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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: State of New York |
 | | The ice-free and deep-channelled port of New York, lying at the mouth of the Hudson River, with its wide roadsteads and anchorages and vast transportation facilities is indeed the greatest property of the State of New York. |
 | | The population of the State of New York itself increased from 340,120 in 1790 to 1,918,608 in 1830. |
 | | This decision of the Supreme Court that, although Christianity is not the religion of the State, considered as a political corporation, it is nevertheless closely interwoven into the texture of society and is intimately connected with all the social habits, customs, and modes of life of the people, gave offence in certain quarters. |
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