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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 23 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OGDENSBURG , a See also:

city and See also:port of entry of St See also:Lawrence See also:county, New See also:York, U.S.A., on the St Lawrence See also:river, at the mouth of the Oswegatchie, 140 M. N. by E. of See also:Syracuse, New York. Pop. (189o) 11,662; (1900) 12,633, of whom 3222 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (19.10 See also:census) 15,933. It is served by the New York Central & See also:Hudson River and the See also:Rutland See also:railways, and by several See also:lake and river steamboat lines connecting with ports on the See also:Great Lakes, the city being at the See also:head of lake See also:navigation on the St Lawrence. See also:Steam ferries connect Ogdensburg with See also:Prescott, See also:Ontario. The city is the seat of the St Lawrence See also:State See also:Hospital for the Insane (189o), and has a See also:United States Customs See also:House and a state armoury. The city became the see of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop in 1872, and here See also:Edgar See also:Philip Wadhams (1817–1891) laboured as bishop in 1872–1891. It is the port of entry. of the Oswegatchie customs See also:district, and has an extensive See also:commerce, particularly in See also:lumber and See also:grain. The city has various manufactures, including lumber, See also:flour, wooden-See also:ware, See also:brass-ware, silks, woollens and clothing. The value of the factory products increased from $2,260,889 in 1900 to $3,057,271 in 1905, or 35.2%. The site of Ogdensburg was occupied in 1749 by the See also:Indian See also:settlement of La Presentation, founded by the See also:Abbe See also:Francois See also:Piquet (1708–1781) for the See also:Christian converts of the See also:Iroquois.

At the outbreak of the See also:

War of See also:Independence the See also:British built here Fort Presentation, which they held until 1796, when, in accordance with the terms of the See also:Jay Treaty, the See also:garrison was withdrawn. See also:Abraham See also:Ogden (1743–1798), a prominent New See also:Jersey lawyer, bought See also:land here, and the settlement which See also:grew up around the fort was named Ogdensburg. During the See also:early See also:part of the War of 1812 it was an important point on the See also:American See also:line of See also:defence. On the 4th of See also:October 1812 See also:Colonel Lethbridge, with about 750 men, prepared to attack Ogdensburg but was driven off by American troops under See also:General See also:Jacob See also:Brown. On the 22nd of See also:February 1813 both fort and See also:village were captured and partially destroyed by the British. During the See also:Canadian rising of 1837–1838 Ogdensburg became a See also:rendezvous of the insurgents. Ogdensburg was incorporated as a village in 1818, and was chartered as a city in 1868.

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