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Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading history of new york. He is best known for his short stories rip van winkle 1819 and the legend of sleepy hollow 1820, both of which appear in his collection the sketch book of geoffrey crayon, gent. His father william was a scottishamerican merchant, and his mother sarah sanders was the daughter of an english clergyman. A history of new york by washington irving overdrive. A history of new york from the beginning of the world to the end of the dutch dynasty, by diedrich knickerbocker is an 1809 book on the history of new york city by washington irving.
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