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The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 27, July 1, 2001, Article 8 BRET HARTE AND LAFAYETTE SITES IN NEW YORK Regarding Bret Harte, Jim Neiswinter writes: "I work in New York City. Sometimes I walk from Penn Station to my office downtown. It's about 2.5 miles. There is a 19th century brownstone at 487 Hudson St. that has a plaque on the front that says it was "A Boyhood Home of Bret Harte" It also gives the title to one of his books, which I can't remember. There are no dates on the plaque as to the time he lived there - but it had to be before 1854. Directly across the street from the brownstone is P.S. (Public School) 3. There is a plaque on the front of that building that was placed there in 1911. This plaque commemorates the visit to NYC of the Marquis de Lafayette on Sept. 10, 1824. He was shown P.S. 3 as an example of the finest education that NYC could provide. (The site is the same, but the building is not that old). One of the favorite coins in my collection is an 1818 cent with the Washington/Lafayette counterstamp. Maybe this is the place where it was handed out."

Wayne Homren, Editor

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