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1808 - Staten Island "became the borough of Richmond in Greater New York". [2] 1812 - War of 1812. [2] 1817 – Richmond Turnpike Company ferry begins operating to New York City. 1823 – Population: 6,135. [11] c.1825 – Old Staten Island Dyeing Establishment incorporated. [12] 1826 – Agricultural Society organized. [13]
After Sullivan's speech to Congress, John Adams cynically commented on this diplomatic attempt by calling Sullivan a "decoy-duck" and accusing the British of sending Sullivan "to seduce us into a renunciation of our independence." Others noted that it appeared to be an attempt to blame Congress for prolonging the war. [10] [11]
The Battle of Staten Island was a failed raid by Continental Army troops under Major General John Sullivan against British forces on Staten Island on August 22, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War.
From 1800 to 1858, Staten Island was the location of the largest quarantine facility in the United States. Angry residents burned down the hospital compound in 1858 in a series of attacks known as the Staten Island Quarantine War. [35] In 1860, parts of Castleton and Southfield were made into a new town, Middletown. The Village of New Brighton ...
October 2: Pope John Paul II visits city, gives speech at U.N. against all forms of concentration camps and tortures in light of the then 40th anniversary of World War II's first establishing of both in his native Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union and continuation afterwards by post-war Polish Communists.
National Register of Historic Places in Staten Island (2 C, 18 P) New York State Register of Historic Places in Richmond County (3 P) Pages in category "History of Staten Island"
Staten Island Historical Society is an organization devoted to the history of Staten Island and its neighboring communities, from the colonial period to the present day. The Society operates and interpreting Historic Richmond Town , the largest and most comprehensive historic village in New York City .
The New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the winter months of 1777 was a series of American Revolutionary War battles for control of the Port of New York and the state of New Jersey, fought between British forces under General Sir William Howe and the Continental Army under General George Washington.