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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 261 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PERTH
PERTH, EARLS AND DUKES OF

PERTH AMBOY , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and See also:

PORT

port of entry of See also:

Middlesex See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, New See also:

Jersey, U.S.A., at the mouth of the Raritan See also:

RIVER

river, on Raritan See also:

BAY

Bay and Staten See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island See also:

Sound, about 15 M. S. by W. of See also:

Newark. Pop. (1910 See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 32,121. It is served by the See also:

Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley, Central of New Jersey and Staten Island Rapid Transit See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, and by boats to New See also:

York City. It is connected by a railway See also:

BRIDGE

bridge (C.R.R. of N.J.) and by a See also:

FOOT

foot and See also:

WAGON, or WAGGON

wagon bridge with See also:

South Amboy, on the south See also:

SHORE

shore of the Raritan. Perth Amboy has a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, shipyards and dry-docks. In the city still stands See also:

Franklin See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace (erected in 1764—1774), the See also:

home of See also:

William Franklin (1729-1813), a natural son of See also:

Benjamin Franklin and the last royal See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of New Jersey. In the vicinity is the Bartow See also:

House, in which William Dunlap (1766-1839), the See also:

ART

art historian, made his first drawings. Other buildings of historic See also:

INTEREST

interest are the See also:

Parker See also:

Castle (c. 1729), a centre of Loyalist See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence at the See also:

time of the See also:

War of See also:

Independence, and the See also:

Kearny Cottage, the home of " Madam Scribblerus," a See also:

HALF

half-See also:

SISTER

sister of See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

James See also:

Lawrence. The city has various manufactures, the factory product in 1905 being valued at $34,800,402.

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Clay is obtained in the vicinity, and large shipments of See also:

COAL

coal are made. Perth Amboy was founded in 1683. It was at first called Amboy after the See also:

ORIGINAL

original See also:

INDIAN

Indian name; in 1684 the proprietors named it Perth in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of James, See also:

EARL

earl of Perth (1648-1716), one of their number, and a few years later the two names were combined. From 1686 until the end of the proprietary See also:

government in 1702 Perth Amboy was the See also:

capital of the See also:

province of See also:

East Jersey, and during the See also:

period of royalgovernment the See also:

general See also:

ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly and supreme See also:

court of New Jersey met alternately here and at See also:

BURLINGTON

Burlington. Perth Amboy was incorporated as a city in 1718, and received a new See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter in 1784, and another in 1844, the last being revised in 187o. The township of Perth Amboy was incorporated in 1693 and in 1844 was included in the city.

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