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When old New York was young (1902)

Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 140

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to whomfreedom had been given because they weretoo old to work. The settlement was headedby Emanuel de Groot, who was so tall, andin his younger years had been so strong,that he was still called * the giant. Thesesettlers were given the land, but in returnthey were each compelled to pay the townone… … u THE STORY OF CHATHAM SQUARE kept to prevent their wandering and beinglost in the forest, which stretched away onevery side. It was this corral which, inafter-years, became Chatham Square. The street which stretches south fromChatham Square, and which is now calledPark Row, has only borne that…

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