Image: NYC fire 1776

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Description: Artist's depiction of the Great Fire of New York on September 19, 1776. Text in French and German describing the event. French caption reads: Français : Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck (Representation of the great fire at New York). German caption (with similar translation) reads: Deutsch: Schreckenvolle Feuersbrunst welche zu Neu Yorck von denen Americanern in der Nacht vom 19. Herbst Monath 1776 angelegt worden, wodurch alle Gebäude auf der West Seite der neuen Börse längst der Brook Strant biss an das Königl[iche] Kollegii mehr als 1600 Häuser, die Dreifaltigkeits Kirche, die Lutherische Kappelle u[nd] die Armen Schule in Asche verwandelt worden.
Title: Representation of the great fire at New York
Credit: New York Public Library Digital Collection: Image ID=psnypl_prn_972 URL: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?psnypl_prn_972
Author: Franz Xaver Habermann
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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