New York Occupation and Business Records

Two interesting references regarding the occupations of the residents of New York are:

O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. Calendar of New York Colonial Commissions, 1680–1770. New York, New York: New-York Historical Society, 1929. (FHL book 974.7 N2n.) Indexed. Lists office holders, their residences, and dates of commission.

Scott, Kenneth. Nineteenth Century Apprentices in New York City: Abstracted and with an Introduction by Kenneth Scott. Arlington, Virginia: National Genealogical Society, 1986. (FHL book 974.71 U2s.) Lists occupation, age, person to whom apprenticed, and sometimes parents.