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Re: 1860 Federal Census of New York - help reading the scrawl, please
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 07 September 16 14:16 BST (UK) »
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It's a bit hard to read, but it looks like he was a licensed dealer of second hand goods per this - https://archive.org/stream/manualofcorpora1860newy/manualofcorpora1860newy_djvu.txt

This format is easier to read. He was licensed from 21 May 1859 - see page 394:  https://archive.org/details/manualofcorpora1860newy



UK Census info. Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk