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When old New York was young (1902)

Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 296

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carries my own thoughtsback a long time ; let me see, a hundred years?Yes, more than that, to the eve of the Revo-lution. I see a city filled with British soldierswhose presence are a menace to those whosympathize ever so little with the new-bornnation. And in that little city, torn withanxiety,… … Broadway at Murrav Street, 1820. soldiers of England. In the sweep ot time theRevolution passed, and left a free countrywhere once had been a British province;and a city slowly recovering from the effects [281] OLD-FASHIONED PLEASURE-GARDENS of the clash of arms. When quiet came withthe birth of a…

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