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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 467 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NEWBURGH, or NEWBURG , a See also:city of See also:Orange See also:county, New See also:York, LT.S.A., on the W. See also:bank of the See also:Hudson See also:river, about 57 M. N. of New York City. Pop. (189o) 23,087, (1800) 24,943, of whom 4346 were See also:foreign-See also:born and 558 negroes; (191o, See also:census) 27,805. It is served by the See also:Erie, the See also:West See also:Shore, and—by ferries across the Hudson—the Central New See also:England and the New York Central & Hudson River See also:railways. Across New-See also:burgh See also:Bay, as the expansion of the Hudson at this point is called, is the See also:village of Fishkill, and an electric See also:line connects with the village of See also:Walden (pop. in 1910, 4004), about 12 M. N.W., which has various manufactures, the most important being See also:pocket-knives. The city occupies a commanding position on terraces rising abruptly from the river, and on the See also:flat See also:plateau above, whence a view may be obtained of the See also:Catskill Mountains to the N.W., of the See also:Highlands of the Hudson to the S. and of the Hudson river for many See also:miles in both directions. Orange See also:Lake, between Newburgh and Walden, is known for its See also:ice See also:yachting and See also:skating races. See also:Washington See also:Park is in the central See also:part of the city. See also:Downing Park, named in See also:honour of the horticulturist and landscape gardener See also:Andrew See also:Jackson Downing, (1815-1852), a native of Newburgh, lies on a high plateau overlooking the city and the surrounding See also:country. Among Newburgh's institutions are a public library, St See also:Luke's See also:Hospital, a See also:Children's See also:Home, See also:Mount St See also:Mary's See also:Academy (See also:Roman See also:Catholic) and a business See also:college.

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Colden Square there is a statue of See also:Governor See also:George See also:Clinton. See also:Cotton, woollen and See also:silk goods, laces, See also:paper, See also:plaster, See also:plush, See also:felt and felt hats, carpets, engines and boilers, and See also:mill and See also:farm machinery are manufactured, and there are See also:ship and See also:brick yards. In 1905 factory products were valued at $7,142,327, an increase of 33'3% over their value for 190o. Newburgh was first settled in 1709 by a See also:colony of Germans from the Rhenish See also:Palatinate under their See also:minister, See also:Joshua Kockethal (d. 1719), and was known as "the See also:Palatine See also:Parish of Quassaic." Toward the See also:middle of the See also:century many of the Germans removed to See also:Pennsylvania, and Scottish and See also:English settlers took up their abandoned lands. In 1752 the See also:place was renamed Newburgh, after the See also:town of that name in See also:Scotland, whence many of the new settlers had come. From the See also:spring of 1782 until See also:August 1783 Washington made his headquarters here, occupying the Hasbrouck See also:House (built by See also:Jonathan Hasbrouck between 1750 and 1770), which is still See also:standing in Washington Park, and was bought by the See also:state in 1849. It See also:long contained a collection of See also:historical See also:relics, for which the state has erected a brick See also:building in Washington Park. It was here on the 27th of May 1782 that he wrote his famous See also:letter of rebuke to See also:Colonel See also:Lewis Nicola (1717-C. 1807), who had written to him on behalf of a coterie of See also:army See also:officers, it is said, suggesting that he assume the See also:title of See also:king. Here, also, Washington made his reply to the so-called " Newburgh Addresses," written by See also:John See also:Armstrong, and calling for See also:action on the part of the army to force See also:Congress to redress its grievances. Here the arrangements were completed for the disbandment of the See also:Continental Army, and the See also:centenary of the disbandment was celebrated here on the 18th of See also:October 1883.

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commemoration of the disbandment also a See also:monument, known as the " See also:Tower of Victory " (53 ft. high, with a See also:life-sized statue of Washington), was erected in Washing-ton Park by Federal and state authorities. Newburgh was incorporated as a village in 1800 and chartered as a city in 1865. The U.S. Geographic See also:Board spells the name Newburg, but the spelling Newburgh is adopted locally and by the U.S. See also:Post See also:Office. See E. M. Ruttenber, See also:History of the Town of Newburgh (Newburgh, 1859) and History of Orange County (Newburgh, 1872).

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