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Excerpt from Natural, Statistical, and Civil History of the State of New-York, Vol. 2 of 3 Richmond, comprehending Staten Island, lies southwesterly of e city of new-york. It is bounded, on the east by N ew the Narrows, which divide it from Long Isl and, on the south by Sandy Hook bay, on the west by a strait, which separates it from New Jersey, and on the north by Newark bay and Arthur kull Sound or the Kills. Its length is fourteen miles, and its greatest breadth eight. It contains seventy-seven square miles, or forty-nine thousand two hundred and eighty acres of land. The improved lands comprise twenty-two thousand one hundred and seventy-eight acres. The population was five thou sand nine hundred and thirty-two, in 1825, which gives an average of seventy-seven persons to every square mile. Richmond is sub divided into four towns. The only village of moment is at the Quarantine, and that is small. Prince's bay, at the south end of the island, affords a convenient harbour for vessels. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.