MANHATTAN NEW YORK CITY 3RD WARD 1847 HORSE MANURE SWEEPERS PAY For Sale

The Third Ward of New York City comprised the area of Manhattan from the Financial District to the Bowery and in 1847 was populated by immigrants, mainly Irish and Germans who were willing to take jobs that established residents shunned. One of the most important jobs in the age of horse drawn buggies and trams in NY City was street cleaning, specifically sweeping and carting off of the horse manure.An original City of New York 'Pay Roll of Cartmen and Sweepers employed in the Third Ward District for the week ending April 24, 1847 naming the Cartmen on one side and the Sweepers on the other with the number of manure carts and dirt carts loaded by each crew, and signed by each man,- as all were illiterate, they were signed by name with supervisor adding an "X his mark" for each.The 16 x 12" Pay roll on pale blue paper has minor edge wear, age stains, and a few small acid free archival repairs on folds, Overall VG.

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