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When old New York was young (1902)

Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 347

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ng roofs and round windows show thearchitecture of another decade. The fadedbuildings have grown up since the wall wasbuilt; for when the church was set up, in181 5, there were but few frame farm-housesnear it. The country about was a wild bit,and the historians of the city delight to tellhow foxes… … J 4 JJ U «> J 1^1 r ^ Csi - CHELSEA VILLAGE LIKE the scientist who unearths thecrumbling bones of some animal ofa prehistoric age, and from them re-constructs the whole framework, the dreamerof a by-gone day can evolve the Village ofChelsea from the survivals that may yet beseen. These survivals…

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