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OSWEGO , a See also:city, See also:port of entry, and the See also:county-seat of Oswego county, New See also:York, U.S.A., on the S.E. See also:shore of See also:Lake See also:Ontario, at the mouth of the Oswego See also:river, about 35 M. N.W. of See also:Syracuse. Pop. (1900) 22,199, of whom 3989 were See also:foreign See also:born; (1910 See also:census) 23,368. It is served by the New York Central & See also:Hudson River, the See also:Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, and the New York, Ontario & Western See also:railways, by several lines of lake steamboats, and by the Oswego See also:Canal, which connects Lake Ontario with the See also:Erie Canal at Syracuse. There is an inner See also:harbour of 9.35 acres and an See also:outer harbour of 140 acres, which are defended by Fort Ontario. The city lies at an See also:altitude of 300 ft., and is divided into two parts by the Oswego river. Oswego is the seat of a See also:state Normal and Training School (founded as the City Training School in 1861, and a state school since 1867), a state armenry, and a See also:United States See also:life-saving station; among the public buildings are the City Library (about 14,000 volumes in 1909), founded by Gerrit See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith in 1855, the Federal See also:Building and See also:Custom See also:House, the City See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, the City See also:Hospital, the County See also:Court House, an See also:Orphan See also:Asylum, and a business See also:college. The Oswego river has here a fall of 34 ft. and furnishes excellent See also:water See also:power. Among the See also:principal manufactures are See also:starch (the city has one of the largest starch factories in the See also:world), knit goods, railway See also:car springs, shade-See also:cloth, boilers and engines, wooden-See also:ware, matches; See also:paper-cutting See also:machines, and eau de See also:cologne. The factory products were valued in 1905 at $7,592,125. Oswego has a considerable See also:trade with See also:Canada; in 1908 its exports were valued at $2,880,553 and its imports at $999,164. Lake See also:commerce with other See also:American See also:Great Lake ports is also of some importance, the principal articles of trade being See also:lumber, See also:grain and See also:coal.
The site of Oswego was visited by See also:Samuel de See also:Champlain in 1616. Subsequently it was a station for the Jesuit missionaries and the coureurs See also:des bois. In 1722 a See also:regular trading See also:post was established here by See also:English traders, and in 1727 See also:Governor See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Burnet of New York erected the first Fort Oswego (sometimes called Fort Burnet, Chouaguen or See also:Pepperrell). It was an important See also:base of operations during See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:George's See also:War and the See also:French and See also:Indian War. In the years 1755–1756 the See also:British erected two new forts at the mouth of the river, Fort Oswego (an enlargement of the earlier fort) on the See also:east and Fort Ontario on the See also:west. In See also:August 1756 Montcalm, marching rapidly from See also:Ticonderoga with a force of 3000 French and See also:Indians, appeared before the forts, then garrisoned by moo British and colonial troops, and on the 14th of August forced the See also:- ABANDONMENT (Fr. abandonnement, from abandonner, to abandon, relinquish; abandonner was originally equivalent to mettred banddn, to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another, bandon being from Low Latin bandum, bannum, order, decree, " ban ")
abandonment of Fort Ontario. On the following See also:day he stormed and captured Fort Oswego, and, dismantling both, returned to Ticonderoga. The British restored Fort Ontario in 1759, and maintained a See also:garrison here until 1796, when, with other posts on the lakes, they were, in accordance with the terms of See also:Jay's Treaty, made over to the United States. It was here in 1766 that See also:Pontiac formally made to See also:Sir William See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson his See also:acknowledgment of Great See also:Britain's authoritr° On the 6th of May 1814 Sir See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Yeo, with a See also:superior force of British and Canadians, captured the fort. but soon afterwards withdrew. In 1839 the fort was rebuilt and occupied by United States troops; it was abandoned in 1899, but, after having been reconstructed, was again garrisoned in 1905. The See also:modern city may be said to date from 1796. Oswego became the county-seat in 1816, was incorporated as a See also:village in 1828 (when the Oswego Canal was completed), and was first chartered as a city in 1848.
See See also:Churchill, Smith and See also:Child, Landmarks of Oswego County (Syracuse, 1895).
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