See also:

• NEWBURGH
• NEWBURGH, or NEWBURG

NEWBURGH, or NEWBURG  , a See also:

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

city of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange 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:

• 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, LT.S.A., on the W. See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

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

Hudson See also:

• RIVER

river, about 57 M . N. of New York City . Pop . (189o) 23,087, (1800) 24,943, of whom 4346 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 558 negroes; (191o, See also:

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

census) 27,805 . It is served by the See also:

• ERIE

Erie, the See also:

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

West See also:

• SHORE

Shore, and—by ferries across the Hudson—the Central New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and the New York Central & Hudson River See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . Across New-See also:

• BURGH [BOURKE, BURKE]
• BURGH, HUBERT DE (d. 1243)

burgh See also:

• BAY

Bay, as the expansion of the Hudson at this point is called, is the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Fishkill, and an electric See also:

• LINE

line connects with the village of See also:

• WALDEN, ROGER (d. 1406)

Walden (pop. in 1910, 4004), about 12 M . N.W., which has various manufactures, the most important being See also:

• POCKET

pocket-knives . The city occupies a commanding position on terraces rising abruptly from the river, and on the See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau above, whence a view may be obtained of the See also:

• CATSKILL
• CATSKILL (formerly KAATSKIL.) MOUNTAINS

Catskill Mountains to the N.W., of the See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands of the Hudson to the S. and of the Hudson river for many See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles in both directions . Orange See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake, between See also:

• NEWBURGH
• NEWBURGH, or NEWBURG

Newburgh and Walden, is known for its See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice See also:

• YACHTING

yachting and See also:

• SKATING (Dutch schaats, a skate)

skating races . See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington 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 is in the central See also:

• PART

part of the city . See also:

• DOWNING, SIR GEORGE

Downing Park, named 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 the horticulturist and landscape gardener See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson Downing, (1815-1852), a native of Newburgh, lies on a high plateau overlooking the city and the surrounding See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . Among Newburgh's institutions are a public library, St See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke's See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital, a See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children's See also:

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

Home, See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary's See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy (See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic) and a business See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college .

In See also:

• COLDEN, CADWALLADER (1688–1776)

Colden Square there is a statue of See also:

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

Governor See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• CLINTON
• CLINTON, DE WITT (1769-1828)
• CLINTON, GEORGE (1739-1812)
• CLINTON, HENRY FYNES (1781-1852)
• CLINTON, SIR HENRY (c. 1738-1795)

Clinton . See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

Cotton, woollen and See also:

• SILK

silk goods, laces, See also:

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

paper, See also:

• PLASTER

plaster, See also:

• PLUSH (Fr. peluche)

plush, See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt and felt hats, carpets, engines and boilers, and See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill and See also:

• FARM

farm machinery are manufactured, and there are See also:

• SHIP

ship and See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick yards . In 1905 factory products were valued at $7,142,327, an increase of 33'3% over their value for 190o . Newburgh was first settled in 1709 by a See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of Germans from the Rhenish See also:

• PALATINATE (Ger. Pfalz)

Palatinate under their See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister, See also:

• JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua Kockethal (d . 1719), and was known as "the See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

Palatine See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

Parish of Quassaic." Toward the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century many of the Germans removed to See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, and Scottish and See also:

• ENGLISH

English settlers took up their abandoned lands . In 1752 the See also:

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

place was renamed Newburgh, after the See also:

• TOWN

town of that name in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, whence many of the new settlers had come . From the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1782 until See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1783 Washington made his headquarters here, occupying the Hasbrouck 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 (built by See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

Jonathan Hasbrouck between 1750 and 1770), which is still See also:

• STANDING

standing in Washington Park, and was bought by the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in 1849 . It See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long contained a collection of See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics, for which the state has erected a brick See also:

• BUILDING

building in Washington Park . It was here on the 27th of May 1782 that he wrote his famous See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter of rebuke to See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

Lewis Nicola (1717-C . 1807), who had written to him on behalf of a coterie of See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army See also:

• OFFICERS

officers, it is said, suggesting that he assume the See also:

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

title of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . Here, also, Washington made his reply to the so-called " Newburgh Addresses," written by 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:

• ARMSTRONG, ARCHIBALD (d. 1672)
• ARMSTRONG, JOHN (1709-1779)
• ARMSTRONG, JOHN (1758—1843)
• ARMSTRONG, SAMUEL CHAPMAN (1839—1893)
• ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG, BARON (1810—1900)

Armstrong, and calling for See also:

• ACTION

action on the part of the army to force See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress to redress its grievances . Here the arrangements were completed for the disbandment of the See also:

• CONTINENTAL

Continental Army, and the See also:

• CENTENARY (from Lat. centenarius, of or belonging to a hundred, from centeni, distributive of centum, hundred)

centenary of the disbandment was celebrated here on the 18th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1883 .

In See also:

• COMMEMORATION

commemoration of the disbandment also a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument, known as the " See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower of Victory " (53 ft. high, with a See also:

• LIFE

life-sized statue of Washington), was erected in Washing-ton Park by Federal and state authorities . Newburgh was incorporated as a village in 1800 and chartered as a city in 1865 . The U.S . Geographic See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board spells the name Newburg, but the spelling Newburgh is adopted locally and by the U.S . See also:

• POST

Post See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

Office . See E . M . Ruttenber, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Town of Newburgh (Newburgh, 1859) and History of Orange County (Newburgh, 1872) .