. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. settled at theplace, called by the Indians Quinnipiac. Twoyears later the town was given the name ofNew Haven, and it became the capital of theindependent New Haven Colony. In 1665this was united with the Connecticut colony,of which in 1701 it was made a joint capitalwith Hartford, retaining this position until1873. A force of British took the town onJuly 5, 1779. In 1784 New Haven was in-corporated as a city. NEW HEBRIDES, Jiebri deez,
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. settled at theplace, called by the Indians Quinnipiac. Twoyears later the town was given the name ofNew Haven, and it became the capital of theindependent New Haven Colony. In 1665this was united with the Connecticut colony,of which in 1701 it was made a joint capitalwith Hartford, retaining this position until1873. A force of British took the town onJuly 5, 1779. In 1784 New Haven was in-corporated as a city. NEW HEBRIDES, Jiebri deez, a group ofislands in the Pacific Ocean, lying northeastof New Caledonia and northwest of the FijiIslands. Some are of coral formation, othersare of volcanic origin. Their total area isabout 5,100 square miles. They are fertile,and produce cocoanuts, breadfruits, bananas,pineapples, oranges and sandalwood. Theclimate is unhealthful, even for the inhabitants, which number about 50,000, NEW JERSEY 2534 NEW JERSEY are Melanesians, formerly cannibals, butcivilized by European, influence. The islandsare jointly administered by England __ EW JERSEY, one of the originalthirteen states of the American Union, thethird (after Delaware and Pennsylvania) toratify the Constitution. This occurred De-cember 18, 1787. It is one of the MiddleAtlantic states. New York is on the northand northeast, the Atlantic Ocean is on theeast, and the Delaware Bay and DelawareKiver separates the state from Delaware andPennsylvania on the south and west. Thearea is 8,224 square miles, which makes itthe forty-fifth in size, only Connecticut,Delaware and Ehode Island being , it was eleventh in population in1910, with 2,537,167 people. A Federal esti-mate raised this to 3,080,371 in 1918. Thesugar maple tree, rather than a flower, isthe emblem of the state. Surface and Drainage. Most of the stateis low land. If all of New Jersey were to bedepressed 100 feet fully one-half w
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