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New York, NY

Place: New York, NY
Latitude: 40.70706
Longitude: -74.01049
City: New York
County or Parish: New York County
State or Province: New York
Country: United States of America
Description: Largest city in the United States. Established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624 as New Amsterdam on an island known to the indigenous Lenape inhabitants as Mannahatta. Renamed New York under British rule in 1664. Capital of the United States from 1785 to 1790. Historically, New York City encompassed only Manhattan Island (New York County), and records referring to New York City in the 18th and 19th centuries refer only to Manhattan locations. The city was consolidated with Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island in 1898.
Identifier: NJS-PLC-00041
Place Type: City, Town, or Village ‎
Same As: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60; http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007567
Located In: New York State

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Items with "Location Created: New York, NY"
Title	Class
Bill of sale for Flora, Phillis, and Ann, sold by Anthony L. Bleecker to John Neilson	Document

Items with "Place of Publication: New York, NY"
Title	Class
Kidnapping (opinion piece from Philadelphia)	Article
Runaway ad for an unnamed African man, by Philip Livingston	Article

Items with "Location: New York, NY"
Title	Class
1730, Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, Sale	Event
1752, Unnamed African man [Livingston], Freedom seeking (Resistance)	Event
1787, Ann, Sale	Event
1787, Flora, Sale	Event
1787, Phillis Neilson, Sale	Event
1799, John, Freedom seeking (Resistance)	Event
1817, Thomas Boston, Manumission	Event

Items with "Destination: New York, NY"
Title	Class
1813, Jude, Removal	Event
1817, Maria, Removal	Event

Items with "Place of Origin: New York, NY"
Title	Class
Henry Rutgers (1745-1830)	Agent