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Re: "Old Hospitall"
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Tue, 4 Mar 2003 09:38:11 -0500
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Yes, it was. Look for its history under "Hospital ('The Gast huys')" in
"West India Co's Buildings" heading in Stokes' Iconography index.
Gerard Koeppel

www.gerardkoeppel.com

Nancy Hyden Woodward wrote:
> 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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