OGDENSBURG  , a See also:

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

city and See also:

• PORT

port of entry 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 (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, U.S.A., on the St Lawrence See also:

• RIVER

river, at the mouth of the Oswegatchie, 140 M . N. by E. of See also:

• SYRACUSE
• SYRACUSE (Gr. Mvpaaovoat; Lat. Syracusae, Ital. Siracusa)

Syracuse, New York . Pop . (189o) 11,662; (1900) 12,633, of whom 3222 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (19.10 See also:

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

census) 15,933 . It is served by the New York Central & See also:

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

Hudson River and the See also:

• RUTLAND
• RUTLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RUTLAND, JOHN JAMES ROBERT MANNERS, 7TH DUKE OF (1818-1906)

Rutland See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and by several See also:

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

lake and river steamboat lines connecting with ports on the See also:

• GREAT

Great Lakes, the city being at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of lake See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation on the St Lawrence . See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

Steam ferries connect Ogdensburg with See also:

• PRESCOTT, WILLIAM HICKLING (1796-1859)

Prescott, See also:

• ONTARIO
• ONTARIO, LAKE

Ontario . The city is the seat of the St Lawrence See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State See also:

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

Hospital for the Insane (189o), and has a See also:

• UNITED

United States Customs 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 and a state armoury . The city became the see of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop in 1872, and here See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

Edgar See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip Wadhams (1817–1891) laboured as bishop in 1872–1891 . It is the port of entry. of the Oswegatchie customs See also:

• DISTRICT

district, and has an extensive See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, particularly in See also:

• LUMBER

lumber and See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain . The city has various manufactures, including lumber, See also:

• FLOUR

flour, wooden-See also:

• WARE

ware, See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass-ware, silks, woollens and clothing . The value of the factory products increased from $2,260,889 in 1900 to $3,057,271 in 1905, or 35.2% . The site of Ogdensburg was occupied in 1749 by the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of La Presentation, founded by the See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

Abbe See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois See also:

• PIQUET

Piquet (1708–1781) for the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian converts of the See also:

• IROQUOIS

Iroquois .

At the outbreak of 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 the See also:

• BRITISH

British built here Fort Presentation, which they held until 1796, when, in accordance with the terms of the See also:

• JAY (Fr. geai)
• JAY, JOHN (1745-1829)
• JAY, WILLIAM (1769-1853)

Jay Treaty, the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison was withdrawn . See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham See also:

• OGDEN

Ogden (1743–1798), a prominent New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey lawyer, bought See also:

• LAND

land here, and the settlement which See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up around the fort was named Ogdensburg . During the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PART

part of the War of 1812 it was an important point on the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• LINE

line of See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence . On the 4th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1812 See also:

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

Colonel Lethbridge, with about 750 men, prepared to attack Ogdensburg but was driven off by American troops under See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown . On the 22nd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1813 both fort and See also:

• VILLAGE

village were captured and partially destroyed by the British . During the See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian rising of 1837–1838 Ogdensburg became a See also:

• RENDEZVOUS

rendezvous of the insurgents . Ogdensburg was incorporated as a village in 1818, and was chartered as a city in 1868 .