title	Year	Google Books	Internet Archive	Other
Boston Directory	1789		via Internet Archive
Boston Directory	1796	reprint via Google Books, p. 215-302		via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	1798			via Boston Athenæum

Title	Publisher	Year	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
Boston Directory		1800				via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	John West	1803				via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Edward Cotton	1805		via HathiTrust	via Internet Archive
Boston Directory	Edward Cotton	1806				via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Edward Cotton	1807		via HathiTrust
Boston Directory	Edward Cotton	1809				via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Edward Cotton	1810				via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Edward Cotton	1813				via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Edward Cotton	1816				via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Edward Cotton	1818				via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Frost and Stimpson	1820		via HathiTrust
Boston Directory	Frost and Stimpson	1821				via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Frost and Stimpson	1822				via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Frost and Stimpson	1823	via Google Books	via HathiTrust
Boston Directory	Frost and Stimpson	1825		via HathiTrust	via Internet Archive
Boston Directory	Frost and Stimpson	1826				via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Hunt, Stimpson, and Frost	1827				via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Hunt and Stimpson	1828				via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Charles Stimpson, Jr.	1829				via Boston Athenæum

Title	Publisher	Year	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
Boston Directory		1830				via Boston Athenæum
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1831			via Internet Archive
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1832	via Google Books	via HathiTrust
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1833				via Boston Athenæum
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1834		via HathiTrust	via Internet Archive
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1835			via Internet Archive
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1836		via HathiTrust	via Internet Archive
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1837				via Boston Athenæum
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1838				via Boston Athenæum
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1839				via Boston Athenæum
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1840				via Boston Athenæum
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1841				via Boston Athenæum
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1842				via Boston Athenæum
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1843				via Boston Athenæum
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1844				via Boston Athenæum
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1845				via Boston Athenæum via Tufts University
Stimpson's Boston Directory	Stimpson & Clapp	1846				via Boston Athenæum
Adams's New Directory of the City of Boston	George Adams	1846-47				via Boston Athenæum
Adams's Boston Directory	French and Stimpson	1847-48				via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	French and Stimpson	1848-49		via HathiTrust	via Internet Archive
Boston Directory	George Adams	1849-50		via HathiTrust	via Internet Archive

Title	Publisher	Year	Google Books	HathiTrust	Other
Directory of the City of Boston	George Adams	1850	via Google Books	via HathiTrust
Boston Directory	George Adams	1851	via Google Books via Google Books via Google Books	via HathiTrust
Boston Directory	George Adams	1852	via Google Books
Boston Directory	George Adams	1853		via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	George Adams	1854		via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	George Adams	1855	via Google Books	via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum via Tufts University
Boston Directory	George Adams	1856	via Google Books	via HathiTrust
Boston Directory	George Adams	1857	via Google Books	via HathiTrust
Boston Directory	Adams, Sampson, & Co.	1858	via Google Books	via HathiTrust
Boston Directory	Adams, Sampson, & Co.	1859		via HathiTrust
Boston Directory	Adams, Sampson, & Co.	1860		via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Adams, Sampson, & Co.	1861	via Google Books	via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenaeum
Boston Directory	Adams, Sampson, & Co.	1862	via Google Books	via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Adams, Sampson, & Co.	1863		via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Adams, Sampson, & Co.	1864	via Google Books	via HathiTrust
Boston Directory	Adams, Sampson, & Co.	1865		via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum via Tufts University
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1866	via Google Books	via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1867		via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1868	via Google Books	via HathiTrust
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1869	via Google Books	via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum

Title	Publisher	Year	Google Books	HathiTrust	Other
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1870	via Google Books	via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum via Tufts University
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1871		via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum
Boston Commercial Directory	Wentworth & Co.	1871	via Google Books
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1872		via HathiTrust	December supplement via Boston Athenæum via Tufts University
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1873	via Google Books via Google Books via Google Books	via HathiTrust	November, December supplements via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1874		via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1875	via Google Books	via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum via Tufts University
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1876		via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1877	via Google Books	via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1878		via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1879		via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1880			via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1881			via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1882	via Google Books	via HathiTrust	via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1883			via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Davenport, & Co.	1884			via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1885			via Boston Athenæum via Tufts University
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1886	via Google Books		via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1887	via Google Books		via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1888			via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1889			via Boston Athenæum

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Title	Publisher	Year	Google Books	Other
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1890		via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1891		via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1892		via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1893		via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1894		via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1895		via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1896	via Google Books	via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1897		via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1898		via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1899		via Boston Athenæum

Title	Publisher	Year	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1900			via Boston Athenæum
Boston Directory	Sampson, Murdock, & Co.	1905	via HathiTrust		via Tufts University
Boston Directory	Sampson & Murdock Co.	1916		via Internet Archive
Boston Register and Business Directory	Sampson & Murdock Co.	1922		via Internet Archive
Boston Directory	Sampson & Murdock Co.	1925			via Tufts University

Title	Publisher	Year	Internet Archive
Boston City Directory	R.L. Polk & Co.	1955	via Internet Archive
Boston City Directory	R.L. Polk & Co.	1956	via Internet Archive
Boston City Directory	R.L. Polk & Co.	1959	via Internet Archive
Boston City Directory	R.L. Polk & Co.	1961	v.1, v.2 via Internet Archive
Boston City Directory	R.L. Polk & Co.	1962	via Internet Archive
Boston City Directory	R.L. Polk & Co.	1965	via Internet Archive
Boston City Directory	R.L. Polk & Co.	1966	via Internet Archive
Boston City Directory	R.L. Polk & Co.	1969	via Internet Archive
Boston City Directory	R.L. Polk & Co.	1970	via Internet Archive