HOBOKEN  , a See also:

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

city of See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson 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
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, U.S.A., on the Hudson See also:

• RIVER

river, adjoining Jersey City on the S. and W. and opposite New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York city, with which it is connected by ferries and by two subway lines through tunnels under the river . Pop . (i''o) 43,648; (1900) 59,364, of whom 21,380 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, 10,843 being natives of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany ; (1910 See also:

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

census) 70,324 . Of the See also:

• TOTAL

total See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in 1900, 48,349 had either one or both parents foreign-born, See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German being the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal racial See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element . The city is served by the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• SHORE

Shore, and the See also:

• DELAWARE

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, being the eastern See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of the latter, and is connected by electric railway with the neighbouring cities of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-eastern New Jersey . In Hoboken are the piers of the North German See also:

• LLOYD, EDWARD (1845— )
• LLOYD, WILLIAM (1627–1717)
• LLOYD, WILLIAM WATKISS (1813–1893)

Lloyd, the See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg See also:

• AMERICAN

American, the Nether-lands American, the Scandinavian and the See also:

• PHOENIX
• PHOENIX (Gr. 4oivt )

Phoenix steamship lines . Hoboken occupies a little more than 1 sq. m. and lies near the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the New Jersey Palisades, which rise both on the W. and N. to a height of nearly 200 It . Much of its See also:

• SURFACE

surface has had to be filled in to raise it above high See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide, but See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle Point, in the N.E., rises from the generally See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low level about 10o ft . On this Point are the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence and private See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate of the founder of the city, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• STEVENS,
• STEVENS, A
• STEVENS, ALFRED (1818-1875)
• STEVENS, ALFRED (1828-1906)
• STEVENS, HENRY (1819—1886)

Stevens (1749–1838), Hudson See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park, and facing it the Stevens See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute of Technology, an excellent school of See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering endowed by See also:

• EDWIN, AEDUINI
• EDWIN, JOHN (1749–1790)

Edwin A . Stevens (1795–1868), son of John Stevens, opened in 1871, and having in 1909–1910 34 instructors and 390 students . The institute owes much to its first See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president, See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• MORTON, JAMES DOUGLAS, 4TH EARL OF (c. 1525-1581)
• MORTON, JOHN (c. 1420-1500)
• MORTON, JOHN MADDISON (1811-1891)
• MORTON, LEVI PARSONS (1824- )
• MORTON, OLIVER PERRY (1823-1877)
• MORTON, THOMAS (1564-1659)
• MORTON, THOMAS (c. 1590-1646)

Morton (1836–1902), a distinguished scientist, whose aim was " to offer a course of instruction in which theory and practice were carefully balanced and thoroughly combined," and who gave to the institute sums aggregating $175,000 (see Morten Memorial, See also:

• HISTORY

History of Stevens Institute, ed. by Furman, 1905) . In connexion with the, institute there is a preparatory See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department, the Stevens School (187o) .

The city maintains a teachers' training school . Among the city's prominent buildings are the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western station, the Hoboken See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy (186o), founded by German Americans, and the public library . The city has an extensive See also:

• COAL

coal See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and numerous manufactures, among which are See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead pencils, See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather goods, See also:

• SILK

silk goods, See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall-See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper and caskets . The value of the manufactured product increased from $7,151,391 in 1890 to $12,092,872 in 1900, or 69.1% . The factory product in 19o5 was valued at $14,077,305, an increase of 34•3% over that for 1900 . The site of Hoboken (originally " Hobocanhackingh," the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco See also:

• PIPE

pipe) was occupied about 164o as a Dutch See also:

• FARM

farm, but in 1643 the stock and all the buildings except a brew-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house were destroyed by the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians . In 1711 See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title to the place was acquired by See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• BAYARD, PIERRE TERRAIL, SEIGNEUR DE (1473–1524)
• BAYARD, THOMAS FRANCIS (1828-1898)

Bayard, a New York See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, who built on Castle Point his summer residence . During the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence his descendant, 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 Bayard, was a loyalist, and his See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home was burned and his estate confiscated . In 1784 the See also:

• PROPERTY

property was See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased by John Stevens, the inventor, who.in 1804 laid it out as a See also:

• TOWN

town . For the next See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-five years its " Elysian See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

Fields " were a famous See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure resort of New York City . Hoboken was incorporated as a town in 1849 and as a city in 1855 . On the 30th of See also:

• JUNE

June woo the wharves of the North German Lloyd Steamship See also:

• COMPANY

Company and three of its ocean liners were almost completely destroyed by a See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, which caused a loss of more than 200 lives and over $5,000,000 .

HOBSON'S CHOICE, i.e . " this or nothing," an expression that arose from the fact that the See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge-See also:

• LONDON

London See also:

• CARRIER
• CARRIER, JEAN BAPTISTE (1956-1794)

carrier, 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 Hobson (1544-1630), refused, when letting his horses on hire, to allow any See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal to leave the See also:

• STABLE

stable out of its turn . Among other bequests made by Hobson, and commemorated by See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton, was a conduit for the Cambridge See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-place, for which he provided the perpetual See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance . See Spectator, No . 509 (14th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1712) .