Saboteurs set firebombs in 19 NYCity Hotels

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On November 23,1864 terrorists set fire to 19 hotels in NYCity."The Safety Of New York City"The following dispatch was received by His Honor the Mayor:Washington,DC-November 3,1864---This department has received information from the British Provinces to the effect that there is a conspiracy on foot to set fire to the principal cities in the Northern States on the day of the Presidential election.-WH.Seward- Secretary of State.The fires were started in hotel beds,luckily their staffs extinguished the fires!As legend has it,one of the terrorists escaped to an island in the St.Lawrence River.His unidentified remains were found on Grindstone Island.The question still remains as to his identity.