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Excerpt from Early New York Houses: With Historical and Genealogical Notes We do not feel called upon to make any apology for minuteness in some of the descriptions. One of the failures of most our local histories is to designate exactly Where an ancient building stood. If any one feels inclined to doubt this, let him endeavor to locate the site of almost any important building of the past from What he can find in printed books. In giving values and prices of houses and lands in the last century, the reader will remember that the pound was New York currency and equalled the Spanish dollar, of which our own is the successor, being valued at eight shillings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.