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Clement Clarke Moore bronze plaque

New York, NY, United States

Clement Clarke Moore bronze plaque

In the Moore Mansion, which stood on this site, in 1822, Clement Clarke Moore, (1779-1863), penned the immortal poem, "A Visit From Saint Nicholas", (T'was The Night Before Christmas), as a gift for his children. Scholar and developer of modern Chelsea, he gave the land for St. Peter's Church and th

e General Theological Seminary, where he was Professor of Greek and Hebrew.

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