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Convent Avenue & 142nd Street, Manhattan

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Manhattan: Convent Avenue - 142nd Street

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Manhattan: Convent Avenue - 142nd Street

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Hamilton Grange, between 142nd and 143rd Streets, New York City. The picture shows the "13 Union Trees," planted by Alexander Hamilton, as symbolical of the 13 original states in 1802.

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