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vinivorsal soal1q, a elm oU fiat fom4 the world over.
The vbole Isidnd was a vast tram of timber .rrith a tow clearing
Stade b-r the fast disappearing ladlas*q '!hese abo riginos according
to the survey Vw* dri" in d1 g fro& sit at dais distanas of t
time sown like, jenow ftpr• a
farad-4 diol*wsit Loa 9r.. t ., Dutch
LiUlaber.
Y A ��' lkred easy
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a no*t diete
oy*rlovktd bore w. tti border of
-its Surpont.ine b�eartn-� t»ss.
►e "at °essantiaX +gad men eagerly sought
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"= 't tr 'Mpwa awmtry of North Oerolize
cam s group of non to the shgres of the flanhansuak River as Peconie
Bey was xnovu in the mmly d6yu Uft in prssont day Dreenport
Riohtrd lackson erected the fiAt M91101h bMse in the state or
cobony of Now ?ark. This house west -io in the year Id:M and he
sold it in October of the yogi 1"0 to another merchant Bron flee
] agland. Jecksm dealt iv spirllp and oa the woods of Hashemomaet
Vegan to thin oat he departod ?or the west end of *tie Iolamd.
The house remained and unch of it is still extent Ot7t on varying
sites and with history iaterwovez with all the ahrcntrle of jter-
ling and latter day Greonport.
rt was not until the colony that settled at -jout,hold
In 1640 and had taken over the Old held and the sept K lenent had
abosn aipo at having ecosonia possibilities did the advAat:agas of
tbA "Tinter RArbor present itself. to t%e "tt;Ors, For yaars we have
bad dinned into our ears' the won.depa lt prat t l=-0 by
tom` i ah. 2t may #save be"• t
but one
one of
,. till+ thb sett a North Fork,
ead the reports nad,6 to the Lord* o. ''Made
of woods and their determi ds*ton to
r loos esying as they did that they sere
-*Pw Ugland condounation beyond that way not
ire first crop tt,at mam toned *pr tbasq colonists after
tum tLrptint 'i-.: bah been drained oft' was the fur bftarine animal+a
tv,- ;.., p. , :etcho.,� A good ~rice in t,ha Ian,!au market but the d1ff"ioul -
t 4 * of 5,h i T ping Acon closed tl:i s avenue. Cne had to wy an export tax
and an it port S evy ani of covrse the fright had to t.,4 rack;nod into
the senc-i.nt 4fter !,tat t*.er+. was t i; t 1s* ]eft for the r.r.t+tlor. As the
n1i61pnnd n 1ondon had his ooamaission ari like the Fisnerre of Virginie
tT: &as always in debt no matter ,,av much hq :s+tnt ov"T#
r"i�r ter' t?x�•'�r a in his life of lashington hes shrnmt t. at, alt. iougb
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rhe W* is�xtc+n shipped ever v million pounds w' c-ottim end
toboo*^ frnm hie Mount Vernon plantation he Was always iu the red
thaw to the wanipu lat I our of his agents in loadan. A brink
=; trtds had &risen with the eat W1,02. A oottntry most of the
. x. . solllar with. lb,feac+- $
they we
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wBP.iies. Joan C401131 , who
aquae ti "aaaalm of xashasomavi by tbo marriage route $out a
!ask of rt10e 1 tg� Amigos and Acm-ol va,& in "turn PCC poll tdO or
sjj�-e r. '"hers was no rofit in SU6h a traanssctinn if it w0ut .
th- a ler %ut usiag the Winter Harbor as a ban* it r&s
;aaeibl., to eresure oneself of b fair return on any ishture, fte nature
:,f the plrice �,'ten been described. Con;)' r�*•ely aArq—locked and Ice
free In •int-.:. entrance could not be e:actsd frow they segs
rn'; „,Mn , lna±,,a :.;:v c way yepvred. T;,e roat, to o rivorpords lay to
tre ^ *r. +asleesr 's e�.. . .� in,ievex,;'rn;. cl�.���^.y r.i' 11634;ar-:^reack and
� etsgr! lag of 50uthold. `"hreo
ri �r., r€• . Y�rr` es;; tr,erp vert ae mmnY 0 t;Aint in Iege as
r., ecru► i n ' Creerr -, ' o 'e y. To make use of oal s liar. car usr their
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economic aim in 111ite sand a %as same time keel. their enterprises
fres troy tree iryinr eyes of Colonel Issao Arnold and his Custost
�:c.ass at 30j:tboiV1. in vo:tern phrasing it :yak a 100 Of f;naKling
tc acacs.;�ti+sh the matter. la fact as pear passed the seen Of 3oathold
U#caxe adept in side steppic' the 3aX4 to . o, sd�t �'. rssm►ix�
as their masterpiece iu the gam sp umber
was tine ereotiou of a f
h' � s was
ell sterrao"
Ogttje mer � Ably they aunbled
*W" as ,up ing eit is€en wii
fto had
possession of the daskeen Bawae +Clo,l. 1015A
riotic moment Seduced the laced next to to re and
ttit: the Town ?nt np a fence to keep out the cattle fram Oyster-
f, 1, bt I�Aue miles arts'. This left bore and To-jz3 1A �R
w::rrp %."jay r.L.sh in oi. the uaturel advantages of
of winter Uarbar. Ola t�ng2.iah cuatma and laws worked to their
advente4e. TresTasslug was Act a mhtor affenae an� the land betat+elya
the:so fences was not to be ligjLtl ::trod upoa. That business aovld
'ohn 4 Publigva have strolling over the fields of the Tovtngs fAMT
bone of �3urse and this left the haryor safe: from intrusion. . ftt
It t liken more titian just en Jae fie road stead to M&ke oQMeroe and
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so* oAd the ameaer part TwfoWAy 4osaribot as
an thgoWok HOu"*,,-rcuud i'!
the seat bank of the Harbor found as
y,S. 00710, t a Preaeal avuer has
tv r 3 r:, house to its early oondi tione The Desats
are z,!' :- aft, vh1cz narks ita early aoustrac%ia►a. White
LioF.Y A WATT and not I.n cow on use af%# .r the
coat at Southold.
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tragi �•�r�r, �rssantial a .�,a8ally
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dart isr � arcs-i `F "a.a. one
was `anu
flaal for Loup, i!{lal"itl , 'w".::
briCk tilling