NEW YORK CITY WILL SURVIVE YET ANOTHER CRISIS: 7/8: The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution by Benjamin L. Carp (Author)
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 10 September 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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https://www.amazon.com/Great-New-York-Fire-1776/dp/0300246951
New York City, the strategic center of the Revolutionary War, was the most important place in North America in 1776. That summer, an unruly rebel army under George Washington repeatedly threatened to burn the city rather than let the British take it. Shortly after the Crown’s forces took New York City, much of it mysteriously burned to the ground.
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| 1:11.0 | Of the CUNY Graduate Center |
| 1:13.0 | His new book The Great New York Fire of 1776 |
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