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| | New York Journal @ LaunchBase.net (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | In July 1673, a Dutch fleet recaptured New York and held it until it was restored to the English by the treaty of Westminster in February, 1674. |
 | | According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2005, New York was the third largest state in population after California and Texas, with an estimated population of 19,254,630 [1], which is an increase of 27,542, or 0.1%, from the prior year and an increase of 277,809, or 1.5%, since the year 2000. |
 | | New York was heavily glaciated in the ice age leaving much of the state with deep, fertile, though somewhat rocky soils. |
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