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Perth Amboy

Perth Amboy
/am"boy/
a seaport in E New Jersey. 38,951.

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      city and port of entry, Middlesex county, east-central New Jersey, U.S. It lies at the mouth of the Raritan River, on Raritan Bay, at the southern end of Arthur Kill (channel), there bridged to Tottenville, Staten Island, New York City. Settled in the late 17th century, it was the capital of the East Jersey colony from 1686 to 1702, and, after East and West Jersey were united to form New Jersey province, it served with Burlington from about 1738 to 1790 as the alternate provincial capital. The last royal governor of the colony was Benjamin Franklin's son William. During the American Revolution, Perth Amboy was occupied by the British (1776–77) who later evacuated it when General George Washington (Washington, George) seized northern New Jersey.

      A brickmaking industry developed there in the 1850s. Industry is now well diversified and includes oil refining, electrolytic copper refining, and the manufacture of chemicals, plastics, clothing, and nails. The city's original name, Amboy, is of Native American origin. Later, Perth was added in honour of an early proprietor of East Jersey, James Drummond, 4th Earl Perth. Perth Amboy is usually regarded as the place where the first African American person (Thomas Mundt Peterson) voted (March 31, 1870) in the United States. Inc. 1718. Pop. (1990) 41,967; (2000) 47,303.

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