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Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: November 4, 2009
Caption: Fort Amsterdam Marker in the Custom House
Additional Description: The Site of Fort Amsterdam,
built in 1626.
Within the fortifications
was erected the first
substantial church edifice
on the island of Manhattan.
In 1787 the fort
was demolished
and the Government House
built upon this site.
This tablet is placed here by
the Holland Society
of New York
September 1890.
Submitted: November 5, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p83930
File Size: 1.070 Megabytes

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