This directory contains advertisements for local businesses and services, historical sketch of the city, business listing, the names, occupations, and addresses of residents, which in some cases are identified as African-American with the abbreviation col'd (colored). Following the listing, this directory provides information related to tariff charges for a number of common goods, city and county officers, postage rates, mail arrival and departure times, exchange rates, insurance prices, and other information related to public institutions and social organizations. It ends with a calendar for 1837.