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Quick check: is that New York claim true?

One claim, one answer: what holds, what does not, and the sources. Send a single New York City claim (a date, a name, 'oldest', 'first', 'only') and I trace it back and tell you plainly what the record supports, inside 48 hours. Shorter and cheaper than the full brief. Example: 'The Ear Inn building is from 1770.' The landmark record says 1817. Call it a fact check. If you want to verify a claim, check a fact, or ask 'is this true?', this is the short version: send the claim and I answer from the record.

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One New York place, checked against the record

Name one New York place, or one claim about it, and I check it against the record: landmark files, city archives, newspapers, the primary sources. Inside 48 hours you get a short written brief: what is actually documented, what is legend, and every source named, plus a plain note on what I could not confirm. Worked from the record, not a visit. Example of the work: the Ear Inn is usually dated to 1770. The landmark and NRHP record dates the James Brown House to 1817, built for James Brown, a Black Revolutionary War veteran said to have been Washington's aide. That correction came out of this same work. Free first check: message me your place and claim. If I cannot find anything solid, I tell you and you owe nothing. If you came looking for a New York fact check, to verify a claim, or to fact-check a date, this is the full brief.

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