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(1816 To 1860) By Chas. H. Haswell Originally published 1896 |
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in Gold Street, corner of Fulton, at about 6 P. M., fell out, and eight persons, including the bookkeeper, were killed and five injured.
May 21 Washington Irving arrived in New York, after an absence of seventeen years in foreign parts, and on May 30 a public dinner was given to him at the City Hotel, which was attended by a very large and distinguished company.
June 8 a public meeting of merchants was held to endorse an appeal to Congress to modify the tariff laws; but, in consequence of the presence and violent action of the manufacturers and others opposed to any modification, the assemblage was dispersed.
This was "cholera year." During the spring the
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