This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...forming Richmond county, N. Y., and the borough of Richmond iu the enlarged city now known as Greater New York. It received its name from early Dutch settlers in honor of the states-general (Dutch Staten). It has an area of 58 square miles, and is about thirteen miles in length and eight miles in breadth. It is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...forming Richmond county, N. Y., and the borough of Richmond iu the enlarged city now known as Greater New York. It received its name from early Dutch settlers in honor of the states-general (Dutch Staten). It has an area of 58 square miles, and is about thirteen miles in length and eight miles in breadth. It is separated from Long Island by the narrows, and from New Jersey by the Kill von Kull and Staten Island sound, and has steam-ferry communication both with New York city and with New Jersey, while the Staten Island Rapid Transit railroad reaches the towns, villages, and watering places of importance on the island. Close to Clifton is Fort Wadsworth, and on the north shore is Sailor's Snug Harbor, an asylum for aged and infirm mariners. At Stapleton is a united States marine hospital, and between St. George and Tompkinsville is a United States lighthouse station. On the island are the residences of many of the business men of New York city. States' Rights, a term used in the United States to indicate a doctrine, based upon an understanding of the constitution, which assumes that the different states of the Union are independent, and that the citizens of a state owe allegiance only to the state; that the states are joined together only for certain purposes; and that the acts of the general government must be approved by the separate states, which possess the right also to ' nullify" or to pronounce them of no authority, or if necessary to secede from the Union. The first appearance of this idea was in 1798, when the legislatures of Kentucky and Virginia protested on this ground against the alien and sedition laws, which permitted the President of the United States to remove from the states aliens or foreigners whose presence might be considered dange...
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