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When old New York was young (1902)

Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 188

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in afavorite spot on the farm. This tree grewstrong and bore fruit for more than 200 years,and came to be a living landmark. When itwas knocked over by a careless truckman, inNovember, 1867, there were those who re-membered how it had been connected withthe citys history, and they set up a tablet… … The old Pear Tree planted by Governor Stuyvesant, corner ofThird Avenue and Thirteenth Street. [W3j BOUWERIE VILLAGE Bouwerie Village after he ceased to be gov-ernor, and when he died was buried in avault of the church he had built. And afterhim, many of his descendants were buried be-side that…

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