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Flushing, New York

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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Formerly a township and a village of Queens county, New York, U.S.A., on Long Island, at the head of Flushing Bay, since the ist of January 1898 a part of the borough of Queens, New York City. Flushing is served by the Long Island railroad and by electric lines. It was settled in 1644 by a company of English non-conformists who had probably been residents of Flushing in Holland, from which the new place took its name. Subsequently a large number of Quakers settled here, and in 1672 George Fox spent some time in the township. Before the War of Independence Flushing was the country-seat of many rich New Yorkers and colonial officials.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Flushing, New York'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​f/flushing-new-york.html. 1910.
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