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POTSDAM , a See also:village of St See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence See also:county, New See also:York, U.S.A., in the township of Potsdam, on the Raquette See also:river, about 68 m. N.E. of See also:Watertown. Pop. of the village (1905) 4162; (1910) 4036; of the township (1905) 8992; (1910) 8725. The village is served by the New York Central & See also:Hudson River railway. It has a public library and is the seat of a See also:state Normal School (1869), an outgrowth of St Lawrence See also:Academy (founded in 1810 by See also:Benjamin See also:Raymond and maintained by him until 1816, when it was incorporated); of the See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas S. See also:Clarkson Memorial School of Technology (1896), founded by his sisters in See also:honour of Thomas Streatfield Clarkson (1837–1894); and of the See also:Crane Normal See also:Institute of See also:Music. The village has a considerable See also:trade in See also:dairy products. In the neighbourhood are extensive quarries of the well-known " Potsdam See also:sandstone," the uppermost See also:division of the See also:Cambrian See also:system, described as a " See also:fine-grained sandstone cemented with See also:silica," and very durable. The See also:House of See also:Parliament at See also:Quebec, All See also:Saints See also:Cathedral at See also:Albany, New York, and many other public edifices were built of this See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone.
The " Ten Towns " of St Lawrence county, including the township of Potsdam, were sold by the state in 1787. The first See also:settlement was made on the Raquette river, See also:close to the See also:present village, in 1803; the township was incorporated in 1806 and the village in 1831. Potsdam was named after Potsdam in See also:Prussia because of the occurrence in each locality of reddish sandstone.
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