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Philip Hone, the influential American politician and diarist, chronicled the social and political life of 19th-century New York City with wit, insight, and candor. As mayor of New York and a prominent civic leader, Hone played a pivotal role in shaping the city's growth and development, leaving a lasting legacy as a champion of progress and reform.
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"These poor wretches were stolen from their homes, carried to a strange country, and sold to servitude, from which they sought to escape on the first occasion which offered."

Nation, Country, First, Poor
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"They committed murder, it is true; but their situation may have rendered it inevitable."

Circumstance, May, Murder
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