OSSINING  , a See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Westchester 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., 30 M . N. of New York See also:

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

city, on the E. See also:

• BANK

bank 9f the See also:

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

Hudson See also:

• RIVER

river . Pop . (1900) 7939, of whom 1642 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (1910, U.S. See also:

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

census) 11,480 . It is served by the New York Central & Hudson River railway, and by river steamboats . It is finely situated overlooking the Tappan Zee, an expansion of the Hudson river, and has excellent facilities for boating, sailing and See also:

• YACHTING

yachting . The village is the seat of See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Pleasant See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy (1814), Holbrook School (1866) and St 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's School (1843), all for boys, and has a See also:

• FINE

fine public library . The Croton See also:

• AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

Aqueduct is here carried over 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:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch with an eighty-See also:

• FOOT

foot span . At Ossining, near the river front, is the Sing Sing See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

Prison, the best-known See also:

• PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

penitentiary in the See also:

• UNITED

United States . In 1906 a See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law was enacted providing for a new prison in the eastern See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in See also:

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

place of Sing Sing . The site of Ossining, originally a part of the Phillipse See also:

• MANOR

Manor, was first settled about 1700, taking the name of Sing Sing from the See also:

• SIN
• SIN (O. Eng. syn: a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zonde, Ger. Siinde)

Sin Sinck See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians . The village was incorporated in '813, and was reincorporated, with enlarged boundaries and a considerably increased See also:

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

population, in 1906, the name being changed from Sing Sing to Ossining in 19o1 .