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surname .
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His brother-inlaw Van Wart called a meeting of his creditors, the Irving brothers floundered on into greater depths of embarrassment, and Washington, who could not think of returning home to face poverty in New York, began to revolve a plan that would give him a scanty but sufficient support.
Washington Irving 2004
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She watched as Captain Van Schiack ordered his pilot, Van Wart, to beach the wooden steamboat on North Brother Island -- a full mile away, nowhere near as close as the Bronx docks or the Queens shore.
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Finally one well-meaning but rather obtuse gentleman arose and said that he knew both of these men; that he did not approve of Paulding; that Van Wart was just as prominent in the André capture, and besides was a Christian gentleman, and he proposed that the Van be dropped, and the town christened Wart-on-the-Hudson.
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We all know how the Skinners, Paulding, Van Wart and Williams made this capture which disclosed the treachery of
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His brother-in-law Van Wart called a meeting of his creditors, the Irving brothers floundered on into greater depths of embarrassment, and Washington, who could not think of returning home to face poverty in New York, began to revolve a plan that would give him a scanty but sufficient support.
Washington Irving Warner, Charles D 1881
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His brother-in-law Van Wart called a meeting of his creditors, the Irving brothers floundered on into greater depths of embarrassment, and
Washington Irving Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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His brother-in-law Van Wart called a meeting of his creditors, the Irving brothers floundered on into greater depths of embarrassment, and
Washington Irving Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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His brother-in-law Van Wart called a meeting of his creditors, the Irving brothers floundered on into greater depths of embarrassment, and
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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The histories of the revolution tell us that Benedict Arnold was "bought" by British gold, and that Williams, Paulding and Van Wart could not be bought by
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"I think that a fair reading shows there is at least some concern that plaintiffs 'case is based on exaggerated exposures, and that they are trying to prove exposure where there is no credible evidence of exposure," Van Wart said.
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