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Alexander Macomb, William Constable, and Daniel McCormick agreed to purchase nearly 4,000,000 acres (1,600,000 ha) from the state at the extremely low price of 8 pence (New York state money) per acre. [1] [2] This was an enormous amount of land, about one-eighth of the entire state of New York. Convinced something illegal must have occurred ...
Hierochloe odorata or Anthoxanthum nitens [1] (commonly known as sweet grass, manna grass, Mary's grass or vanilla grass, and as holy grass in the UK, [3] bison grass e.g. by Polish vodka producers [4]) is an aromatic herb native to northern Eurasia and North America. It is considered sacred by many Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United ...
Purchase is a hamlet in the town and village of Harrison, in Westchester County, New York, United States. One myth explains that its name is derived from Harrison's purchase, where John Harrison was to be granted as much land as he could ride in one day. [ 1 ]
Hierochloe is a genus of plants in the grass family known generally as sweetgrass. [3] These are perennial rhizomatous grasses found primarily in temperate and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America, although some species extend southwards into Australia and Latin America. [1] [4] These erect green grasses are known for their sweet scent.
Anthoxanthum odoratum is a short-lived perennial grass, commonly known as sweet vernal grass, that is native to acidic grassland in Eurasia and northern Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is grown as a lawn grass and a house plant , due to its sweet scent, and can also be found on unimproved pastures and meadows.
Our contributors to this, Esquire’s 2024 list of the Best New Restaurants in America, happen to live in four of the country’s great food cities: Amethyst Ganaway in Charleston, Joshua David ...
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