Great Fire Memorial Plate
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Great Fire Memorial Plate |
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| The destruction of the Merchant's Exchange, one of the major financial institutions in the city and housed in a building that was supposed to be fire-proof, was one of the most astonishing events of the Great Fire of 1835. | |
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| Original Caption: | "Burning of the Merchant's Bank" |
| Publication: | Pictures of Early New York on Dark Blue Staffordshire Pottery. New York: Dodd, Mead. 1889. |
| Artist: | Halsey, Richard T. |
| Source: | book |
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