Telegraph wires linked new York and Boston.
With this, communication became relatively possible over long distances.
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British forces retaliated against the United States and burned Buffalo, New York, to the ground.
Stock markets crashed in New York because of a public panic, which was traced back to wheat crop failure in Argentina.
The 'Armory Show' opens in New York.
Albert Cushing Read takes off on the first transatlantic flight in history.
The first Woolworth store opens in Utica, New York.
