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CHAPTER IX.. Police Riot--Dead-Rabbits' Riot--Bread Riot, 1857.

The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 · Joel Tyler Headley — chapter 8 of 41 · ~39 words · public domain

POLICE RIOT--DEAD-RABBITS' RIOT--BREAD RIOT, 1857.

Creation of the Metropolitan District.--Collision between Mayor Wood's Police and the Metropolitan Police.--Seventh Regiment called out.--Dead-Rabbits' Riot.--Severe Fight between the Roach Guards and Dead Rabbits.--Police driven back.--Barricades erected.--Military called out.--Killed and Wounded.--Bread Riot.--Financial Distress.

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