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T he 'd to take notice that the Towns of new-york, are known to the French hy their old Names on and j'or'thatireafon I was ohlig'd to make eye. The [lime in my Letters, as well as my Maps. Give the Name of new-york to all that Coantry, that reaches from the Soarce of its River to the Month, that is, to the I/land, upon which there flands a City call'd in the time of the Dutch, Manathe, and now. By the Englilh, new-york. In like man ner the Plantation of Albany, that lies towards the Ifead of the River, is call'd by the French, Orange.
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1333685815
- ISBN 13 9781333685812
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages327
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