Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : Charles Scribner's sons · leaf 92
OLD NEW YORK Jacob Astor, John G. Coster and DavidLydig. On a part of the site, at 221Broadway, in 1817, M. Paff, popu-larly known as Old Paff, kept a bric-a-brac store. He dealt especially inpaintings, having the reputation of buy-ing worthless and old ones and restor-ing them into masterpieces.… … T MS -Jm NOOKS AND CORNERS part of the century. On its roof is amonster boot bearing the date of 1832,which took part in the Croton waterparade and a dozen other celebrations.In pre-revolutionary days, when theground where the building stands wasall Hudson River, and the water ex-tended as far as…
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