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Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Place: New York |  
   | Start date: 1857 |  
   | End date:   1857 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Hilbert says that these games were played not long after the First American Chess Congress, and gives one game dated 1857, so I assume they were all played in 1857. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 72 |  |  |