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When old New York was young (1902)

Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 54

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, in theearly part of the year 1654, there was a stirin the little town of New Amsterdam, for onthat day young Jacob Kip was married toMarie La Montague, in the Dutch churchwhich stood within the walls of the fort.Well might there be a commotion, for JacobKip was secretary of New Netherland, andone… … i4 Q 3PQ 0 < KIPS BAY AND KIPS HOUSE the beauty of the colony. She was thedaughter of Dr. La Montague, who was thechief adviser of the good governor, PeterStuyvesant. It was in the year after thismarriage that young Jacob Kip built thehouse on his farm and went there to live withhis bride. Long,…

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