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What does it suggest about New York City in 1860?

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New York City in 1860 was thriving for some of the same reasons the city thrives today. The city's location was then, and is now, central for the movement of people and freight to and from Europe and elsewhere. Waterways were the primary transportation pathways in 1860.

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