1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TOTTENVILLE, a former village of Richmond county, New York, U.S.A., and since 1898 a part of New York City. It is on the southern shore of Staten Island in New York Bay and on Staten Island Sound, about 20 m. S.W. of the south extremity of Manhattan Island, and is the terminus of the Staten Island Rapid Transit railway. Marine engines, terra-cotta and boats are manufactured here, and there are oyster fisheries. The " Billopp House " here (still standing) was the scene of the conference, on the nth of September 1776…
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- Vol. 27, pp. 92-92