Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 20
by anything or anybody. I want to begin at that time when, afterlying neglected for centuries, downtroddenby Indians, who beat a narrow path acrossme, there was a stir about, and I saw whitepeople for the first time. I afterward learnedthat they were traders, who concerned them-selves with buying… … * Petticoat Lane led into Bowling Green. They put up a rough-looking enclosure andgave it the name of Fort Amsterdam. Andit was just about this time that I, too, wasgiven a name. They called me The Plaine, LsJ BOWLING GREEN and I now became a village green and a pa-rade-ground for the soldiers.…
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