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The Secret Subway
Little more is required!" Such was the proclamation made by Alfred Ely Beach in 1870 when considering how to efficiently transport New York City's burgeoning legion of commuters. Beach was ...
The New York Times14d
THE CITY CENSUS.; Official Returns by Wards and Districts--Enumeration of 927,439 Persons--A Letter from Marshal Sharpe. The City Population.
To the Editor of the New-York Times: The census of the City of New-York being completed, and the time having passed during which all persons were invited to make complaints and statements ...