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Harlem Interiors At The Morris Jumel Mansion (photos)

Posted on April 8, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Harlem’s Revolution

General Washington spent two months in the fall of 1776 at the Morris-Jumel Mansion in northern Manhattan where he and his troops were headquartered during the British retreat Morris-jumelat the Battle of Harlem Heights. Continue reading →

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A Short History of Tea In Harlem

Posted on June 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Tea in Harlem has been a constant since its early years with the Muscoota Indians in East Harlem to the Harlem Renaissance with Lelia Walker’s Dark Tower on 136th Street in Central Harlem. Continue reading →

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