(Encyclopedia) Fort Washington, military post during the American Revolution, situated on the highest point of Manhattan island, New York City, overlooking the Hudson River opposite Fort Lee, N.J. It…
(Encyclopedia) Fort ChipewyanFort Chipewyanchĭpəwīˈən [key], trading post, NE Alta., Canada, at the west end of Lake Athabasca. The old Fort Chipewyan, on the south shore, was built for the North…
(Encyclopedia) Parker, Sir Hyde, 1739–1807, British admiral. In the American Revolution he broke (1776) the defenses of the Hudson River at New York City—an exploit for which he was knighted in 1779…
(Encyclopedia) Taconic MountainsTaconic Mountainstəkŏnˈĭk [key], range of the Appalachian Mts., extending c.150 mi (240 km) north-south between the Green Mts. and the Hudson Valley along parts of New…
(Encyclopedia) Champlain, Lake, 490 sq mi (1,269 sq km), 125 mi (201 km) long and from 0.5 to 14 mi (0.8–23 km) wide, forming part of the New York–Vermont border and extending into Quebec. Lake…
HAMLIN, Edward Stowe, a Representative from Ohio; born in Hillsdale, Columbia County, N.Y., July 6, 1808; attended the district school of Hillsdale, N.Y., and a private school in Stockbridge,…
KINKEAD, Eugene Francis, a Representative from New Jersey; born while his parents were on a visit abroad, in Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland, March 27, 1876; attended parochial schools in…
DANIELS, Dominick Vincent, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., October 18, 1908; educated in the Jersey City public schools; attended Fordham University…
DE LANO, Milton, a Representative from New York; born in Wampsville, Madison County, N.Y., August 11, 1844; attended the common schools; settled in Canastota, N.Y., and engaged in mercantile…
DELLAY, Vincent John, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Union City, Hudson County, N.J., June 23, 1907; educated in West New York High School, New York Evening High School, and the…
