Posted By:
Hal LewisI think the answer is more simple than we thought.
I went to Yahoo Maps ... and discovered that 22 Ann Street and 126 Nassau Street are basically THE SAME PLACE!!
Apparently Peck & Snyder had a store right there at the INTERSECTION of Ann St. and Nassau St. ...
so the addresses are interchangable.
Then again ... since they apparently stuck with the "Nassau" address for decades later ... it would seem logical that the "Ann" address was the first one they tried and changed from it.
Maybe Nassau Street just became a better-known landmark to people in New York?? Or maybe the post office simply switched the official address??
It will be interesting to see if Peck & Snyder ever used the "Ann" address after 1869. I can't find it anywhere if they did.