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In the Moore mansion that once stood on this site, Clement Clarke Moore wrote “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” in 1822 as a gift for his children. Moore, who lived from 1779 to 1863, was also a scholar and a developer of modern Chelsea. He gave the land for St. Peter’s Church and the General Theological Seminary, where he served as professor of Greek and Hebrew.
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