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Show ni.lrT of rm Tor. , New York wa.i narued In honor of Jamea. Duka of York. In H64, at vrhb-ri lime It wm ruptured from th Iititrh liy the Knallsh. It then eon-talneil eon-talneil a population of about S.000. Tht first settlenn-.it on Manhattan Island .as mmle by the Ihitrh In H15. and the fltal public wharf wh built aa late an lnr.s. 1-esa than 300 years have paaaed alm-a tlie fl-r.t orrupanry of the apot on itlrh now standi New York, and In lea-a tlmn two and a half can tiirlea her population baa Increased from I.OvO to j.ROO.fKio. |