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A Croton River Disaster 197 Years Ago Today

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thousand bushels of feed destroyed—and the estimated cost, roughly $55,000 in today’s dollars. Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831) by John Ramage. Watercolor on ivory, circa 1783. Courtesy of the New-York Historical Society Museum and Library. The mills

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