Irving, Washington,  1783-1859 <br/><br/>
Knickerbocker's history of New York, vol. 2 (of 2) 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_New_York  Release date is 2026-05-22 
<br/><br/>Richard Tonsing, Charlene Taylor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)  Richard Tonsing, Charlene Taylor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) 
<br/><br/> A History of New York, subtitled From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, is an 1809 literary parody on the early history of New York City by Washington Irving. Originally published under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker, later editions that acknowledged Irving's authorship were printed as Knickerbocker's History of New York.<br/>The book is significant as early media describing what became modern Christmas traditions in the United States. (This summary is from Wikipedia.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F106