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When old New York was young (1902)

Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 338

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, however, and quite some wayfrom the city in the year 1691. The meadowbelonged to Mrs. Dominie Drisius, and formany a year there had been talk of buildinga Dutch church there. For the church inthe Fort, built by Governor Kieft in 1642,was old, and too small for the number ofworshippers, so fast… … Garden Street Church. OLD CHURCHES upon it was completed in 1693, and in honorof the church the lane, which up to that timehad been called Garden Alley, was renamedGarden Street. It was a quaint little square building, witha brick steeple in front that rested on a squarefoundation. The windows were…

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