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Murphy, Philip Dunton

(Encyclopedia)Murphy, Philip Dunton: see New Jersey. ...

Kean, Thomas Howard

(Encyclopedia)Kean, Thomas Howard: see New Jersey. ...

Whitman, Christine Todd

(Encyclopedia)Whitman, Christine Todd: see New Jersey. ...

Byrne, Brendan Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Byrne, Brendan Thomas: see New Jersey. ...

Rutherford

(Encyclopedia)Rutherford rŭthˈərfərd [key], borough (1990 pop. 17,790), Bergen co., NE N.J., a residential suburb of the New York City–N New Jersey metropolitan area; inc. 1881. Several pre-Revolutionary hous...

bight

(Encyclopedia)bight, broad bend or curve in a coastline, forming a large open bay. The New York bight, for example, is the curve in the coast described by the southern shore of Long Island and the eastern shore of ...

Summit

(Encyclopedia)Summit, city (1990 pop. 19,757), Union co., NE N.J., a residential suburb of the New York City–N New Jersey metropolitan area; settled c.1720, set off from Springfield and New Providence and inc. 18...

Thirteen Colonies, the

(Encyclopedia)Thirteen Colonies, the, term used for the colonies of British North America that joined together in the American Revolution against the mother country, adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776,...

Stevens

(Encyclopedia)Stevens, family of U.S. inventors. John Stevens, 1749–1838, b. New York City, was graduated from King's College (now Columbia Univ.) in 1768. He studied law (1768–71) and soon joined his father, a...

Westwood

(Encyclopedia)Westwood. 1 Residential town (1990 pop. 12,557), Norfolk co., E Mass., in the greater Boston area; settled 1640, inc. 1897. Clothing is manufactured, and the town has several early 18th-century buildi...