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Peekskill, city (1990 pop. 19,536), Westchester co., SE N.Y., on the Hudson River; settled 1665, inc. as a village 1816, as a city 1940. Clothing, leather goods, lighting fixtures, and office equipment are made there. In the American Revolution American Revolution, 1775–83, struggle by which the Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic seaboard of North America won independence from Great Britain and became the United States. It is also called the American War of Independence. ..... Click the link for more information. , Peekskill was attacked and burned (1777) by the British; after the war the city became a prominent trade center. Peter Cooper Cooper, Peter, 1791–1883, American inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist, b. New York City. After achieving success in the glue business, Cooper, with two partners, erected (1829) the Canton Iron Works in Baltimore. ..... Click the link for more information. and Henry Ward Beecher Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813–87, American Congregational preacher, orator, and lecturer, b. Litchfield, Conn.; son of Lyman Beecher and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe . He graduated from Amherst in 1834 and attended Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati. ..... Click the link for more information. were born there. St. Peter's Church, dedicated in 1767, has been restored. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Born and raised in a family that ran a successful steel fabricating plant and erection firm headquartered in Peekskill, New York, Janis joined the business in the early 1970s as a single mother raising two small sons. William Henry Singleton grew up as a slave in North Carolina, served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and spent his postwar career in various cities in the North, where he was a popular speaker on patriotic occasions, especially in Peekskill, New York, during his residence there from 1907 to 1924. George Cahill, supervisor of recreation in Peekskill, New York, proclaimed the initiative resources "Good stuff," when describing the program's value. |
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