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White Plains

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White Plains
A city of southeast New York, a residential suburb of New York City. Population: 57,100.


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Wherever a battle was fought,--whether at Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, or Germantown,--some of her brave sons were found slain upon the field.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
And there was an old gentleman who shall be nameless, being too rich a mynheer to be lightly mentioned, who, in the battle of White Plains, being an excellent master of defence, parried a musket-ball with a small-sword, insomuch that he absolutely felt it whiz round the blade, and glance off at the hilt; in proof of which he was ready at any time to show the sword, with the hilt a little bent.
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Irving, Washington View in context
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