It's outrageous to me that Wikipedia's references don't include Blackmar's Manhattan For Rent! cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801...
Manhattan for Rent, 1785–1850 by Elizabeth Blackmar | Paperback | Cornell University PressIn this interesting and wide-ranging book, Elizabeth Blackmar investigates the development of New York City's housing market from colonial times to 1850. She discusses public officials, landowners, bu...cornellpress.cornell.edu