DeWitt Clinton


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Noun1.DeWitt Clinton - United States politician who as governor of New York supported the project to build the Erie Canal (1769-1828)DeWitt Clinton - United States politician who as governor of New York supported the project to build the Erie Canal (1769-1828)
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Located across from DeWitt Clinton Park, the building's amenities include onsite gated parking, and a new bike storage and shower facility.
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DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton: Geology and Power in Early New York (reprint, 2014)
DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton: Geology and Power in Early New York (reprint, 2014)
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Elsewhere in 1817, DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York state, broke ground for the building of the Erie Canal.
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Spanagel's DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton: Geology and Power in Early New York.
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At his parent's insistence, he graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School and entered Columbia University with plans to study medicine.
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However, DeWitt Clinton, mayor of New York City (and later governor of New York) got behind the idea, and in 1817 the people of New York voted to go ahead with the 363-mile canal.
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He demonstrates that "reformscape restructuring" projects, such as DeWitt Clinton Park and model tenements, were shaped by private economic considerations and interpreted by middle West Side residents (152).
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The Dewitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, Eric Foner is a leading authority on the American Civil War and the subsequent Reconstruction.
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Jack was raised in the Bronx and attended DeWitt Clinton High School, where he became New York City champion (in one-wall) at age 17.
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Harding's activities culminated in New York City where he participated in a seminar on the history of Reconstruction at Columbia University with Foner, who is the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at the university.
Michigan's Mort Community College History Instructor Brian Harding is anxious to share more of what he has learned about some pivotal moments in U.S. history with his students

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