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Life in Pre-Revolutionary New York For the Poor and the Yankee Doodle Dandies

By Daniel Walkowitz - NYU

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Life in pre-Revolutionary New York for the poor and the Yankee Doodle Dandies. Hints of change coincide with persisting ideas of social order in early benevolence and relief. Who is to pay for the costs?

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