Great Fire of New York (1776)

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First Great Fire of New York City

First Great Fire of New York City

First Great Fire of New York City

The Great Fire of New York was a devastating fire that burned through the night of September 21, 1776, on the west side of what then constituted New York City at the southern end of the island of Manhattan. It broke out in the early days of the military occupation of the city by British forces during the American Revolutionary War.

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