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    The Staten Island Quarantine War was a series of attacks on the New York Marine Hospital in Staten Island—known as "the Quarantine" and at that time the...
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    Angry residents burned down the Quarantine in 1858 in a series of attacks known as the Staten Island Quarantine War. Although there were no deaths as...
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  • hospital compound in 1858 in a series of attacks known as the Staten Island Quarantine War. Although there were no deaths as a result of the attack, the...
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    Swinburne Island is a 4-acre (1.6 ha) artificial island in Lower New York Bay, east of Staten Island in New York City. It was used for quarantine of immigrants...
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    Staten Island (/ˈstætən/ STAT-ən) is the southernmost borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point...
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    Hoffman Island is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) artificial island in the Lower New York Bay, off the South Beach of Staten Island, New York City. A smaller, 4-acre...
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  • 1860. In 1858, angry Staten Island residents burned down the Quarantine in what became known as the Staten Island Quarantine War. Three years afterward...
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  • in Staten Island, today a borough of New York City, New York, at some time in their lives. The list does not include people who were only in Staten Island...
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    known as the Staten Island Quarantine War. A new quarantine center was created on Swinburne Island (a fill off the South Shore of Staten Island, about 2.5...
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    federal quarantine station for incoming immigrants (closed in 1971) and was the home of noted photographer Alice Austen, one of Staten Island's best-known...
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    neighborhood in the New York City borough of Staten Island. Silver Lake Park, located on Staten Island's north shore, is bounded by Forest Avenue, Victory...
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    community of about 100 people. Since 1801, a Quarantine Hospital had been located in Tompkinsville, Staten Island, and in the 1840s, during the Great Famine...
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    1849 Police Riot 16 June 1857 Dead Rabbits Riot 5 July 1857 Staten Island Quarantine War, 3 September 1858 preserving order at camp of Spinola Brigade...
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  • the seven Lincoln–Douglas debates is held. September 1–2 – 'Staten Island Quarantine War'. September 14 – Fordyce Beals patents his six shooter revolver...
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    buildings of the hospital complex to the ground in the Staten Island Quarantine War of 1858. The Staten Island Lighthouse Depot was constructed on the former...
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    that the ship may have quarantined at the New York Marine Hospital on Staten Island, site of the later Staten Island Quarantine War. Minister and publisher...
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    National Lighthouse Museum (category Museums in Staten Island)
    the former location of the New York Marine Hospital and the Staten Island Quarantine War. On November 9, 2001, the New York State Board of Regents issued...
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  • established. 1856 Staten Island Historical Society founded. New Dorp Light commissioned. 1858 – Quarantine War 1860 Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway...
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    organizer known for his role in leading Amazon worker organization in Staten Island, a borough in New York City. He is the president and founder of the...
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    The Staten Island Railway (SIR) is the only rapid transit line in the New York City borough of Staten Island and is operated by the Staten Island Rapid...
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  • Retrieved 2021-07-28. Top 100 Historical Events in Staten Island, Richmond County, NY, from the Staten Island Advance. "Clifton Hospital's Former Staff Holds...
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    Lower New York Bay (category Bodies of water of Staten Island)
    a section of New York Bay south of the Narrows (the strait between Staten Island and Brooklyn). The eastern end of the Bay is marked by two spits of...
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  • Southern Tier The earliest New York state laws regarding public health were quarantine laws for the port of New York, first passed by the New York General Assembly...
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  • (DCA), Staten Island Arts Council 2022 Presidential Research Award, Barnard College Ring Shout (2002) High School (2002) Domino (2003) Quarantine: (Another...
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    was once the site of the Riverside Hospital for quarantinable diseases but is now uninhabited. The islands had long been privately owned, but was purchased...
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    Staten Island and Queens. Densely populated boroughs such as Manhattan and Brooklyn saw fewer cases in 1916 which confused many researchers. Staten Island...
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    Alice Austen (category Artists from Staten Island)
    (March 17, 1866 – June 9, 1952) was an American photographer working in Staten Island. She is best known for her street photography and her intimate depictions...
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    that the Hygienic Laboratory began in an attic at Staten Island's Marine Hospital, near Ellis Island, the single busiest port of entry for immigrants during...
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    1804 Fourth Boston hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1827 Stapleton, Staten Island hospital, 1831* Charleston, South Carolina hospital, 1833* Mobile, Alabama...
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    medical quarantines and processing immigrants. After 1924, Ellis Island was used primarily as a detention center for migrants. During both World War I and...
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