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| | New York and the Hudson (from Revolution, American) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
 | | The 49,108 square miles (127,190 square kilometres) of New York are bounded, from west to north, by Lake Erie, the Canadian province of Ontario, Lake Ontario, and Quebec province; on the east by the New England states of Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; on the southeast by the... |
 | | New York holds a preeminent position among the 50 states of the nation. |
 | | Symbolically, if not geographically, New York City is at the center of thingsthe very definition of metropolis, or mother city.; It is the single place that most encompasses all the shades of the American experience. |
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