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When old New York was young (1902)

Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 124

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thestreet was still another, calling the attentionof each passer-bv to the fact that there was a great fire in 1833, when most of the busi-ness section of the town was wiped out. But, said the old man, pointing to thelast, there was another fire even greater [108J A READING OF HISTORIC TABLETS… … The Ruins of Trinitv Church after the Great Fire in 1776. Church and all the houses about it, scorchedSt. Pauls, and was only extinguished when itreached the grounds of Kings College, be-yond the Common. My companion talked of this fire in greatdetail as we walked along, only stopping [109] A…

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