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  • The first colony of Irish people had lands granted them near Santee river, and formed the settlement called Williamsburgh township.

    An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2 Alexander Hewatt

  • The extremities of heat and cold therefore at Paris, are greater than at Williamsburgh, which is in the hottest part of Virginia.

    Notes on the State of Virginia. 1826

  • The extremities of heat and cold therefore at Paris, are greater than at Williamsburgh, which is in the hottest part of Virginia.

    Notes on the State of Virginia 1781

  • The bruised feelings of our "little dumplings" aside, it's still pretty amusing, as is the sometimes sloppy grammar (just like mine, sometimes) and spelling ("Williamsburgh" with an "h" seems a distinctly less cool neighborhood.)

    Old Town Bar Strikes Again Brooks of Sheffield 2007

  • The bruised feelings of our "little dumplings" aside, it's still pretty amusing, as is the sometimes sloppy grammar (just like mine, sometimes) and spelling ("Williamsburgh" with an "h" seems a distinctly less cool neighborhood.)

    Archive 2007-02-01 Brooks of Sheffield 2007

  • Day 1 After a long but painless flight we get a yellow cab to Elspeth and Jonny's were we receive a very warm welcome and get to investigate Williamsburgh which is brilliant - cute little restaurants and bars with no pretension.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • From thence I propose to move to the neck of Williamsburgh, which is represented as healthy, and where some subsistence may be procured, and keep myself unengaged from operations which might interpose with your plan of the campaign, until I have the satisfaction of hearing from you. "

    Memoirs of the war in the Southern department of the United States 1812

  • Gazing out a window of his recording studio on the 28th floor of the former Williamsburgh Savings Bank building, Richard Bona surveyed a panorama of Brooklyn, the borough he's called home for more than a decade.

    At Home in Music's World Larry Blumenfeld 2011

  • No such dramatic adjustments would even be attempted for such eminent bank interiors as Central Savings Bank at 72nd and Broadway or the Williamsburgh Savings Bank in Brooklyn.

    Roberta Brandes Gratz: When Is a Landmark A Landmark? Roberta Brandes Gratz 2011

  • No such dramatic adjustments would even be attempted for such eminent bank interiors as Central Savings Bank at 72nd and Broadway or the Williamsburgh Savings Bank in Brooklyn.

    Roberta Brandes Gratz: When Is a Landmark A Landmark? Roberta Brandes Gratz 2011

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