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title: "3 Philip Hone Quotes"
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# Philip Hone

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Philip Hone was Mayor of New York City from 1826 to 1827. He was most notable for a detailed diary he kept from 1828 until the time of his death in 1851, which is said to be the most extensive and detailed history on the first half of 19th-century America.

##  Quotes by Philip Hone

> [These poor wretches were stolen from their homes, carried to a strange country, and sold to servitude, from which they sought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hone/these-poor-wretches-were-stolen-from-their-homes-carried-to-a-strange/)

Philip Hone

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f3/philip-hone-78544_carried_these-poor-wretches-were-stolen-from-the_245752.jpg)

> [They committed murder, it is true; but their situation may have rendered it inevitable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hone/they-committed-murder-it-is-true-but-their-situation-may-have/)

Philip Hone

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d76/philip-hone-78544_committed_they-committed-murder-it-is-true-but-the_675442.jpg)

> [“The whole of New York is rebuilt about once in ten years.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hone/the-whole-of-new-york-is-rebuilt-about-once-in-ten-years/)

Philip Hone

[New york](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/new-york/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/philip-hone-78544_new-york_the-whole-of-new-york-is-rebuilt-about-o_841521.jpg)

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