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Trade Card: D. Herzog & Co.'s New Dime Museum, Baltimore Street near Gay Street, Baltimore Trade Card: D. Herzog & Co.'s New Dime Museum, Baltimore Street near Gay Street, Baltimore

This trade card advertises D. Herzog & Co.'s New Dime Museum, located on Baltimore Street near Gay Street. The front of the card depicts a comical scene of a policeman using a billy club to knock a man's hat off. The illustration is likely intended to be humorous and eye-catching. The style suggests it is from the late 19th century. Handwritten information, likely added later, indicates a person's weight and the date. The back of the card is blank. There are two images associated with this record; this description is based on the image with the comical policeman.

Treatise on the Police of London: First American Edition (1798) Treatise on the Police of London: First American Edition (1798)

First American edition of Patrick Colquhoun's *Treatise on the Police of London*, printed in Philadelphia in 1798 by Henry Sweitzer for Benjamin Davies. This edition includes virulently anti-Semitic passages alongside a detailed examination of London's late-Georgian underworld, covering various crimes, criminals, and social issues. Originally published in London in 1796, this work offers a valuable, albeit biased, sociological perspective on 18th-century London.