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| In the Trinity Church graveyard
in lower Manhattan visiting the grave of Alexander Hamilton,
officer in the American Revolution, Signer of The US Constitution and the first secretary
of the treasury. The other large grave marker in the background
is that of inventor Robert Fulton. |
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Flag |
 State Seal |
| Website : www.state.ny.us |
 Capital
: Albany |
 Highest
point : Mount
Marcy, 5,344 feet |
 Area : 54,475 square miles,
27th largest state |
 Population : 18,976,457
(2000 US Census) |
 Motto
: Excelcior
(Ever upward) |
 Admitted to
Union : July 26,1788 |
 State
Song : "I Love New York" |
 State Bird : Bluebird |
 State Flower : Rose |
 State Tree : Sugar Maple |
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