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What is the reference to Jamaica?
The name of the old Queens County hamlet and the Caribbean island are about
as old as each other - about 1655/6 - but I strongly suspect that any
reference to Jamaica and colonial government is to the Caribbean island.
You are correct that the seat of colonial/provincial government under the
Dutch or English was the fort at the tip of Manhattan.
Edward Knoblauch
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From: "Nancy Hyden Woodward" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:18 PM
Subject: colonial Jamaica, New York
> Was Jamaica, across the East River from Manhattan, where the colonial
> government had its office in the 1600s? I was under the impression that it
> was on Manhattan island but once again, a reference to Jamaica has come
up.
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> Nancy Hyden Woodward
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