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unusual facts about Colonial New York



Heights of Guan

The Heights of Guan, a variant of "Gowanus", was the New York colonial era name given to a series of hills which extend in a ridge along the western portion of Long Island.

Thomas Grassmann

Thomas Grassmann, OFM Conv, (December 18, 1890 - October 1, 1970) was a Conventual Franciscan friar and historian and archaeologist of Colonial New York, who discovered the site of the Mohawk American Village of Caughnawaga near Fonda, New York.

William Laken

Laken's progeny maintained their familial estate until the early 17th century when it was sold by family members who emigrated to colonial New York.


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George W. Schuyler

In 1885, he published Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family (Charles Scribner's Sons; 2 volumes).