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Francis Glass, Washingtonii Vita (ed. J.N. Reynolds), CAPUT OCTAVUM. (search)
An earl or count; so called because they accompanied the kings on their military expeditions. Britannus, cum sex hominum millibus flumen septentrionale trajecit. Hic fluvius Cæsaream Novam à Neo-Eboraco dividit. Washingtonius pedemPedem, &c., “ retreated. ” retrò tulit, et ad ripas fluminis Hackensackii consedit. Locus, quem jam occupabat, isti, Isti, (scilicet, loco,) “ to that (place). ” quem reliquerat, ferè similis fuit: intersepiri, enim, flumina inter HackensackiaThe Hackensack and Passaic, two rivers of New-Jersey. et Passaica, facilè poterat. Appropinquantibus igitur, hostibus, sese Novam ArcamNovam Arcam, “ Newark, ” in New-Jersey. recepit, ubi aliquandiu commoratus, quasi cum Comite Cornwallis, si opus fuerit, dimicaturus; at ob exercitûs infirmitatem, Brunsvicum, Brunsvicum, “ Brunswick, ” or, as it is sometimes called, New-Brunswick, also in Jersey. die, quo, Comes Cornwallis Novam Arcam intrârat, sese contulit. Brunsvico copias castra movere jussit Wash
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Patch, Samuel 1807- (search)
Patch, Samuel 1807- Diver; born in Rhode Island in 1807. As an athlete he became known as a diver, making his first celebrated leap from the bridge over the Passaic River at Paterson, N. J. He met his death Nov. 13, 1829, in jumping from a bridge over the Genesee River at Rochester, N. Y., at a height of 125 feet above the water.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), New Jersey, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey (search)
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey a city of 105,000 pop., on Passaic River, 9 miles from New York. Extensively engaged in various manufactures, amounting to about $25.000,000 annually. Domestic commerce is quite extensive. Brownstone quarries are located in the vicinity. A very large number of persons living here have business in New York.
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), New Jersey, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey (search)
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey a city of 40,000 pop., on Passaic River and Erie Railroad, 16 miles from New York. The Falls in the river furnish abundant water power, which is extensively employed in various manufactures.
The Daily Dispatch: November 7, 1860., [Electronic resource], An alligator in the Jerseys. (search)
An alligator in the Jerseys. --A small alligator, about two feet long, was caught in the Passaic river, at Acquackanonk, New Jersey, on Wednesday. It is supposed to have been brought there in a load of reeds from the South, recently landed in the vicinity.