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Map of Valuable Property at Versailles, 1848
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The southern portion of Washington Heights, in northern Manhattan, is sometimes known as Hamilton Heights, centering on about 143rd Street and Convent Avenue, and is named after Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and founder of the Bank of New York.

 


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