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New York harbor is frozen over: people are walking to Long Island...
New York harbor is frozen over: people are walking to Long Island...
Item # 683557
April 30, 1728
THE POST BOY, London, April 30, 1728 Among the front page reports is one datelines at "New York, Jan. 29" noting that: "There has not been one vessel enter'd here for two weeks past...the river being frozen up for that great numbers of people have gone over upon the ice to Long Island."
It is uncommon to find such early mention of America in period newspapers.
A single sheet issue, 8 1/2 by 14 inches, two decorative engravings in the masthead, very nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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