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It’s because a Brooklynite is a natural-born hayseed, and can never become a real New Yorker. p. 41

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George Washington Plunkitt (17 November 1842 – November 19, 1924) was a New York State Senator and, as a member of Tammany Hall, a ward boss for the Fifteenth Assembly District.

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