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STATEN See also:ISLAND , an island constituting the See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:Richmond, New See also:York See also:City, and Richmond See also:county, the See also:southern-most of the counties of the See also:state of New York. It is separated from See also:Long Island on E. by the Narrows which connect Upper and See also:Lower New York See also:Bay; from New See also:Jersey on the N. by the narrow channel of Kill See also:van Kull which connects New York Bay with See also:Newark Bay; and from New Jersey on the W. by the narrow channel of Staten Island See also:Sound or See also:Arthur Kill; and on its S.E. See also:coast are Lower New York, Raritan and See also:Prince's Bays, See also:Great Kills, and the See also:Atlantic Ocean. Pop. (189o), 5',693; (1900), 67,021; (1905), 72,845; (1910), 85,969. Staten Island is connected by See also:ferry with the borough of Manhattan, 5 m. distant, and with See also:Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The Staten Island Rapid Transit railway extends along the See also:north See also:shore and the See also:south-See also:east See also:side, and there are several electric lines and pleasant drives. The island is triangular in shape, is 13z M. long from north-east to south-See also:west, has a maximum width of nearly 8 m. at its north end, and has an See also:area of about 70 sq. m. The north-east See also:quarter is broken by two ranges of hills having a precipitous east slope and rising to a maximum height of about 400 ft., 1 m. inland from the Narrows; but on the west and south the hills fall gently to the Coastal See also:Plain, which, occupying the greater See also:part of the island, is broken only by See also:low morainal ridges and terminates in See also:salt marshes along much of the west coast. There are many See also:species of See also:forest trees and more than 1300 species of flowering See also:plants and ferns. The See also:climate is subject to sudden changes; but the temperature rarely rises above 90° F. or falls below zero. The island is chiefly a residential See also:district, and in the picturesque See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill See also:section are many See also:fine residences. Forts Wadsworth and See also:Tompkins commanding the passage of the Narrows constitute one of the strongest defences of New York Harbor. The See also:principal villages are New See also:Brighton, West New Brighton, See also:Port Richmond, Stapleton, and See also:Tompkinsville on the north coast,
II
See also:Political See also:Science.
and See also:Tottenville (or See also:Bentley See also:Manor) on the south-west coast. Richmond, the county-seat since 1727, is a small See also:village near the centre of the island. South See also:Beach, below the Narrows, is a popular seaside resort. At West New Brighton is a large See also:dyeing See also:establishment, there are also See also:ship-See also:building yards, See also:oyster See also:fisheries, and See also:truck farms, and among the maufactures are linoleum, See also:paper, See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:lead, See also:linseed oil, See also:brick, and See also:fire-See also:clay products.
When discovered by Europeans Staten Island was occupied by the Aquehonga See also:Indians, a See also:branch of the Raritans, and several See also:Indian burying-grounds, places where See also:wampum was manufactured, and many Indian See also:relics, including a 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 See also:head with human features, have been found here. In 163o the Dutch West See also:India See also:Company granted the island to See also:Michael Pauw as a part of his patroonship of Pavonia, and it was bought at this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time from the Indians for " some duffels, kettles, axes, hoes, wampum, drilling awls, See also:jew's harps, and See also:divers other small wares "; but before Pauw had established a See also:settlement upon it he sold his See also:title back to the company. A portion of it was regranted to See also:David Pietersen de Vries in 1636 and in 1642 the See also:remainder was erected into a patroonship and granted to Cornelis Melyn. In 1641 de Vries established a settlement at Oude Dorp (Old See also:Town), near Arrochar See also:Park, near South Beach. It was destroyed by the Indians in the same See also:year, was immediately rebuilt, was again destroyed in 1642 and was again rebuilt, but was abandoned after its destruction for the third time in 1655. A company of Waldenses founded a second settlement in 1658, at Stony See also:Brook, about 2 M. west of the ruins of Oude Dorp; this was the principal village for many years and from 1683, when the island was erected into a county, until 1727 it was the county-seat. Melyn surrendered his rights as a patroon in 1661 and during the remainder of the Dutch regime many small grants of See also:land were made to See also:French, Dutch, and See also:English settlers. In 1664 the See also:duke of York became proprietor of the newly erected See also:province of New York and by his See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant in the same year to See also:Berkeley and See also:Carteret of all that portion which See also:lay west of the See also:Hudson See also:river, Staten Island became properly a part of New Jersey, but in 1668 the duke decided that all islands within New York Bay which could be circumnavigated in twenty-four See also:hours should be adjudged to New York. See also:Captain See also:Christopher Billopp made the trip within the time limit and was rewarded with a grant of 1163 acres at the south end of the island. He erected this into the Manor of Bentley and the manor See also:house, built about this time, still stands in the village of Tottenville. It was in this house that See also:Lord See also:Howe on the 11th of See also:September 1776 held a See also:peace See also:conference with See also:Benjamin See also:Franklin, See also:John See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams, and See also:Edward See also:Rutledge representing the See also:Continental See also:Congress. The See also:British See also:army under See also:Sir 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 Howe landed at the Narrows on the 3rd of See also:July 1777 and until the See also:close of the See also:war Staten Island was held by the British and See also:Loyalists. From it the British made frequent predatory raids into New Jersey and the Americans made several retaliatory raids into the island. Under the direction of See also:General See also:Hugh See also:Mercer some See also:American troops reached Richmond on the See also:morning of the 16th of See also:October 1776, and in an engagement which immediately followed they were victorious; but, as they were retreating with their prisoners, British reinforcements arrived and in a second engagement at Fresh Kill (now See also:Green See also:Ridge) they were routed with considerable loss. A second See also:raid was made against Richmond See also:early in See also:August 1777; and on the 22nd of the same See also:month American troops under General John See also:Sullivan fought the British at several places, inflicted a loss of about 200 killed, wounded and prisoners and destroyed considerable quantities of stores. In the War of 1812 Fort Richmond was built at the Narrows and Fort Tompkins in the See also:rear of it. The Federal See also:government bought the site in 1847 and after destroying the old forts began the erection of the See also:present See also:works. In 1898 Staten Island became the borough of Richmond in Greater New York.
See I. K. See also:Morris, Memorial See also:History of Staten Island (2 vols., New York, 1808—1900) ; R. M. Bayles, History of Richmond County (New York, 1887) ; and J. J. Clute, See also:Annals of Staten Island (New York, 1877).
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