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Nooks & corners of old New York (1899)

Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : Charles Scribner's sons · leaf 19

An illustration from Nooks & corners of old New York, 1899, leaf 19
ery, dur- Stateing the latter part of the eighteenth andthe early part of the nineteenth century, NOOKS AND CORNERS was the fashionable quarter of the city,and on it were the homes of the wealthy.Several of the old houses still survive.No. 7, now a home for immigrant Irishgirls, was the most… … 7 Sfafe Street OF OLD NEW YORK Morton, occupied the mansion after hismarriage in 1791, and commanded themilitia. Long after he became too in-firm to actually command, from thebalcony of his home he reviewed on theBattery parade grounds the TompkinsBlues and the Light Guards. Theveterans of these…

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