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Re: "Old Hospitall"
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Edward Knoblauch <[log in to unmask]>
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Edward Knoblauch <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 4 Mar 2003 11:55:56 -0500
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I imagine the "old hospital" that Andros had torn down was the one
Stuyvesant had erected in 1658/9 under the direction of Hilletje Wilbruch.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Hyden Woodward" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 5:14 PM
Subject: "Old Hospitall"


> Do you know to what Gov. Andros was referring at his trial or deposition
in
> London in 1681, when he mentioned "ffive(sic) houses or Old Hospitall in
the
> towne"?
>
> A footnote states that they were between Stoney and Bridge Streets in NYC.
> Old Hospitall wasn't really a hospital, was it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Nancy Hyden Woodward
>

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