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To: Dr. Scarpetta; All
Not a chance...as far as I know, there are only three colonial era buildings still standing on Manhattan Island: 1) Fraunces Tavern; 2) St Paul's Chapel (Episcopal) and 3) The Morris Jumel Mansion.

The General spent significant time in all three.

And doc, allow me to take this opportunity to thank you for your most excellent interaction on these threads over the years. Appreciated and noted, kind sir.

Your Obdt. Svt.

P_____y

7 posted on 03/12/2009 3:48:46 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must...)
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To: Pharmboy; SunkenCiv
You forgot the Dyckman Farmstead in upper Manhattan.

You still have several old Dutch churches in Brooklyn (the most famous one in Flatbush). St. Marks in the Bouwerie (oldest Church in NYC) is largely (though not entirely) a reconstruction, but so is Fraunces Tavern, if you know the history.

Lower Manhattan, largely built of wood in colonial times, was largely burned to the ground in the 1830s, which is why Manhattan lacks the "Olde City" charm of Society Hill, Philadelphia.

12 posted on 03/13/2009 5:02:04 PM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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