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DE RUYTER, V. and p. o. De Ruyter, Madison co. was incorpo- rated in 1833, and now contains about 400 inhabitants, 60 dwelling houses, 1 Presbyterian and 1 Bap- tist church; an incorporated aca-)
DEVIL'S HOLE, a frightful dell or gulf on the Niagara river, about 12 miles below the falls.
DE WITT, t. Onondaga co. si- tuated 5 miles east of Syracuse, and distant I42 miles from Albany; contained in 1840, 2,802 inhabi- tants. The surface is somewhat uneven ; in this vicinity are inex- haustible quarries of water lime, large quantities of which are ex- ported. There is also in this town a cavern of considerable extent; it has been explored for about 100 rods. De Witt and Jamesville are names of post offices.
DE WITT'S VALLEY, V. and p. o. Burns, Allegany co. is an agricultural settlement, containing about 150 inhabitants, 25 dwelling houses, 1 tavern, 1 store and I tannery.
DE WITTVILLE, p. o. Chatau- que, Chautauque co.
the north side of the Black river at its mouth, where is afforded water power and uninterrupted navigation through Black river bay, with Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence ri- ver. Piers for improving the harbor are being constructed by the United States government, and several vessels ply regularly between this place and Oswego, and other ports. Very little was done to improve the natural advantages of this vil- lage till 1836; it now contains about 600 inhabitants, 1 Episcopal church, 2 taverns, 3 stores, an ex- tensive warehouse and wharf ; 1 woollen factory, built of stone of the first class, turning out about 200 yards of broadcloth per day ; 1 clothier's shop, 1 flouring mill, 4 double saw mills, 1 planing ma- chine, 1 oil mill, 1 plaster mill, 1 iron foundery, and 1 axe manu- factory; besides many other kinds of mechanic work shops.
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DEXTERVILLE, V. Ellicott, Chautauque co. is situated on the north shore of the outlet of Chau- tauque lake ; this is a new place possessing great water privileges. Here is annually manufactured about two millions feet of pine boards, besides large quantities of lath and shingles. There is also a celebrated edge tool manufactory.
DIAL MOUNTAIN, OR NIP- PLE Top, situated in the town of Keene, Essex co. is one of the Adirondack range of mountain peaks; it is elevated 4,900 feet above the tide waters of the Hud- son, and presents a very singular appearance, as the name by which it is sometimes called implies.
It is also called the Noon Mark, by those living in the vicinity.
DIAMOND ISLAND. See Lake George.
DIANA, t. Lewis county, situa- ted 25 miles north of the village of Martinsburgh, and distant 154 miles from Albany; contained in 1840, 883 inhabitants. A part of this town, on the south, was at- tached in 1841, to the new town of Croghan; it is hilly ; soil, sandy and gravelly loam, adapted to grass. It is drained by the Oswe- gatchie and Indian rivers. Harris- ville and Louisburgh are names of post offices.
DICKINSON, t. Franklin co. si- tuated 15 miles south-west of the village of Malone, and distant 225 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 1,005 inhabitants. This is a large town, extending about 40 miles in length. It is principally settled on the north, while the southern part is a wilderness, a- bounding with lakes and a large growth of timber. It is drained by the head waters of the Racket and St. Regis rivers. The soil is of various qualities. Dickinson is the name of a post office, where is a small settlement.
county, and flows west through a part of Allegany county, into the Genesee river ; through the valley of this creek for a considerable distance, extends the line of the New-York and Erie railroad, until it reaches the Genesee valley.
DISTANCES FROM ALBANY TO THE SEVERAL COUNTY SEATS. See Albany City.
DISTRICTS. See Congression- al, Senatorial and United States Revenue Districts.
DIx, t. Chemung co. situated 16 miles north of the village of El- mira, and distant 185 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 1,990 inhabitants. The surface is hilly ; soil, gravelly loam; drained by Catharine's creek on the east. Morland, Salubria and Townsend are names of post offices. Jeffer- son is the name of a village.
DIX HILLS, p. o. Huntington, Suffolk co.
DOANSBURGH, p. o. South- east, Putnam co.
DOBB'S FERRY, p. o. Green- burgh, Westchester co .; here is situated a convenient steamboat landing, on the Hudson river, 22 miles north of the city of New- York; 2 churches, 1 tavern, 1 store, and about 30 dwellings. This was an important point during the revolutionary war. A ferry communicates with the opposite side of the river.
DOLSENTOWN, p. o. Minisink, Orange co. is an agricultural settle- ment; it contains about 100 inha- bitants, 20 dwellings, 1 church, 1 tavern, 2 stores, and 1 distillery.
DORA, p. o. Colesville, Broome co.
DOTY's CORNERS, p. o. Dans- ville, Steuben co.
DOVER, t. Dutchess co. situated 20 miles east of Poughkeepsie, and distant 93 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 2,000 inhabi- tants. The surface in part is
DIKE CREEK, rises in Steuben mountainous, with a valley nearly
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in the centre, through which flows a branch of Ten Mile creek; the soil is sandy and gravelly loam, most of it fertile and well cultiva- ted. In this town are extensive quarries of white and colored mar- ble ; there are also beds of iron ore in the hills. Dover, Chesnut Ridge and South Dover, are names of post offices. The former is si- tuated in the village of Dover Plains.
DOVER PLAINS, V. Dover, Dutchess co. is situated on a beau- tiful and fertile plain ; it contains about 175 inhabitants, 30 dwelling houses, 1 Baptist and 1 Free church ; an academy ; 1 tavern, 2 stores, 1 grist mill and 1 tannery. The Dover post office is located in this village.
DRESDEN, t. Washington co. situated 28 miles north of Sandy Hill, and distant 78 miles from Al- bany; contained in 1840, 679 in- habitants. The surface is hilly and mountainous ; it lies between Lakes George and Champlain, over which region of country extends the Palmertown mountain, in some places rising 1,200 feet above the level of Lake Champlain; it is mostly covered with forests and unfit for cultivation, abounding in bears, deer, wolves and other wild game. Dresden is the name of a post office.
DRESDEN, V. Benton, Yates co. is situated on the west side of Se- neca lake, at the mouth of the out- let of Crooked lake, and the termi- nation of the Crooked lake canal. It contains about 400 inhabitants, 70 dwelling houses, 1 church, 2 taverns, 3 stores, 4 warehouses, 2 flouring mills, 2 saw mills, 1 clo- thier's works, 1 tannery, and a boat yard for building and repair- ing canal boats. This is a very convenient steamboat landing, 12 miles south of the village of Gene- va. A steam ferry boat here plies across the lake, in addition to pas-
sage boats that pass and repass daily.
DROWNED LANDS, is the name given to a large tract of land in the valley of the Wallkill, most- ly situated in the town of War- wick, Orange county, near the New-Jersey state line ; it is esti- mated to contain 50,000 acres. Through this marsh the stream flows with a current scarcely per- ceptible, and the spring freshets annually submerge it. No effort has yet been successful to wholly drain this swamp, although there are some elevated spots, or islands, consisting of fertile land ; the larger portion of this unclaimed marsh, or drowned lands, is used as pasturage for cattle ; on the sub- siding of the spring freshets, and for the remainder of the year is a desolate waste.
DRYDEN, t. Tompkins co. si- tuated 10 miles east of Ithaca, and distant 160 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 5,446 inhabi- tants. The surface is undulating, rising on the south into high ridges; soil, gravelly loam of good quality, and well cultivated; drained by Fall creek, and some other small streams. Dryden, Etna, Varna and West Dryden are names of post offices.
DRYDEN, V. and p. o. Dryden, Tompkins co. is situated on Virgil creek ; it contains about 500 inha- bitants, 1 Presbyterian and 1 Me- thodist church ; a high school in a flourishing condition ; 2 taverns, 3 stores, 1 grist mill, 1 saw mill, 2 tanneries and 1 clothier's works. About half a mile west of this place is situated a mineral spring of some celebrity; it is much re- sorted to by invalids laboring under rheumatic and cutaneous diseases.
DUANE, t. Franklin co. situated 15 miles south of the village of Malone, and distant 200 miles from Albany; contained in 1840, 324
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inhabitants. This town was divi- ded in 1841, and the name of Har- rietstown given to the south part. It is as yet almost a wilderness ; containing several small lakes. The settlements are principally confined to the north part. The surface is uneven and hilly ; soil, sandy loam of good quality. This town has become celebrated for DUBLIN, V. Junius, Seneca co. contains 1 tavern, 1 store and some 10 or 12 dwellings. its superior iron ore. There is lo- cated in the north part, the newly discovered 'native steel ore,' as it is DUCK LAKE, is a small body of water lying in the town of Con- quest, Cayuga co. called; which is susceptible of being cast from the ore into the finest edged tools, probably not surpassed by any other mine in the known world. The following de- scription of the Duane steel ore, is contained in the Geological Re- port for 1841 :- " It is a mixture of partly fine and partly coarse ore, rather more of the coarse than fine ; it is characterized by containing more hypersthene than usual, ex- hibiting the lustre of bronze ; it is also somewhat irridescent. Some small particles of sulphurate of iron appear in it, but not enough to in- jure it; also, masses of granular feldspar, and minute reddish gar- DUNDERBERG MOUNTAIN, OR HILLS, are situated in the town of Haverstraw, Rockland county, constituting the south part of the " Highlands." nets. The castings from the "steel ore," as it is termed, have of late acquired considerable celebrity, in consequence of their having been employed for edge tools; and I cannot now perceive," remarks Mr. Emmons, one of the state geo- logists, from experiments, "any reason why, for many kinds of edge tools, the material is not like- ly to come into extensive use ; no instance of failure has come to my knowledge, when the tool had been the bar. As an anchorage, this properly tempered." Duane and Deer River Falls are names of post offices. At the former there is a blast furnace and forge; 1 scythe factory, 2 saw mills, 1 tavern, 1 store, and some 20 or 25 dwel- lings.
DUANESBURGH, t. Schenecta- dy co. situated 12 miles south-west
of the city of Schenectady, and dis- tant 21 miles from Albany ; con- tained in 1841, 3,357 inhabitants. The surface is hilly and elevated ; soil, clay loam. It is drained by Schoharie creek, and several other small streams. Duanesburgh, Ma- riaville and Quaker Street, are names of post offices,
DUNDEE, V. and p. o. Starkie, Yates co. is pleasantly situated on Big Stream creek ; it contains a- bout 800 inhabitants, 100 dwelling houses, 1 Presbyterian, 1 Baptist, 1 Methodist and 1 Free church; 3 taverns, 7 stores, 1 woollen factory, 1 flouring mill, 1 grist mill, 4 saw mills, 2 tanneries, 2 iron founde- ries, 2 plough factories, 1 ashery, 2 brick yards, and a manufactory of threshing machines. In this place is a newly discovered salt spring, which bids fair to become productive.
DUNKIRK, V. and p. o. Pom- fret, Chautauque county, is situa- ted on Lake Erie, about 40 miles south-west of the city of Buffalo. The harbor of Dunkirk has been much improved by recent United States expenditures, and affords a depth of about 12 feet of water over harbor is extremely valuable as a port of refuge, and is much resorted to for that purpose by steamboats and sail vessels. The village was incorporated in 1837, and now contains about 1,000 inhabitants, 175 dwelling houses, 1 Presbyte- rian church, and a Methodist congregation, who worship in the
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Dunkirk academy; 2 public hou- ses, 10 stores, 1 flouring mill and 1 saw mill. This point has been se- lected as the western termination of the New-York and Erie rail- road ; the completion of which great work, will at once cause Dunkirk to rank among the chief places on Lake Erie. The distance from Dunkirk to the city of New- York, by the line of the railroad, is about 470 miles.
DUNNSVILLE, p. o. Guilder- land, Albany co.
DURHAM, t. Greene co. situa- ted 20 miles north-west of Catskill, and distant 34 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 2,813 inhabi- tants. The surface is hilly and
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broken; soil, clay and gravelly loam. It is drained by the Cats- kill and some of its tributaries. Durham, Cornwallville, Oakhill, East Durham and South Durham are names of post offices.
DURHAM, V. and p. o. Dur- ham, Greene co. contains about 200 inhabitants, 30 dwelling hou- ses, 1 church, 2 taverns and 1 store.
DURHAMVILLE, V. and p. o. Verona, Oneida co. is situated on both sides of Oneida creek; it contains about 200 inhabitants, 25 dwelling houses, 2 churches, 3 ta- verns, 4 stores, 1 grist mill, 2 saw mills and 1 extensive tan- nery.
DUTCHESS COUNTY, first organized in 1683, is centrally distant 75 miles from the city of Albany ; it is situated equi-distant between the cities of New-York and Albany, and bounded on the north by Co- lumbia county, east by the Connecticut state line, south by Putnam county, and on the west by the Hudson river. This is a rich and thri- ving agricultural county, annually sending a large amount of produce and live stock to the New-York market. The surface is somewhat un- even, and on the east hilly; the soil, however, is mostly good and highly cultivated. The products of this region of country, whether of grain or live stock, are of the first quality ; most of the inhabitants are farmers, many of them in affluent circumstances. The advantages of water communication, which the Hudson river affords, is of great im- portance to the citizens of this county. The mineral productions are also important items of wealth. There are but few parts of the state in which iron ore is more abundant, or more advantageously wrought, or of better quality. The marble quarries are numerous, and the quantity of this useful material is inexhaustible ; the most important location is in the town of Dover. Veins of lead ore also are found, similar to those of Columbia county. Peat and marl exist in abundance ; and to this list of useful minerals must be added black lead, several tons of which have recently been obtained and sent to market, from a mine located in the town of Fishkill. One or two mineral springs are also considered worthy of notice, from one of which sulphuretted hydrogen is evolved, and from another arises an inflammable gas. The factories and mills on the Fishkill and Wappinger's creek, both of which streams rise in and flow through this county, are numerous and many of them very ex- tensive, producing large quantities of manufactured products. Ten Mile creek rises in the east part of the county, and runs south-east into the Housatonic river in Connecticut. Its area is about 765 square miles, or 489,700 acres.
The following are the names of the towns in Dutchess county, with the population in 1840 :
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Amenia, .
2,179 | Pine Plains, . . 1,334
Beekman,.
1,400
Pleasant Valley,. 2,219
Clinton,
1,830
POUGHKEEPSIE, 10,006
Dover, .
2,000
Redhook,
2,829
Fishkill,.
10,437
Rhinebeck,.
2,659
Hyde Park,
2,364
La Grange,
1,851
Milan, .
1,725
Northeast,
1,385
Pawlings, .
1,571
Total inhabitants, . 52,398
bany co. Here are situated 1 ta- vern, 2 stores, 1 grist mill, 1 saw mill, and 12 or 15 dwellings.
EAST BETHANY, p. o. Betha- ny, Genesee co.
EAST BLOOMFIELD, t. Ontario co. situated 8 miles west of the village of Canandaigua, and dis- tant 203 miles from. Albany ; con- tained in 1840, 1,986 inhabitants. The surface is undulating ; soil, clay and sandy loam of a good quality. It is drained by Mud creek and several other small streams.
EAST BLOOMFIELD, V. and p. o. East Bloomfield, Ontario co. is an agricultural settlement, contain- ing about 300 inhabitants, 40 dwelling houses, 1 Presbyterian and 1 Congregational church ; 2 taverns, 4 stores, 1 tannery and 1 furnace.
EAST BRANCH, p. o. Han- cock, Delaware co.
EAST CANADA CREEK, rises in Hamilton co. and flows south. This is a rapid stream, and for a considerable distance divides the counties of Fulton and Montgomery on the east, from Herkimer county on the west, when it falls into the Mohawk river, affording in its course many good mill privileges.
EAST CANISTEO, p. o. Canis- teo, Steuben co.
EAST CARLTON, p. o. Carlton, Orleans co.
EASTCHESTER, t. Westches- ter co. situated 10 miles south of the village of White Plains, and distant 140 miles from the city of Albany; contained in 1840, 1,502
Stanford,.
2,278
Union Vale,
1,498
Washington,
2,833
EAGLE, t. Allegany co. situated 24 miles north-west of the village of Angelica, and distant 264 miles from Albany ; contained in 1841, 1,187 inhabitants. The surface is undulating; soil, argillaceous loam, well adapted to grass or grain, and mostly heavily timbered; drained by Caneadea and Wiskoy creeks. Eagle is the name of a post office, where is a small settlement.
EAGLE HARBOR, p. o. Gaines, Orleans co. is situated on the Erie canal. Here are located 1 Metho- dist church, 1 tavern, 2 stores, 3 warehouses, 1 flouring mill, and 15 or 20 dwellings.
EARLSVILLE, V. and p. o. Ha- milton, Madison county, is situated on the Chenango river; it contains about 600 inhabitants, 100 dwelling houses, 2 churches, 2 taverns, 7 stores, 1 flouring mill and 1 saw mill. The Chenango canal passes through this place.
EAST AVON, V. and p. o. Avon, Livingston co. is situated 2 miles east from Avon Springs; it con- tains about 250 inhabitants,. 35 dwelling houses, 1 Presbyterian and 1 Baptist church ; 2 public houses and 2 stores. It is surrounded by a rich and highly cultivated farm- ing country, and commands a view of the extensive valley of the Ge- nesee.
EAST BARRINGTON, P. o. Barrington, Yates co.
EAST BAY, is the name given to the east part of the Great South Bay, of Long Island.
EAST BERNE, p.o. Berne, Al-
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Inhabitants. The surface is hilly, and somewhat stony; soil, mostly fertile loam. The Bronx river bounds it on the west, and Hutch- inson's creek on the east, emptying into an estuary of the sound called Eastchester bay. Eastchester and Bronx are names of post offices.
EASTCHESTER, V. and p. o. Eastchester, Westchester co. lies on the west side of Eastchester creek, 15 miles from the city of New-York; it contains about 350 inhabitants, 50 dwelling houses, 1 ( situated on the east end of Long Episcopal and 1 Methodist church; 3 taverns, 4 stores, and 1 grist mill. Here is a convenient landing, from whence sail several sloops trading with the New-York market.
EAST CHINA, p. o. China, Wy- oming co.
EAST CONSTABLE, p. o. Con- stable, Franklin co.
EAST CREEK, p. o. Manheim, Herkimer co.
EAST DURHAM, p. o. Durham, Greene co.
EAST EVANS, p. o. Evans, Erie co.
EAST FLORENCE, p. o. Flo- rence, Oneida co.
EAST FRANKLIN, p. o. Frank- lin, Delaware co.
EAST GAINESVILLE, p. o. Gainesville, Wyoming co.
EAST GENOA, p. o. Genoa, Cayuga co.
EAST GLENVILLE, p. o. Glen- ville, Schenectady co.
EAST GREENBUSH, P. o. Greenbush, Rensselaer co. Here are situated 1 church, an incorpo- rated academy; 1 tavern, 1 store and 15 dwellings.
EAST GREENE, p. o. Greene, Chenango co.
EAST GREENWICH, p. O. Greenwich, Washington co.
EAST GROVE, p. o. Grove, Al- Iegany co.
EAST GROVELAND, p. O. Groveland, Livingston co.
EAST GUILFORD, p. o. Guil-
ford, Chenango co. Here are situa- ted 1 grist mill, 1 saw mill, 1 plaster mill, 1 clothier's works, 1 tavern, 1 store, and about 15 dwellings.
EAST HAMBURGH, p. o. Ham- burgh, Erie co.
EAST HAMILTON, p. o. Hamil- ton, Madison co.
EASTHAMPTON, t. Suffolk co. situated 30 miles east of the village of Riverhead, and distant 265 miles from Albany ; contained in 1840, 2,076 inhabitants. This town is
Island, and includes Montauk Point, Gardiner's and some smaller islands. On the north are several indentations and bays. It is most- ly a sandy alluvion, level, and in some places the soil is very pro- ductive. Here reside a few In- dians, the remnant of the Montauk tribe, whose ancestors about 170 years ago, sold this part of the island to the whites ; they now re- side on a tract of 1000 acres, which they hold by a lease. On the ex- treme end of Montauk Point is a light house, erected in 1796, at a cost of about $23,000. Its site is elevated 40 feet above the main building, which is 100 feet in height; the light can be seen for upwards of 30 miles at sea, and is hailed with delight by the mariner, as it is often the first appearance of land seen on approaching the coast of America. Easthampton and Amergansett are names of post offices.
EASTHAMPTON, V. and p. o. Easthampton, Suffolk co. is con- fined to a single street; it contains about 600 inhabitants, 100 dwelling houses, 1 Presbyterian church; the Clinton Academy; 1 windmill, 2 0 taverns, and some stores.
EAST HILL, p. o. Nunda, Al- legany co.
EAST HUNTER, p. o. Hunter, Greene co. Here are located 1 ta- vern, 1 store, an extensive tannery, and about 15 dwellings.
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EAST JAVA-EAST SALEM.
EAST JAVA, p. o. Java, Gene- see co.
EAST KILL, p. o, Hunter, Greene co.
EAST KOY, p. o. Pike, Alle- gany co.
EAST KOY CREEK, rises in Genesee county, and flows south into Allegany county; where it unites with the West Koy; and then continues in an easterly direc- tion until it falls into the Gene- see river; affording many fine mill privileges.
EAST LEXINGTON, p. o. Lex- ington, Greene co.
EAST LINE, p. o. Ballston, Sa- ratoga co.
EAST MCDONOUGH, p. O. Mc- Donough, Chenango co.
EAST NASSAU, V. and p. o. Nassau, Rensselaer co. is situated on the Boston turnpike, 17 miles east of the city of Albany; it con- tains about 300 inhabitants, 40 dwelling houses, 1 church, 3 ta- verns, 3 stores; 1 grist mill, 1 saw mill, and 1 tannery situated on Kinderhook creek.
EAST NEW-YORK, V. and p. 0. Flatbush, Kings county, is si- tuated on the line of the Long Is- land railroad, and Brooklyn and Jamaica turnpike, 5} miles east of the city of Brooklyn. It contains about 400 inhabitants, 50 dwelling houses, 2 Dutch Reformed church- es, 3 taverns, 3 stores, 1 large clock manufactory propelled by steam, a suspender and boot web manufactory; besides several other kinds of mechanic work shops.
EASTON, t. Washington co. si- tuated 15 miles south-west of the village of Salem, and distant 26 miles from Albany; contained in 1840, 2,988 inhabitants. The sur- face is somewhat uneven; soil, mostly loam, combined with clay and sand, generally well cultivated. Limestone and water lime abound here of superior quality. It is drained by the Battenkill on the
north, flowing into the Hudson ri- ver, which bounds it on the west. Easton, North Easton and South Easton are names of post offi- ces.
EASTON, v. and p. o. Easton, Washington co. is an agricultural settlement, containing about 300 inhabitants, 50 dwelling houses, 1 Dutch Reformed and 1 Methodist church, and 1 Friends' meeting house ; 2 taverns, and 3 stores.
EAST ORANGEVILLE, p. o. Orangeville, Wyoming co.
EAST OTTO, p. o. Otto, Catta- raugus co.
EAST PAINTED POST, p. o. Painted Post, Steuben co.
EAST PALMYRA, p. o. Palmy- ra, Wayne co.
EAST PEMBROKE, p. o. Pem- broke, Genesee co.
EAST PHARSALIA, p. o. Phar- salia, Chenango co.
EAST PIERREPONT, P. O. Pierrepont, St. Lawrence co. is si- tuated on Racket river. Here are located 1 grist mill, 1 saw mill, 1 clothier's works, 1 machine shop, and about 20 dwelling houses.
EAST PIKE, p. o. Pike, Alle- gany co.
EAST RICHFIELD, p. o. Rich- field, Otsego co.
EAST RIVER, so called, is an arm of the sea, or a continuation of Long Island Sound ; it divides the island of New-York and a part of Westchester county from Long Island; communicating with the harbor of New-York, the Hudson river and the Atlantic ocean, through the " Narrows." It may be considered about 15 miles in length, and is navigable for vessels of a large class. The celebrated pass called "Hell Gate," is situa- ted opposite Great Barn island, 7 miles from the city of New- York ; it also contains several important islands.
EAST SALEM, p. o. Salem, Washington co
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EAST SANDLAKE-EDINBURGH.
EAST SANDLAKE, p. o. Sand- I lake, Rensselaer co.
EAST SCHUYLER, p. o. Schuy- ler, Herkimer co.
EAST SHERIDAN, p. o. Sheri- dan, Chautauque co.
EAST SOLON, p. o. Solon, Cortland co.
EAST SPRINGFIELD, p. o. Springfield, Otsego co.
EAST WORCESTER, V. and p. o. Worcester, Otsego co. contains about 150 inhabitants, 25 dwelling houses ; a Baptist and a Methodist church; 2 taverns, 3 stores, 1 grist mill, 1 saw mill, and I fulling mill.
EATON, t. Madison co. contains the county buildings situated in the village of Morrisville, and is distant 100 miles from the city of Albany; it contained in 1840, 3,409 inhabitants. The surface is rolling ; soil, gravelly loam and clay, fertile and well adapted to grass ; drained south by the head waters of the Chenango river. Eaton, Morrisville and Pratt's Hol- low are names of post offices.
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