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Today, our regular contributor, Bill Breike, brings us a fascinating story about the day British troops

finally left American soil after the end of the Revolutionary War.

Here's Bill.

Music after the end of the Revolutionary War. Here's Bill.

The British Army held New York City for two years after Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown on October 19, 1781. The city's population had fallen below 10,000. Most of the residents were loyalist

refugees from revolutionary terrorism. Accident, disaster, and the war had disrupted civic life.

The great fire of September 21, 1776, had burned everything between Whitehall and Broad Street

as far up Broadway as Rector Street and as far up Broadway as Beaver Street. Rents had risen

400% within the first year of occupation. The price of food and other goods and services, 800%.

The provincial assembly, city council, and courts were dormant,

although nothing indicates the politicians had stopped drawing their salaries.

The city was governed by the British Army,

and its government, in the absence of a free press, had become corrupt.

Some New Yorkers made fortunes. Mr. Joshua Loring, who had pimped his

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