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Stolen rare books returned to Whitney heirs decades after theft 
A collection of stolen rare books worth millions of dollars, including letters by John Keats and works by Oscar Wilde and James Joyce, is being returned to its owners’ heirs decades after being taken from a New York home. Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg handed the 17 works, including a bound collection of Keats’ love letters to his fiancée Fanny Brawne, to the family of John Hay Whitney and Betsey Whitney at an event on Monday.
Plot twist: Rare books worth $3 million stolen decades ago resurface in Manhattan
More than two dozen rare books — including a bound collection of love letters by poet John Keats — were stolen at some point between 1982 and 1989 from the Long Island estate of John Hay Whitney, a wealthy New York publisher who once served as president of the Museum of Modern Art.
Rare books worth millions swiped from NYC royalty miraculously found after 40 years
A stack of rare books worth millions of dollars was finally returned to the heirs of New York City royalty Monday — decades after they were snatched by a mysterious bookworm, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said.
Stolen Letters That John Keats Sent to His Beloved Are Found
In early July 1819, John Keats sat down to write the first of his nearly 40 impassioned and now celebrated letters to Fanny Brawne, the love of his life.
Man, 22, accused of ‘horrific sexual violence’ against 70-year-old woman: DA
NEW YORK (PIX11) – A 22-year-old man is accused of sexually abusing a 70-year-old woman as she was mopping the hallway in her Manhattan building.
101-year-old tenant rips Manhattan super who conned him out of $350K: ‘She betrayed me’
A 101-year-old tenant who was conned out of $350,000 by his Manhattan super said he felt “betrayed” by the person he once trusted — as the convicted con artist learned her fate at sentencing Wednesday.
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